How Does Landuse Impact Water Quality Around My School, In My Community, & In the Missisipi River Basin?
1. On page 21 of your notebook you will create a unit page for our Watershed Ecology Unit. Grab a tab divider and label as such. On top of your paper, you will write a one to two sentence description of what you think a watershed is.
2. You will have to take a pre-assessment for UK online. Use the button above to take the online Pre-Assessment. You will need to input your student id number at the end.
2. You will have to take a pre-assessment for UK online. Use the button above to take the online Pre-Assessment. You will need to input your student id number at the end.
GQ.... Page 22
1. Where does waste from our toilets and sink wind up? What about chemicals that we use to clean our homes, wash our cars, fertilize our lawns? What happens to our makeup, deodorant, shampoos and other personal care items when we take a shower? What about pharmaceuticals tossed in the toilet? 2. Where does your drinking water come from? Can you think of anything that might pollute that source of water? Step 1: Using the "Create your own Watershed" table papers, construct a model of a watershed and identify the components of the water cycle and of a watershed.
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GQ Page 23
1. What would be an example of point source pollution? 2. What would be an example of non-point source pollution? 3. Which one is the most harmful and why? Read the assigned article and pick out 12 facts that you felt a reaction to. Create a Double Entry Journal. On the left side, write down the fact and on the right side write down your reaction to it. You will present these to the class. Everyone will be reading a different article.
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Learning Targets
1. Identify macro-invertebrates that live in the water and evaluate their sensitivities to water quality. 2. Use this sensitivity and their presence to analyze the water quality using the Biological Quality Assessment Scale. Use the form above to complete your MacroInvertebrate Investigation.
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10/27
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Learning Targets
1. Analyze and discuss my water testing results from Towne Creek. GQ
1. Why did we test the water before the WWTP outfall (discharge site) and then after? 2. List 3 things that you learned at the WWTP field trip. Step 1: Grab your field trip packet and clean it up. Make sure that you have ranked all of your test results. Discuss your test results with your table mates. Did you get the same results? Compare your results with several people. Did you all get the same results? If not, what happened? Come up with reasons why we would get different test results.
Step 2: What macro-invertebrates did you find? What was the Biological Assessment Value? Step 3: Make sure that you have filled out your packets completely. You will turn them in. Step 4: Investigate Town Creek using ArcGisOnline or the maps that I have available for you. Trace it back to its headwaters. Where does it come from? What kind of places does it pass through before it gets to where we tested it? Make a list of the types of pollution that might enter Towne Creek as it meanders through its watershed. |
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10/30 & 10/31
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Learning Targets:
1. Conduct an investigation on our county's landuse and watershed using a GIS interface. GQ......
1. List 3 disturbing things that you saw learned from "Poisoned Waters". Step 1:We will be going to the computer lab to explore ArcGIS online. Step 2: You will create a username and password for ArcGIS online. Please use something that you will remember.
Step 3: Follow my directions to add layers into your GIS interface. Step 4: Find Towne Creek. Step 5: Investigate the Landuse around Towne Creek. |
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11/7
Learning Targets
1. Research and evaluate an issue pertaining to Water Quality.
2. Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services.
2. Construct an argument that supports or refutes claims for either explanations or solutions about the natural and designed worlds.
1. Research and evaluate an issue pertaining to Water Quality.
2. Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services.
2. Construct an argument that supports or refutes claims for either explanations or solutions about the natural and designed worlds.
GQ.....
1. You have been presented with a long list of topics that relate to water quality, landuse and the issues that we have either locally or globally. The following is a short list of issues that you have either read about, watched a documentary on, or actually experienced on the field trip.
Essential Question: How does land use impact Water Quality around my school, in my community and/or in the Mississippi River Basin? After researching the water quality issue that you chose, write an essay to the public or letter to a public official in which you argue the causes of poor water quality and explain the effects of the contaminants of your choice. Support your discussion with evidence from your research. Acknowledge competing views/counter claims. Give examples of past or current events or issues to illustrate and clarify your position.
1. You have been presented with a long list of topics that relate to water quality, landuse and the issues that we have either locally or globally. The following is a short list of issues that you have either read about, watched a documentary on, or actually experienced on the field trip.
- Agricultural Runoff creating Dead Zones (Aquatic Health)
- Plastic Pollution (Aquatic and Human Health)
- Endocrine Disruptors in the Waterways (Human Health)
- Emerging Contaminants in the Water (Human Health)
- Overfishing of the Oceans
- Unequal Distribution of Water, your Water Footprint
Essential Question: How does land use impact Water Quality around my school, in my community and/or in the Mississippi River Basin? After researching the water quality issue that you chose, write an essay to the public or letter to a public official in which you argue the causes of poor water quality and explain the effects of the contaminants of your choice. Support your discussion with evidence from your research. Acknowledge competing views/counter claims. Give examples of past or current events or issues to illustrate and clarify your position.
12/1 Extension
Investigate and then create an infographic that informs the public about the water quality issue that you chose to write about. Use the link below to investigate how to make an awesome Infographic. This will take some time. Feel free to browse around and watch some tutorials.
