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5th Grade Rain Garden Design Challenge Handouts

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These handouts accompany the 5th Grade Rain Garden Design Challenge Lesson Plan. ...

These handouts accompany the 5th Grade Rain Garden Design Challenge Lesson Plan. The handouts give criteria for identifying areas of erosion and non-point source pollution entering waterways on school property, slope and soil suitability criteria for situating the rain garden, and data collection procedures for phosphate testing. The handouts also include guidelines and criteria for the final poster presentation design and Claim-Evidence-Reasoning, as well as rubrics for scoring and guidelines for peer feedback.

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Subject:: Elementary Education; Reading Informational Text; Speaking and Listening; Environmental Literacy and Sustainability; Environmental Science; Measurement and Data; Physical Science; Geology/Earth Science; Hydrology
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Formative Assessment; Interim/Summative Assessment; Learning Task; Lesson Plan; Reference Material; Rubric/Scoring Guide; Unit of Study
Author:: Amy Workman
Date Added:: 08/02/2019

5th Grade Rain Garden Design Challenge Lesson Plan

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This lesson engages 5th grade students in identifying areas of erosion and ...

This lesson engages 5th grade students in identifying areas of erosion and non-point source pollution entering waterways on school property, making a claim on the most suitable site to locate a rain garden by conducting field tests on slope and soil type, and testing
for the presence of phosphates in waterways on school forest property. Students then compete in a rain garden design challenge using their data to create a poster presentation, including a map and claim evidence reasoning, for the best rain garden design plan, scored using a rubric.

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Subject:: Elementary Education; Reading Informational Text; Speaking and Listening; Environmental Literacy and Sustainability; Environmental Science; Measurement and Data; Physical Science; Geology/Earth Science; Hydrology
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Formative Assessment; Interim/Summative Assessment; Lesson Plan; Rubric/Scoring Guide; Unit of Study
Author:: Amy Workman
Date Added:: 08/02/2019

All About Water!

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All About Water!

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Students learn about the differences between types of water (surface and ground), ...

Students learn about the differences between types of water (surface and ground), as well as the differences between streams, rivers and lakes. Then, they learn about dissolved organic matter (DOM), and the role it plays in identifying drinking water sources. Finally, students are introduced to conventional drinking water treatment processes.

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Subject:: Technology and Engineering; Hydrology
Material Type:: Lesson Plan
Provider:: TeachEngineering
Provider Set:: TeachEngineering NGSS Aligned Resources
Author:: Integrated Teaching and Learning Program,; Jessica Ebert; Marissa H. Forbes
Date Added:: 09/18/2014

Are Dams Forever?

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Are Dams Forever?

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Students learn that dams do not last forever. Similar to other human-made ...

Students learn that dams do not last forever. Similar to other human-made structures, such as roads and bridges, dams require regular maintenance and have a finite lifespan. Many dams built during the 1930-70s, an era of intensive dam construction, have an expected life of 50-100 years. Due to inadequate maintenance and/or for environmental reasons, some of these dams will fail or be removed in the next 50 years. The engineers with Splash Engineering have an ethical obligation to remind Thirsty County of the maintenance and lifespan concerns associated with its dam.

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Subject:: Technology and Engineering; Hydrology
Material Type:: Lesson Plan
Provider:: TeachEngineering
Provider Set:: TeachEngineering NGSS Aligned Resources
Author:: Denali Lander; Denise W. Carlson; Integrated Teaching and Learning Program and Laboratory,; Jeff Lyng; Kristin Field
Date Added:: 09/18/2014

Can You Catch the Water?

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Can You Catch the Water?

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Students construct three-dimensional models of water catchment basins using everyday objects to ...

Students construct three-dimensional models of water catchment basins using everyday objects to form hills, mountains, valleys and water sources. They experiment to see where rain travels and collects, and survey water pathways to see how they can be altered by natural and human activities. Students discuss how engineers design structures that impact water collection, as well as systems that clean and distribute water.

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Subject:: Technology and Engineering; Hydrology
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: TeachEngineering
Provider Set:: TeachEngineering NGSS Aligned Resources
Author:: Denise W. Carlson; Integrated Teaching and Learning Program,; Janet Yowell; Jay Shah; Malinda Schaefer Zarske
Date Added:: 10/14/2015

A Case of Innovation

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Students learn about power generation using river currents. A white paper is ...

Students learn about power generation using river currents. A white paper is a focused analysis often used to describe how a technology solves a problem. In this literacy activity, students write a simplified version of a white paper on an alternative electrical power generation technology. In the process, they develop their critical thinking skills and become aware of the challenge and promise of technological innovation that engineers help to make possible. This activity is geared towards fifth grade and older students and computer capabilities are required. Some portions of the activity may be appropriate with younger students. CAPTION: Upper Left: Trey Taylor, President of Verdant Power, talks about green power with a New York City sixth-grade class. Lower Left: Verdant Power logo. Center: Verdant Power's turbine evaluation vessel in New York's East River. In the background is a conventional power plant. Upper Right: The propeller-like turbine can be raised and lowered from the platform of the turbine evaluation vessel. Lower Right: Near the East River, Mr. Taylor explains to the class how water currents can generate electric power.

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Subject:: Technology and Engineering; Hydrology
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: TeachEngineering
Provider Set:: TeachEngineering NGSS Aligned Resources
Author:: Cindy Coker; Denise W. Carlson; Integrated Teaching and Learning Program,; Jane Evenson; Malinda Schaefer Zarske; Trey Taylor
Date Added:: 10/14/2015

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Dam Forces

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Students learn how the force of water helps determine the size and ...

Students learn how the force of water helps determine the size and shape of dams. They use clay to build models of four types of dams, and observe the force of the water against each type. They conclude by deciding which type of dam they, as Splash Engineering engineers, will design for Thirsty County.

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Subject:: Technology and Engineering; Hydrology
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: TeachEngineering
Provider Set:: TeachEngineering NGSS Aligned Resources
Author:: Denali Lander; Denise W. Carlson; Integrated Teaching and Learning Program and Laboratory,; Kristin Field; Lauren Cooper; Megan Podlogar; Sara Born; Timothy M. Dittrich
Date Added:: 09/18/2014

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Dam Impacts

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While the creation of a dam provides many benefits, it can have ...

While the creation of a dam provides many benefits, it can have negative impacts on local ecosystems. Students learn about the major environmental impacts of dams and the engineering solutions used to address them.

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Subject:: Technology and Engineering; Hydrology
Material Type:: Lesson Plan
Provider:: TeachEngineering
Provider Set:: TeachEngineering NGSS Aligned Resources
Author:: Denali Lander; Denise W. Carlson; Integrated Teaching and Learning Program,; Kristin Field; Michael Bendewald; Sara Born
Date Added:: 09/18/2014

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Dams

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Through eight lessons, students are introduced to many facets of dams, including ...

Through eight lessons, students are introduced to many facets of dams, including their basic components, the common types (all designed to resist strong forces), their primary benefits (electricity generation, water supply, flood control, irrigation, recreation), and their importance (historically, currently and globally). Through an introduction to kinetic and potential energy, students come to understand how dams generate electricity. They learn about the structure, function and purpose of locks, which involves an introduction to Pascal's law, water pressure and gravity. Other lessons introduce students to common environmental impacts of dams and the engineering approaches to address them. They learn about the life cycle of salmon and the many engineered dam structures that aid in their river passage, as they think of their own methods and devices that could help fish migrate past dams. Students learn how dams and reservoirs become part of the Earth's hydrologic cycle, focusing on the role of evaporation. To conclude, students learn that dams do not last forever; they require ongoing maintenance, occasionally fail or succumb to "old age," or are no longer needed, and are sometimes removed. Through associated hands-on activities, students track their personal water usage; use clay and plastic containers to model and test four types of dam structures; use paper cups and water to learn about water pressure and Pascal's Law; explore kinetic energy by creating their own experimental waterwheel from two-liter plastic bottles; collect and count a stream's insects to gauge its health; play an animated PowerPoint game to quiz their understanding of the salmon life cycle and fish ladders; run a weeklong experiment to measure water evaporation and graph their data; and research eight dams to find out and compare their original purposes, current status, reservoir capacity and lifespan. Woven throughout the unit is a continuing hypothetical scenario in which students act as consulting engineers with a Splash Engineering firm, assisting Thirsty County in designing a dam for Birdseye River.

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Subject:: Technology and Engineering; Hydrology
Material Type:: Full Course; Unit of Study
Provider:: TeachEngineering
Provider Set:: TeachEngineering NGSS Aligned Resources
Author:: Integrated Teaching and Learning Program,; See individual lessons and activities.
Date Added:: 09/18/2014

Do as the Romans: Construct an Aqueduct!

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Do as the Romans: Construct an Aqueduct!

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Students work with specified materials to create aqueduct components that can transport ...

Students work with specified materials to create aqueduct components that can transport two liters of water across a short distance in their classroom. The design challenge is to create an aqueduct that can supply Aqueductis, a (hypothetical) Roman city, with clean water for private homes, public baths and fountains as well as crop irrigation.

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Subject:: Technology and Engineering; Hydrology
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: TeachEngineering
Provider Set:: TeachEngineering NGSS Aligned Resources
Author:: Center for Engineering Educational Outreach,
Date Added:: 09/18/2014

Does Media Matter? Infiltration Rates and Storage Capacities

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Does Media Matter? Infiltration Rates and Storage Capacities

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Students gain a basic understanding of the properties of media soil, sand, ...

Students gain a basic understanding of the properties of media soil, sand, compost, gravel and how these materials affect the movement of water (infiltration/percolation) into and below the surface of the ground. They learn about permeability, porosity, particle size, surface area, capillary action, storage capacity and field capacity, and how the characteristics of the materials that compose the media layer ultimately affect the recharging of groundwater tables. They test each type of material, determining storage capacity, field capacity and infiltration rates, seeing the effect of media size on infiltration rate and storage. Then teams apply the testing results to the design their own material mixes that best meet the design requirements. To conclude, they talk about how engineers apply what students learned in the activity about the infiltration rates of different soil materials to the design of stormwater management systems.

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Subject:: Technology and Engineering; Hydrology
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: TeachEngineering
Provider Set:: TeachEngineering NGSS Aligned Resources
Author:: Ryan Locicero, Maya Trotz, Krysta Porteus, Jennifer Butler, William Zeman, Brigith Soto; Water Awareness Research and Education (WARE) Research Experience for Teachers (RET),
Date Added:: 09/18/2014

Elementary GLOBE: Magnify That

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Students will learn about magnification and how a magnifying lens works. They ...

Students will learn about magnification and how a magnifying lens works. They will examine a variety of different objects, first without a magnifier and then with a magnifier, and compare what they observe. They will practice observing details of these objects with magnifying lens. The purpose of this activity is for students to learn about observation skills and how tools can help people make observations, what "magnification" means, and to learn that scientists use tools, such as magnifying lenses, to examine objects. Students will be able to identify a magnifying glass and its purposes. They will be able to describe how the same object looks different when using the unaided eye versus a magnifying lens.

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Subject:: Technology and Engineering; Ecology; Environmental Science; Forestry and Agriculture; Mathematics; Astronomy; Chemistry; Hydrology; Oceanography; Physics
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Diagram/Illustration; Interactive; Lesson Plan; Textbook
Provider:: NASA; The GLOBE Program; UCAR; UCAR Staff
Provider Set:: NASA Wavelength; Globe Program; GLOBE Teacher's Guide
Date Added:: 11/09/2017

Environmental Engineering

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In this unit, students explore the various roles of environmental engineers, including: ...

In this unit, students explore the various roles of environmental engineers, including: environmental cleanup, water quality, groundwater resources, surface water and groundwater flow, water contamination, waste disposal and air pollution. Specifically, students learn about the factors that affect water quality and the conditions that enable different animals and plants to survive in their environments. Next, students learn about groundwater and how environmental engineers study groundwater to predict the distribution of surface pollution. Students also learn how water flows through the ground, what an aquifer is and what soil properties are used to predict groundwater flow. Additionally, students discover that the water they drink everyday comes from many different sources, including surface water and groundwater. They investigate possible scenarios of drinking water contamination and how contaminants can negatively affect the organisms that come in contact with them. Students learn about the three most common methods of waste disposal and how environmental engineers continue to develop technologies to dispose of trash. Lastly, students learn what causes air pollution and how to investigate the different pollutants that exist, such as toxic gases and particulate matter. Also, they investigate the technologies developed by engineers to reduce air pollution.

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Subject:: Technology and Engineering; Hydrology
Material Type:: Full Course
Provider:: TeachEngineering
Provider Set:: TeachEngineering NGSS Aligned Resources
Author:: Integrated Teaching and Learning Program,
Date Added:: 10/14/2015

Environmental Engineering Applications of Geographic Information Systems, Fall 2004

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This graduate seminar is taught in a lecture and lab exercise format. ...

This graduate seminar is taught in a lecture and lab exercise format. The subject matter is tailored to introduce Environmental Engineering students to the use and potential of Geographic Information Systems in their discipline. Lectures will cover the general concepts of GIS use and introduce the material in the exercises, and exercises will introduce students to the practical application of GIS.

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Subject:: Environmental Science; Hydrology
Material Type:: Full Course
Provider:: M.I.T.
Provider Set:: M.I.T. OpenCourseWare
Author:: Sheehan, Daniel
Date Added:: 01/01/2004

Environmental Engineering Masters of Engineering Project, Fall 2007

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Environmental Engineering Masters of Engineering Project, Fall 2007

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"This class is one of the core requirements for the Environmental Masters ...

"This class is one of the core requirements for the Environmental Masters of Engineering program, in conjunction with 1.133 Masters of Engineering Concepts of Engineering Practice. It is designed to teach about environmental engineering through the use of case studies, computer software tools, and seminars from industrial experts. Case studies provide the basis for group projects as well as individual theses. Recent 1.782 projects include the MMR Superfund site on Cape Cod, appropriate wastewater treatment technology for Brazil and Honduras, point-of-use water treatment and safe storage procedures for Nepal and Ghana, Brownfields Development in Providence, RI, and water resource planning for the island of Cyprus and refugee settlements in Thailand. This class spans the entire academic year; students must register for the Fall and Spring terms."

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Subject:: Environmental Science; Hydrology
Material Type:: Full Course
Provider:: M.I.T.
Provider Set:: M.I.T. OpenCourseWare
Author:: Adams, Eric; Murcott, Susan; Shanahan, Peter
Date Added:: 01/01/2007

Erosion in Rivers

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Students learn about water erosion through an experimental process in which small-scale ...

Students learn about water erosion through an experimental process in which small-scale buildings are placed along a simulated riverbank to experience a range of flooding conditions. They learn how soil conditions are important to the stability or failure of civil engineering projects and how a river's turns and bends (curvature, sinuosity) make a difference in the likelihood of erosion. They make model buildings either with a 3D printer or with LEGO® pieces and then see how their designs and riverbank placements are impacted by slow (laminar) and fast (turbulent) water flow over the soil. Students make predictions, observations and conclusions about the stability of their model houses, and develop ideas for how to mitigate damage in civil engineering projects.

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Subject:: Technology and Engineering; Hydrology
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: TeachEngineering
Provider Set:: TeachEngineering NGSS Aligned Resources
Author:: AMPS GK-12 Program,; Sophia Mercurio, Eduardo Suescun
Date Added:: 09/18/2014

Fish-Friendly Engineering

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Fish-Friendly Engineering

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Students further their understanding of the salmon life cycle and the human ...

Students further their understanding of the salmon life cycle and the human structures and actions that aid in the migration of fish around hydroelectric dams by playing an animated PowerPoint game involving a fish that must climb a fish ladder to get over a dam. They first brainstorm their own ideas, and then learn about existing ways engineers have made dams "friendlier" to migrating fish, before being quizzed as part of the game.

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Subject:: Technology and Engineering; Hydrology
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: TeachEngineering
Provider Set:: TeachEngineering NGSS Aligned Resources
Author:: Denise W. Carlson; Integrated Teaching and Learning Program,; Jeff Lyng; Kristin Field; Megan Podlogar
Date Added:: 09/18/2014

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Flood Analysis

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Students learn how to use and graph real-world stream gage data to ...

Students learn how to use and graph real-world stream gage data to create event and annual hydrographs and calculate flood frequency statistics. Using an Excel spreadsheet of real-world event, annual and peak streamflow data, they manipulate the data (converting units, sorting, ranking, plotting), solve problems using equations, and calculate return periods and probabilities. Prompted by worksheet questions, they analyze the runoff data as engineers would. Students learn how hydrographs help engineers make decisions and recommendations to community stakeholders concerning water resources and flooding.

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Subject:: Technology and Engineering; Hydrology
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: TeachEngineering
Provider Set:: TeachEngineering NGSS Aligned Resources
Author:: Emily Gill, Malinda Schaefer Zarske; Integrated Teaching and Learning Program,
Date Added:: 09/18/2014

Floodplain Modeling

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Floodplain Modeling

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Students explore the impact of changing river volumes and different floodplain terrain ...

Students explore the impact of changing river volumes and different floodplain terrain in experimental trials with table top-sized riverbed models. The models are made using modeling clay in aluminum baking pans placed on a slight incline. Water added "upstream" at different flow rates and to different riverbed configurations simulates different potential flood conditions. Students study flood dynamics as they modify the riverbed with blockages or levees to simulate real-world scenarios.

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Subject:: Technology and Engineering; Hydrology
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: TeachEngineering
Provider Set:: TeachEngineering NGSS Aligned Resources
Author:: Denise W. Carlson; Integrated Teaching and Learning Program,; Kristi Ekern; Malinda Schaefer Zarske; Tim Nicklas
Date Added:: 10/14/2015

Fresh or Salty?

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Fresh or Salty?

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Between 70 and 75% of the Earth's surface is covered with water ...

Between 70 and 75% of the Earth's surface is covered with water and there exists still more water in the atmosphere and underground in aquifers. In this lesson, students learn about water bodies on the planet Earth and their various uses and qualities. They will learn about several ways that engineers are working to maintain and conserve water sources. They will also think about their role in water conservation.

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Subject:: Technology and Engineering; Hydrology
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Lesson Plan
Provider:: TeachEngineering
Provider Set:: TeachEngineering NGSS Aligned Resources
Author:: Integrated Teaching and Learning Program,; Janet Yowell; Malinda Schaefer Zarske; Sara Born
Date Added:: 09/18/2014