STEM Project

Complete STEM Project Form Here. Form Rubric

Essential Question: How do you supply an ever growing human population with a finite resource, clean fresh water?

Due Date: February 16, 2016

Big Issue Areas:

• Water as an Energy Source

• Water usage in Agriculture

• Water usage in households

• Water usage in industry and manufacturing

• Industrial Pollutants and Water

• Pesticide and Herbicides in Water

• Human Drugs and Hormones in Water

• Water as political, economic and social issue

• Water and the government, municipalities, utilities, the EPA, DA and FDA

• Recycling Water & Creating More Freshwater

Part I: The Issue: Research Paper

1. Choose one of the issues listed above.

   1. Describe the Issue.

   2. Describe the overarching big issue being addressed in the STEM project;

   3. What is the issue you are looking at?

   4. Who is involved?

   5. How does/did it happen?

   6. Why has it happened?

   7. Where does it happen?

   8. Why is the Issue significant?

   9. What are the effects it is having on the environment? Why & How?

   10. What are the implications for society and the human race? Why & How?

   11. How has/does/will this affect individuals? Governments? Countries? Why & How?

   12. What are the different variables involved with the problem? Include abiotic, biotic, economic, social and human variables.

   13. What is the history behind this big issue?

       1. Explain the history of the big issue in such a way that explains how we have come to the current situation.

       2. Detail changes over the last century using facts, data, graphs and statistics.

   14. What is the current situation of this issue?

• • 1. Explain what is going on all over the world with this big issue.

    2. Explain the current situation and using facts, data, graphs and statistics.

1. 15. What is the projected future of this issue?

• • 1. What is the projection for the next decade? The next century?

    2. Explain the projected future situation and using facts, data, graphs and statistics.

1. 16. What solutions are currently being utilized to alleviate the issue?

• • 1. Are they working? How well?

    2. Who is involved in trying to solve the problem?

1. 17. Explain all the science, mathematics, technology and engineering concepts, theories and designs that are related to the big issue

Part II: Presentation Due May 23

Directions and Rubric Found Here: https://docs.google.com/a/fatherjudge.com/document/d/1fr33QW0qzI7DG997NXqjMDgS5esd-valmik0p7CBO6I/edit?usp=sharing