Water

Unit Question: How do human actions over time affect the sustainability of bodies of water? 

Skills: Analyze change over time

Water (~25 days)

1. 1. Water distribution on earth - Oct 27

   2. How will human water needs change in the future? - Oct 28

   3. Water footprint calculator - Oct 29

   4. Human water usage (need cups, plastic 100 mL beaker, large graduated cylinder, small graduated cylinder) - Oct 30

   5. City Water System and Costs - Nov 2 

   6. Oceans and Desalination - Nov 3

   7. Ocean Acidification Experiment - Egg shells - Nov 4

   8. Ocean - Sea Level Rise - Nov 5 (finish ocean acidification observations)

   9. Chasing Coral (Netflix) - Nov 6 (need to attend a meeting)

   10. Glaciers - Nov 9

       • Ice and melt rate from sediments? Experiment - petri dish, mass change, lamps, ???

       • Article about particles and melt rate? 

       • Notes

       • Glacial retreat project

       • Chasing ice?

       • Glacial impacts on local communities

   11. Aquifers - Nov 10 (Aquifer Model) and 11 (modified schedule for Xello)

       • Notes - 

       • Build a model? Cup, gravel, straw. Soap pump to "move water out" - Plastic shoe box and vis-a-vis markers. 

       • https://home.wgnhs.wisc.edu/uw-science-expeditions-create-your-own-groundwater-model/ 

       • Diagram

       • Exploring groundwater datasets

       • Ogallala aquifer case study

   12. Permafrost - climate change - Nov 12 

   13. Lakes and rivers - Nov 13

       • Notes

       • Comparing local bodies of water

   14. Water pollution - Nov 16 and 17 - ?? Lab ?? Design plastic removal?

       • Notes

       • Major water pollution events

   15. Water cycle game - Nov 18 - Residency time (time that water is in a station) ( notes - 

   16. Test - Nov 19

   17. Work day - Nov 20 (day before Thanksgiving break - any make up work? Show a water video too)