Earth and Space Sciences

Students will understand flooding by identifying its causes, impacts, and mitigation strategies through active participation in collaborative activities, multimedia engagements, and data interpretation from simulations and case studies, ultimately constructing evidence-based explanations about future flood risks. 

Students will be able to identify how pollution effects watersheds. 

Students will use linear equations to understand soil moisture and other underground phenomena and will learn to write, interpret, and apply linear models from real-world data, connecting mathematical concepts to practical geophysical problems. 

Students will investigate the visible and unseen impacts of geomagnetic storms on Earth and its technology, defining key vocabulary, analyzing scientific data, and constructing evidence-based explanations for how these solar events disrupt GPS signals. 

Student will explore the water cycle with a focus on how the sun and gravity impact the cycle and apply it to rain gardens and the impact they can have on communities by building a prototype of a rain garden. 

Students will explore how convection currents drive tectonic plate movement and how different boundaries create various landforms and natural disasters. They will also research major tectonic events, communicate their findings through a chosen product, and apply AGILE principles in collaborative group work. 

Students investigate the chemical aspects, pH, and coliform bacteria presence in water samples to determine water quality. They will design, construct, and evaluate filter apparatuses, and rank water samples from safest to most contaminated.

As students explore nature as inspiration for art and engineering, they will engage in a variety of activities that model and explain weathering and erosion. 

Students experiment with filtering various substances from water by making their own simple water filters to understand the importance of access o clean water. 

Students will investigate ways to clean up an oil spill and design a water filtration system to understand the issues of water pollution, the importance of access to clean water, and make informed decisions concerning environmental safety. 

Students will research plastic and post-consumer products to engineer a water filtration device. 

Students will collect and analyze data from USACE and use the engineering design process to determine the benefits of dredging to predict future usage based on past data. 

Students will investigate the watershed in which they live and compare it to other watersheds across the United States in order to understand the importance of watersheds and how they can be maintained. 

Students will be able to identify how pollution effects watersheds. 

Student will explore the water cycle with a focus on how the sun and gravity impact the cycle and apply it to rain gardens and the impact they can have on communities by building a prototype of a rain garden. 

Students will design an experiment to test fish swimming preferences and sediment types, and relate sediment types to ecological niches and fish habitats. 

Students will develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills related to water management problems in their local community by predicting the behavior of water in different conditions to design and construct a functional French drain model.

Students will design and conduct a controlled investigation comparing the effectiveness of different grass types in filtering contaminated or imbalanced soil, analyze pH or qualitative plant health data to identify trends or differences between treatments, and connect plant-based environmental engineering methods to real-world ecological and public health challenges. 

Students will understand flooding by identifying its causes, impacts, and mitigation strategies through active participation in collaborative activities, multimedia engagements, and data interpretation from simulations and case studies, ultimately constructing evidence-based explanations about future flood risks. 

The purpose of this unit plan is to engage students in exploring projectile motion through interactive simulations and hands-on investigations, allowing them to manipulate key variables, analyze their effects on trajectory, and communicate their findings using precise scientific language. 

Students will be able to construct an argument supported by evidence for how increases in human population and per-capita consumption of natural resources impact Earth's systems. 

Students investigate the chemical aspects, pH, and coliform bacteria presence in water samples to determine water quality. They will design, construct, and evaluate filter apparatuses, and rank water samples from safest to most contaminated.

Students will design pollution-minimizing agricultural systems, and understand the importance of sustainable practices in protecting water quality. 

Students will be able to identify sources of water pollution. Students will explore way to conserve and protect clean water. 

Students will be able to understand the process of filtration and how GAC can be used to remove impurities from water. 

Students demonstrate how they can implement nature-based solutions, recycling, and upcycling to contribute to a sustainable future. 

Students experiment with filtering various substances from water by making their own simple water filters to understand the importance of access o clean water. 

Students investigate how different radioisotopes can be used as a source of alternative energy. 

Students develop a nature-based solution to help restore mangroves, coral reefs, and coastal dunes ecosystems. 

Students will determine which sorbents best absorb oil from fresh and saltwater, develop an algorithm that could be used on a boat drone to clean up an oil spill, and develop a sample program to monitor the water quality of different water sources. 

Students research and present information related to a hybrid power grid and produce a model of their idea of a hybrid power grid that can be used after a natural disaster has occurred. 

Students will collect and analyze data from USACE and use the engineering design process to determine the benefits of dredging to predict future usage based on past data. 

Students will describe actions that can be taken to reduce the impact of harmful algal blooms by calculating the rate of algal growth to predict how oxygen levels will decrease after a given time and determine the best algal species to use for biofuel. 

Students distinguish between casual and correlational relationships between human activity and the negative environmental impact of harmful algae blooms and use this data to monitor the human impact on water quality. 

Students will identify the criteria and constraints of their biodegradable plastic production and investigate the rate of decomposition between biodegradable and non-biodegradable plastic in different environments in order to study the environmental impact of petroleum-based plastic. 

Students will investigate ways to clean up an oil spill and design a water filtration system to understand the issues of water pollution, the importance of access to clean water, and make informed decisions concerning environmental safety.