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Description & Overview
Description & Overview
Water is one of the world's most valuable resources! In the West, water is even more of a commodity. By exploring the Jordan Water Conservatory, students will learn more about ways to conserve water in outdoor spaces. This virtual field trip features a tour of the water conservation park and a chance to ask questions of a local water conservation expert!
Follow the steps below for a great virtual field trip experience with your students!
UTAH SEEd STANDARD
Standard 3.2.6 - Design a solution to a problem caused by a change in the environment that impacts the types of plants and animals living in that environment. Define the problem , identify criteria and constraints, and develop possible solutions. Examples of environmental changes could include changes in land use, water availability, temperature, food, or changes caused by other organisms. (LS2.C, LS4.D, ETS1.A, ETS1.B, ETS1.C)
Introducing Water Conservation
Preparations for Science on the Move
Cue the slideshow Water Conservation. This is a video embedded in Google Slides and an infographic to use for student discussion.
Print enough copies of the Water Conservation Student Journal - Page 1 and Water Conservation Student Journal - Page 2 - one per student. These can be printed front/back.
Activity Directions
Show the video, Western Drought Explained (in the slideshow), to students and briefly discuss their observations and questions.
Project for students the infographic about water usage. Ask/discuss the following questions as a class.
What does the infographic tell us?
What do you notice?
What questions do you have?
Introduce the driving question: Utah is getting dryer, what can we do to use less water in our outdoor spaces? Tomorrow, we are going on a virtual field trip with Natalie and Mike, our water conservation specialists. They will help us learn more about Utah's water problems and discuss some things we can do to address those problems. Help students record the problem in Box 1 on the Water Conservation - Student Journal .
Gathering Data Through Your Virtual Experience
Insure that your webcam is working, your computer microphone is on, you have speakers/sound working, and you can project from your computer to the screen.
Remind students of the driving question: Utah is getting dryer, what can we do to use less water in our outdoor spaces?
Be sure students can access their Water Conservation - Student Journal to record information from the virtual field trip.
Click the Zoom link you were sent via email to join the experience.
After the virtual field trip, work with students to complete Water Conservation - Student Journal - Box 2, Box 3, and Box 4.
Designing a Solution
Designing a Solution
Review with students what can be done to reduce water use in our outdoor spaces.
Ask students to recall the ideas for reducing water usage shared by the water conservation experts.
Guide students through the completion of Box 5 and Box 6 on the Water Conservation Student Journal.
Additional Resources & Next Steps
Additional Resources & Next Steps
Complimentary Classroom Lesson - Water Crisis in the West
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