Module 3

Students will be able to:

• Speculate about the long-term effects of human activities on the water cycle.
• Interpret long-term patterns in local/regional fluxes within the water cycle.
• Execute a research project to include acquisition of data, analysis of data, and interpretation of results.
• Analyze various strategies for lessening human impact on water bodies within their community to select the most appropriate technique(s).

A general note: For each of these wikis, schools in India will be paired with schools in Kentucky, USA. A best effort will be made to pair similar schools between the two countries. Students in each school are strongly encouraged to give feedback and ask questions about their paired school’s wiki projects.

Wiki guidelines: First and foremost, be creative and have fun! Wiki projects should be completed by established teams with each team sharing their creation. Here are some suggested formats for the wikis: video (3-5 minutes), pamphlet (front & back, include images), written report (~2 pages, include images), podcast (3-5 minutes), newspaper or magazine article (~1 page, include image), PowerPoint presentation (~5 slides), poster, etc. Last, a link to a Google Drive folder is provided for each wiki project. Be sure to share your work by posting it to the appropriate Google Drive folder.

You should be finishing data collection for your selected water body. Analyze your data and update wiki project 1 from module 2. Consider the following questions: What is the current water quality? What things are affecting it (such as climate, land use, and/or geology)? How does it vary with time? How might it change in the future? Do your data support your hypothesis? Why or why not? What additional data would you collect, if you could?

Create a wiki sharing what you are discovering regarding the water quality of your chosen water body. Upload your wiki to the provided Google Drive folder.

Google Drive Folders

This activity will help us learn how to organize and analyze data related to fluxes in the hydrologic cycle to consider how and why they vary with time. Please find below two documents, one for India and one for Kentucky. Open the appropriate document (India for students in India and Kentucky for students in Kentucky), follow the directions for the data sets, and answer the corresponding questions. Notice there is also a wiki summary project for this activity that should be uploaded to the provided Google Drive folder when completed.

Google Drive Folders

"Make you the world a bit better or more beautiful because you have lived in it." ~Edward Bok

In module 1, you learned about water footprints and consumption; module 2 was focused on water quality parameters, and this module addresses how humans impact water. So, let's pull together the things we've learned and discuss how we can make the world a bit better. Let's start our efforts with the water body that you have chosen to research. Think about the current state of that water body. What are some recommendations that you would make to improve its water quality? If you are looking for ideas, you may wish to check out some of the websites and videos found on the Links page. Please create a wiki sharing detailed strategies that individuals and communities might take (or examples of actions to take) to improve the water quality of the water body that you have been researching. Upload your wiki to the provided Google Drive folder.

Google Drive Folders

The summary project is creating your final research paper and accompanying video. Both of these projects should be completed in established teams. Start by revisiting your research proposal, which was the summary project for module 2. Give ample consideration to the feedback received from the water professionals who judged your proposals. Next, replace the anticipated results section of your research proposal with your final research results and add a conclusion section to discuss your findings. You may wish to include tables, graphs, and statistical analyses. Include some recommendations for changes your community might make, based on what you have found.

Please upload a written report by March 30, 2018 to the provided Google Drive folder that is approximately 6-8 double-spaced pages, with 1-inch margins, and in a standard 12-point font such as Times New Roman or Arial. The report breakdown by section is: Current State of Water Body, approximately 1-2 double-spaced pages; Research Methods, approximately 1-2 double-spaced pages; and Results and Conclusion, approximately 1-2 double-spaced pages. References and images are important, but not included in the page count. Sources should clearly relate to the focus of the research and should include, but are not limited to, scholarly references. The reference section should cite all data obtained from other sources. A consistent citation style should be used in both the text and bibliography. You might find it helpful to refer back to the research proposal rubric provided in module 2.

Please also upload a video summarizing your research project by March 30, 2018. The video will enable ALL teams to present their research virtually at the conferences in eastern India and Kentucky in spring/summer 2018, exact date and location TBD. The video should be approximately 5-10 minutes, but is limited to a maximum of 10 minutes. Creativity is always greatly encouraged! We plan to eventually put these on YouTube, so be sure that you'll be proud of your work!

Google Drive Folders

Teachers,

Please have your students complete these two post-tests, ONE and TWO, after completing all work on the modules. These links will ONLY be available from March 5, 2018 to April 6, 2018. Your students' answers to these post-tests will help us improve our program.

Thank you! ~The Project Team