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Key question: Is there a relationship between the quality of water and different districts? Who is affected most by water pollution? This is a preliminary set of activities for math/science students in understanding how impact of pollution in various districts. Students will be begin by investigating water quality through some basic activities. Second students will need to familiarize themselves with basic mapping skills. The third part will be the search for actual data of the quality of water in their area.
First activity: Testing the quality of water So students can give gain some experience with measureable differences in water, they will complete the activities Water Detectives and Ph Game . The activies will give students experiences in basic experiments to collect simple data. Second activity: Map Background Review This activity is a combination of a number of skills such as conducting basic science activities, collecting data, and exploring possible connections. Students will also need to be able to use maps as tools. A group of activies map activities can be found in the USGS map lessons.
Third activity: Finding a map of a particular area. As students will need maps to answer the focus questions, they will need to search for a suitable map from Terra Serva or Yahoo Maps . They will use the maps as a guide as do search for data regarding water quality. Fourth activity: Using the resources on the Internet to Explore any correlation between water quality and communities. (?????? Still need further questions and resources)
What components of water quality are being measured/
Use the following sites to begin your quest for answers to the above questions.
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