Sustainable Water

Agenda and Resources

At Heron's Head Park on 9/11/10

Principles of Environmental Justice

USGS Water Cycle Pages:

Water cycle diagram available in 30+ languages from US Geological Survey. Also includes a detailed description of a trip through the water cycle.

http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html

A print-friendly image of the diagram is available.

http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycleprint.html

A version of the diagram without text.

http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycleprintnotext.html

The Water Cycle Game:

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrationns (NOAAs) kinesthetic water-cycle game gets students actively involved in simulating the journey water molecules may take as they travel within the water cycle.

http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/topic_subtopic_entry.php?RECORD_KEY(entry_subtopic_topic)=entry_id,subtopic_id,topic_id&entry_id(entry_subtopic_topic)=447&subtopic_id(entry_subtopic_topic)=27&topic_id(entry_subtopic_topic)=3

Water Cycle Column:

How to build the Bottle Biologyy Terra-Aqua Column, to observe the water cycle and interactions between biosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere.

http://www.bottlebiology.org/investigations/terraqua_main.html

Water Treatment Videos:

EcoCenter's Wastewater treatment system: Orenco's AdvanTex Systems: "Watch How it Works Video Clip" Video
http://www.orenco.com/videos/ax_overview.qtl)

SF Public Utilities Commission "The San Francisco Sewer System: Discovering the City under the City" Video

Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0MaSbA0I-Y
Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjVSfHdtvec

Wetland Metaphors

Wetland Metaphors.pdf

Who Dirtied the Water?

Create a sample of dirtyy water, along with the story of how the water came to be dirty. This is followed by a design challenge of how to clean the water.

Who_Dirtied_the_Water.pdf

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