6a-Water

=Water as a Resource - see topics by number scrolling down the page... =

Resources to be familiar with:
= =  Agencies working for Clean Water
 * [|Clean Water Action] || [|The Groundwater Foundation] || [|MarineBio.org] ||
 * [|Earthday] || [|DROP- The Community] || [|Environmental ProtectionAgency] ||

Work assigned & due calendar
Lab Due || 1/11/11 Notes handed out Movie assignment given || 1/12/11 || 1/13/11 || 1/14/11 Notes due Lab - either stream or groundwater || No school || 1/18/11 Movie assignment due Watershed assignment given || 1/19/11 Water treatment assignment given || 1/21/11 Water treatment assignment due at beginning of class Begin the review: Water as a Resource. Due to be handed in at the beginning of class on Monday. ||
 * 1/10/11
 * 1/17/11
 * GoogleEarth view of our watershed
 * Stream classifications
 * Watershed assignment due at the end of class || 1/20/11
 * 1/24/11

Water as a Resource Review handed in. Review for Midterm || 1/25/11 Review for Midterm || 1/26/11 English and Science Exams || 1/27/11 Math and World Language Exams || 1/28/11 Social Studies and Makeup Exams ||

1-Properties of Water

 * Lab - "The Properties of Water" - completed in class January 5th and 6th. **Lab due at the end of class on Monday, January 10th. ** Everyone should complete the last page and the section titled "Exercise 5: Organizing Your Knowledge". This allows you to talk about the important terms & ideas. One person per group should hand in a complete packet.

 Terminology - Polarity, Hydrogen Bonds, Cohesion, Surface Tension, Adhesion, Capillary Action, Dissolving, Density
 * Water Trivia - Done in class, not scored, keep for information purposes
 * Hardback Textbook Notes - Handouts given on Tuesday 1/11/11. Time given in class only on Tuesday. **Due at the beginning of class on Friday 1/14/11 **

Water cycle - image for review (this is from Safari Montage - log in with your school userid and password) ** No handed in work due. Ability to use content vocabulary is assumed on the test and midterm. **

Watch these clips from the movie Global Environmental Issues: Chapter 1: Sustainability Chapter 2: Environmental Trade-offs Chapter 3: Developed and Developing Nations Chapter 4: Food and Water and complete this handout ** by the beginning of class on Thursday, 1/13/11 ** - 12 points

=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">3- Watersheds =

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Play the Watershed Game! Then click here to download a worksheet on watersheds. Use the following links to complete the worksheet ( - printed out and the map colored in)
 * Assigned on Tuesday 1/18 - due by the end of class on Wednesday, 1/19/11 **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">EPA What is a Watershed? EPA Surf Your Watershed <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Montgomery County Conservation <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> [|Watershed maps of Pennsylvania] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Agents of change: [|natural] and [|human]

=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">4- Water Pollution = = = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Pollution in water comes from many different places, some of which we can identify and some of which we can't. Click to download a notes sheet where you explore the differences and actions that can be taken to reduce or prevent different types of pollution. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> [|Protecting water]
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">This assignment will not be collected, but the information requested in the assignment will be on the midterm! **

=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">5- Water Treatment = = = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Not every sewage treatment plant uses exactly the same processes, but they are very similar. Click to download a Webquest where you answer questions about and describe the water treatment process. Use the following links in addition to your own. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Wastewater Treatment] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Reclaimed Wastewater] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Generalized Treatment Steps] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">US EPA Virtual Water Treatment Tour - Click "Skip Intro" in the upper left. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Video: Clean Water: Municipal Wastewater Treatment <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Video: Clean Water: Using Bioremediation to Clean Wastewater Watch only until 2:45 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">See also: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">EnviroMapper - I'm trying to figure out how this works!
 * Assigned on Thursday 1/20/11. Due by the beginning of class on Friday, 1/21/11 **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> - Your own water footprint - http://www.waterfootprint.org

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Review!! Water as a Resource.
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 * <span style="background-color: #f7f884; color: #3d941c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Complete this review by the beginning of class on Monday, January 24th to be handed in and checked off. **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> You must have your own answers. We will go over it in class on Tuesday. If your copy is complete and your answers are unique, then you will get a printed set of answers. If your copy is incomplete for any reason, or your answers identical to anyone else's or to wording on any of the provided websites, you will not.