Students explore how water moves from natural sources to the faucet, learning water quality testing and filtration skills through hands-on exercises. They compare filter designs, examine their effectiveness, and discover careers in the water treatment industry.
Students explore the health impacts of the Bayview-Hunters Point power plant and examine how community activism has driven change, reflecting on ways to take action on environmental health issues. This unit connects environmental justice to broader health topics throughout the semester.
Students will act as Water Treatment Specialists, designing filtration procedures for murky water and testing its quality using pH and turbidity. Through real-world connections to local facilities and industry careers, they will explore the science and importance of clean water.
Water’s journey through a local water district is tracked with a map and 3D model to identify the major infrastructural components of a local water district and environmental challenges each component faces.
Students will investigate the water quality of Arroyo Valle Creek, analyze historical and current data, and design a community action to improve local watershed health.
Students will explore water quality systems and synthesize that information to monitor the quality of water in the two creeks that run on either side of the school.
Students will design a method to improve water in California by making a small daily change in water usage or disposal. Students will participate in a 30 day challenge where they will practice and record their daily change.
Students will reduce and/or stop water pollution in the Pine Creek section of the Walnut Creek Watershed. Students will apply water quality testing procedures to measure the overall health of the water.
Exploring water management by estimating and calculating the percentage of available freshwater on Earth.