Horse to Horsepower
Students will sequence historical modes of transportation in chronological order, determine how they function, and identify efficiencies and challenges.
Gourd Goals: A Cross-Curricular Journey Into Global Water Challenges
Students will brainstorm and notice the ways they use water and importance to their lives and community. Students will develop a solution for using a limited water supply in their lives, as well as how to reduce contaminants and conserve their supply.
Local History and Uncovering the Hidden
Students will uncover the hidden histories of their school and neighborhood—once a PG&E processing site, built on landfill, and an evacuation center after the 1989 earthquake. Using the Question Formulation Technique, they’ll explore three themes: liquefaction, water, and power.
Research Project: Water Industry Careers
Student interest leads to research and reporting about water industry career pathways.
The Story of Water
The impact of water usage and the importance of conservation and stewardship is interpreted through a children’s book.
Water Stewardship Socratic Seminar and Research
Students explore Indigenous perspectives on stewardship, land trust, and restoration, examining how First Nation laws and values inform sustainable practices and equitable access to water, energy, and land.
A Drop in the Bucket: Investigating Earth’s Limited Freshwater Supply
Exploring water management by estimating and calculating the percentage of available freshwater on Earth.
Decoding the Drive: Gas, Gas, Hybrid, or Electric
Students will compare gas-powered, hybrid, and electric vehicles using a choice board and anticipation guide, play a round of jeopardy, and learn how new EV technologies can integrate into older gas-powered cars.
Human Impact on Ocean Biodiversity
Expanding on the current scope of “Ecosystem Biodiversity” students will focus on human impacts on ocean biodiversity, centering on ocean acidification and how the change in pH level impacts the health of the lower level of the food web.