Tap Water’s Journey
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.
The Environment-A 30 Day Challenge
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.
Today I learned about Electric Cars
In this educator’s guide created by the TILclimate project through MIT, students will explore EV associated emissions across the US, identify impacts of air pollution from gas vehicles and create an improvement plan for their school site.
Vroom vs Zoom: Analyzing Car Costs
Students will compare costs associated with electric and gas powered vehicles based on driving usage and state and then develop a car buying tool (Choose your own adventure style) using Google Forms.
Water Footprint of Foods
The design of a balanced meal with a small water footprint showcases how small changes can lead to larger impacts.
Water Quality Testing
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.
Water Work: Exploring Careers That Shape Our Future
Students will look at slides that describe various water stewardship careers. Based on their own interests and strengths, they will consider which water related career could be a good fit for them.
Where does our water come from and how does it get to us?
This water unit will help students understand that clean reliable water can be a limited resource that has a cost. We will investigate where our local water comes from and how it gets from the source to the faucet, including all the people involved in getting water to our homes.
Amazon Problem Set
This ETP is a problem set designed to introduce students to jobs and tasks in business operations. The problems are based on work done in Amazon Lab126’s Sustaining Operations department.
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