In this activity, students will learn about a real city that was predicted to run out of water and a potential solution using the process of desalination.
In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina talks about a few different examples how some freshwater sources were good, then bad, then made good again.
How can we fix water shortages?
Students will focus on parts of the water cycle and basic water conservation themes.
Flushing toilets can consume a lot of water. So Tak-Sing Wong, a biomedical engineer at Penn State University, is trying to minimize how much is needed.
In this two-day lesson, students will be introduced to several water sustainability issues, including access to clean freshwater, groundwater depletion, agricultural water use, and water waste.
Are your students ready to tackle a water conservation issue at home or in their school?
In this lesson, students will practice rapid ideation—an important step in design thinking—by brainstorming solutions to issues surrounding global water use and conservation.
How do we assess the benefits and drawbacks of various solutions to a problem? To decide how one potential solution compares to another, we have to consider the pros and cons of each from many dimensions: environmental, social, cultural, and economic.
The purpose of this activity is to give students practice putting a design problem into perspective. In this case, the class will explore the often surprising amount of water used in producing everyday products like cola, leather boots, smartphones, and chocolate bars.
In this Flipside Science unit, designed for a middle school audience, we’ll explore environmental issues related to our water use. On this page you’ll find five short videos and five associated lesson plans connected to the Next Generation Science Standards with an emphasis on engineering and design thinking.
Communities, citizen groups, and individuals can take an active role in protecting their drinking water sources from contamination.
