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Framework
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Topic outline
Click the linked topics below for additional
resources
| Water Resources |
| 1. Characteristics of water on Earth |
a. Properties of water
b. Physical, chemical, biological aspects
(adaptations)
c. Distribution
d. Watersheds |
| 2. Surface water |
a. Fresh - lakes, streams and rivers, wetlands
b. Estuaries
c. Salt - oceans |
| 3. Groundwater |
a. Models
b. Aquifer
c. Artesian well
d. Water table
e. Zones - cone of depression, recharge,
saltwater intrusion |
| 4. Human use |
a. Historical use
b. Use sectors - agricultural, residential,
commercial (including fisheries),
municipal,
industrial
c. Demands and consumption |
| 5. Impacts of water use |
a. Shortages
b. Salinization
c. Pollution/contamination - point vs. non-
point
d. Erosion
e. Waste management
f. Storm water/flooding
g. Water diversion |
| 6. Sustainable use of water/solutions |
a. Conservation and preservation
b. Reduced use
c. Irrigation management
d. Water rationing |
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RESOURCES
| Impacts of water use - Waste management |
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Wastewater Treatment (activity)
Source: ESA21
Activity (PDF)
Students read about the wastewater
treatment process then take a virtual field trip to a wastewater
treatment facility. |
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Wastewater Treatment Field Trip Worksheet
Source:
David
Bendlin, Milton School District
Worksheet (MS Word)
This is a two page worksheet that
students complete as they take a field trip of a typical
municipal wastewater treatment plant. After the field trip, the
teacher would provide the students with an explanation and/or
diagram of how a rural residential septic tank systems work. The
students finish the worksheet by comparing and contrasting the
two different systems. |
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