Goal:
1. Students will discover the methods which waterwaste treatment plants use to keep our
waters and oceans pure.
Resources:
1. Access to a water and waste treatment plant near school.
2. Chaperons.
3. Student/teacher/chaperon transportation.
4. Access to computers.
Time:
Depending on where the waterwaste treatment plant is located, activity could take up until six hours [Round trip traveling and bus-loading time [2 hours]; tour [2 hours]; class discussion [1hour]; time allotted to write paper [I to 2 hours]).
Procedure:
Step 1 - Set up an appointment time/day for class to visit and tour a waterwaste treatment plant.
Step 2 - Introduce the concept of waterwaste treatment plants to the class. Be certain to describe both the good and bad aspects of the role they play.
Step 3 - Encourage students to learn to their highest potential. Have them look/listen for at least five things they did not already know.
Step 4 - Upon returning from the waterwaste treatment plant, generate a class discussion on what was seen and learned at the plant. What did the students think? Are waterwaste treatment plants beneficial? What type of impact do they have on our oceans? How are they linked together to effect our oceans?
Step 5 - Have each student complete a minimum of a one-page type-written paper, which includes their thoughts, ideas, and opinions of the waterwaste treatment plant. In addition, their paper should include the five pieces of information which they did not know before the tour.
Assessment:
1. Each student must complete and submit a minimum of one typewritten paper, which includes their thoughts, ideas, and opinions of the waterwaste treatment plant, as well as the five pieces of information which they learned. Determine assessment in accordance with "Waterwaste Treatment Plant: Assessment/Rubric."
Curricular Strands and Major Concepts:
1. Language Arts- listening skills, writing skills.
2. Science- discovery through investigation.
3. Social Studies- comparing the past with the present.
Possible Extension:
1. Have students write a letter to the waterwaste treatment plant voicing their ideas and/or concerns of the roles of the plant.