Land and Water: Finding the Balance
Grades 6-8

5 Class periods (Unit 4)

1 Stormwater Runoff and Management
Students explore the impact of stormwater and how the city developed infrastructure to manage the runoff.
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2 Restoring Urban Waterways
Students explore strategies for restoring and protecting the streambanks and surrounding areas from the impacts of stormwater runoff.
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3 Following Nature's Lead: Nature Based Solutions
Exploring how nature-based solutions to managing stormwater are being used in the city.
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4 Green Schoolyards
Students see how green tools are being used in schoolyards to create new learning spaces while protecting the environment.
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5 Freshwater Mussels: Nature's Engineers
See how collaboration between human innovation and freshwater mussels is protecting and restoring the Schuylkill River ecosystem.
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PA STEELS
3.4 Environmental Literacy and Sustainability

Environmental Sustainability 3.4.6-8.G  Obtain and communicate information to describe how best resource management practices and environmental laws are designed to achieve environmental sustainability. (LE 1, 2, 3)

Sustainability and Stewardship 3.4.6-8.H : Design a solution to an environmental issue in which individuals and societies can engage as stewards of the environment. (LE 2, 4, 5)

 

Sustainability and Stewardship 3.4.6-8.H  Design a solution to an environmental issue in which individuals and societies can engage as stewards of the environment. (LE 9)

3.5 Technology & Engineering

Impacts of Technology 3.5.6-8.G Analyze how an invention or innovation was influenced by the context and circumstances in which it is developed. (LE 4, 5)

Unit 4 Finding the Balance

1 Stormwater Runoff and Management

2 Protecting Urban Waterways

3 Green City, Clean Waters

4 Green Schoolyards: Managing and Reimagining

5 Freshwater Mussels – Nature’s Engineers

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Unit 1 Water in Our World

Unit 2 Drinking Water and You

Unit 3 Down the Drain

Planning a Meaningful Watershed Experience

Planning a Meaningful Watershed Education Experience

Students continue learning outdoors and in the classroom as they investigate a local environmental issue that leads to informed action.

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