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Understanding the Urban Watershed

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Elementary

Connect students to environmental learning experiences with 2 Units. Unit 1 is an overview of land and water called We all Live in a Watershed and Unit 2 provides a local exploration of the water system called Philadelphia’s Water Story 

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Ponder the question– Is water a renewable resource?
Everyone lives (and goes to school) in a watershed
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Middle

Dive into the development and management of the city’s drinking water, wastewater and storm water systems with 4 Units. Explore the relationships between the built and natural environments. Follow this with a student action project

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What does it take for us to drink a glass of fresh, clean, delicious water?
Identify solutions to sustain a healthy environment
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High School

Engage students in environmental science by exploring some basic questions in the world around them : Why do we need to understand what science is, how we do it, and why it changes ?

Integrate outdoor investigations with classroom learning experiences
Discover the many faces of environmental scientists past, present and… you
Why do we trust science?
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