Drinking Water and You

9 Days

Outdoor Learning Experiences

Through these series of lessons, you can plant the seed for growing your own understanding of “What is a MWEE?  (Meaningful Watershed Environmental Experiences) and how to facilitate outdoor student-driven investigations of local environmental issues

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Environmental Literacy Connection

Students will explore larger concepts related to water using their local context . Each day’s lessons are aligned with the new Envrionmental Literacy and Sustainability Standards of STEELS and are both hands-on and inquiry-based.

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6 Freshwater and You!
Water is essential for all living things, including us!
Explore freshwater use and protection
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7 Water for the People: Public Water as a civic responsibility (Part 1)
Philadelphia’s early urban water challenges
Public Health Concerns Grow as City Grows
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8 Water for the People: Public Water as a civic responsibility (Part 2)
Looking for solutions
Water system as a civic responsibility for public good
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9 Design and Engineering: Functional and Beautiful (Part 1)
Engineering a system source to tap
Innovation claims Philadelphia a first in municipal water system design
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10 Design and Engineering: Functional and Beautiful (Part 2)
Design as expression of civic pride
Integrating Pumps and Public Parks
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11 Drinking Water Treatment Process Explained (Part 1)
By 1909, all Philadelphia drinking water was filtered
Today Drinking water treatment is regulated and tested for health and safety
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12 Public Drinking Water Treatment Process Explained (Part 2)
Explore today’s Drinking water treatment multi-step process
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13 Regulation, Quality Assurance Testing the Water
Drinking water passes a myriad of tests to comply with regulations
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14 Bottle or Tap?
The Value of Tap Water
Put tap to the taste test
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