Down the Drain

5 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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1 Upstream Downstream
As more and more factories and more and more people dumped their waste into the rivers, a public health crisis ensued.
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2 The River Stinks!
Students view first hand evidence by business name of all the pollution being dumped up and down the Schuylkill River.
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3 Hidden Streams
Looking for solutions
Water system as a civic responsibility for public good
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4 Wastewater Treatment Process Explained
Engineering a system source to tap
Innovation claims Philadelphia a first in municipal water system design
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5 Pipe to Drain - What's the Connection?
What brings drinking water to our homes and gets rid of our wastewater?
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