Format
1. This program begins with a introduction to EarthEcho International and Scientist in Every Florida School.
2. We will discuss importance of water quality and conservation with expert Audrey Goeckner
3. We hear stories shared from EarthEcho Water Challenge partners leading water monitoring programs in critical bodies of water in and near their classrooms..
4. Participants will be inspired to monitor and protect their own waterways through the EarthEcho Water Challenge.
5. Time is allowed for questions and answers.
Objectives
The participant will:
- understand importance of water quality and conservation;
- learn how to create their own community project to take action;
- hear stories shared from EarthEcho Water Challenge partners leading water monitoring programs in critical bodies of water;
- be inspired to monitor and protect their own waterways through the EarthEcho Water Challenge.
Standards Alignment
National Standards
NGSS
MS-ESS3-2. Analyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects.
MS-ESS3-3. Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment.
ESS3.C: Human Impacts on Earth Systems • Human activities have significantly altered the biosphere, sometimes damaging or destroying natural habitats and causing the extinction of other species. But changes to Earth’s environments can have different impacts (negative and positive) for different living things. • Typically as human populations and per-capita consumption of natural resources increase, so do the negative impacts on Earth unless the activities and technologies involved are engineered otherwise.
MS-ESS3-4. Construct an argument supported by evidence for how increases in human population and per-capita consumption of natural resources impact Earth’s systems.
State Standards
OCEAN LITERACY PRINCIPLES
Principle 6: The ocean and humans are inextricably interconnected.
- The ocean affects every human life. It supplies freshwater (most rain comes from the ocean) and nearly all Earth’s oxygen. The ocean moderates the Earth’s climate, influences our weather, and affects human health.
- Everyone is responsible for caring for the ocean. The ocean sustains life on Earth and humans must live in ways that sustain the ocean. Individual and collective actions are needed to effectively manage ocean resources for all.
SUNSHINE STATE STANDARDS
Big Idea 1 SC.7.N.1 The Practice of Science
SC.7.N.1.1: Define a problem from the curriculum, use appropriate reference materials to support scientific understanding, plan and carry out a scientific investigation of various types such as systematic observations or experiments, identify variables, collect and organize data, interpret data in charts, tables, and graphics, analyze information, make predictions, and defend conclusions.
SC.7.N.1.5: Describe the methods used in the pursuit of scientific explanation as seen in different fields of science such as biology, geology and physics.
Big Idea 6 SC.7.E.6 Earth Structures
SC.7.E.6.6: Identify the impact that humans have had on Earth, such as deforestation, urbanization, desertification, erosion, air and water quality, changing the flow of water.
Strand ELA.7.C.Communication
ELA.7.C.1.3: Write and support a claim using logical reasoning, relevant evidence from sources, elaboration, a logical organizational structure with varied transitions, and acknowledging at least one counterclaim.
ELA.7.C.4.1: Conduct research to answer a question, drawing on multiple reliable and valid sources, and generating additional questions for further research.
Big Idea CTE-General
CTE-GEN.68.GENRL.17.14: Apply math, reading, science, and critical thinking skills as they relate to industry.
CTE-TECED.68.ENTECH.07.08: Describe how technologies can be used to repair damage and to break down waste from the use of various products and systems.