Solving Water Together: Careers That Make A Splash

Length

45 minutes

Target Audience

Education: Grade(s) 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Teacher(s)/Educator(s), Parent, Adult Learners, Homeschool/Family , Learning PodPublic Library: Library Patrons

Minimum participants:

1

Maximum participants:

N/A

Primary Disciplines

Career Education, Community Interests, International, Literacy, Problem Solving, Sciences, STEM

Program Delivery Mode

Zoom

Booking Information

This program is only available on Wednesday, May 25, 2022 at 1 PM EASTERN.

Sorry, this program is not currently available. To inquire about future availability, please contact EarthEcho International

For more information contact CILC at (507) 388-3672

Provider's Cancellation Policy

EarthEcho virtual learning experiences are open to everyone. Each event will focus on specific science standards for middle and/or high school students, but will be enjoyable and informative for a wide range of audiences. We consider a participant anyone who logs on to view the event. We’d love it if you could watch for the duration and ask questions, but it is not required.

About This Provider

 

EarthEcho International

Washington, D.C.
United States

EarthEcho collaborates with youth and educators around the world to provide knowledge and develop tools that drive meaningful environmental action to protect and restore our ocean planet. Reaching more than 2 million people in 146 countries, we support the next generation to become environmental leaders who will transform the future.

Get in touch @EarthEcho

Program Details

Format

1. This program begins with a introduction to EarthEcho International and our guest hosts.
2. We will discuss importance of water quality and conservation.
3. We hear stories and career pathways shared from EarthEcho Water Challenge partners working in the water industry.
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 throughout the program.

Objectives

The participant will:
- understand importance of water quality and conservation;
- learn about various careers in the water industry;
- hear stories shared from EarthEcho Water Challenge partners leading water monitoring programs in critical bodies of water around the world;
- 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.

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.