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\nEnvironmental Engineering and Water Chemistry\n

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\nIntroduce young scientists to the fundamentals of environmental engineering with a nine-resource collection that looks at air, land, and water quality concerns. The unit begins with a PowerPoint presentation that provides background...\n
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\n\"Life\n\n
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\nPhotosynthesis, extinction, biomimicry, and bioremediation. Young environmental engineers study these processes. Using photosynthesis as a model and biomimicry as an example, groups research how nature provides hints for engineering...\n
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\nPreventing Flint – Environmental Engineering: Crash Course Engineering #29\n

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\nWe all need clean air and water. An informative video first describes the causes of water contamination in Flint, Michigan. It then goes on to explain the importance of environmental engineering in clean air, clean water, and waste...\n
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\nIntroduction to Environmental Engineering\n

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\nA series on environmental engineering introduces the class to issues that environmental engineers work to solve. This first instructional activity focuses on air and land issues, and looks at ways to reduce pollution.\n
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\nInteractions Everywhere!\n

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\nStudents examine interactions within the environment and environmental engineering careers. They discuss and view photos of natural and manmade environments, explore various websites, create a web to identify interactions between living...\n
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\nTE Activity: Oil Spill Cleanup\n

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\nStudents experiment by creating an oil spill and trying a number of clean up methods. They determine which methods are the least costly and most effective. They role play as an environmental engineer and as an oil company owner who must...\n
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\n\"Oil\n\n
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\nOil Spill\n

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\nMiddle schoolers explore an important role of environmental engineers by studying the Exxon Valdez oil spill. They experiment with different strategies in order to clean up their own manufactured oil spill.\n
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\nWhat's Down the Well?\n

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\nStudents examine how environmental engineers determine possible sites for drinking water wells. They listen to a teacher led-lecture, and create their own groundwater well model using a coffee can and wire screening, observing how...\n
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\n\"Working\n\n
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\nWorking Together to Live Together\n

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\nWhose home is it anyway? Design teams plan a housing development in which they must also protect a native species. The teams consist of a project manager, civil engineer, environmental engineer, and graphic designer. Teams present their...\n
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\nPopulation Growth in Yeasts\n

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\nStudents design an investigation using yeast. In this environmental engineering lesson, students design an investigation to determine how environmental factors affect the growth of yeast. They will collect quantitative data and discuss...\n
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\nStudents identify several sources of contaminants to groundwater. They discuss the movement of possible contaminants through that groundwater from outside sources. They describe how environmental engineers analyze contaminants to...\n
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\nHow Full is Full?\n

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\nStudents examine porosity and permeability and relate these concepts to groundwater flow. They use simple materials to conduct a porosity experiment and use the information to understand how environmental engineers decide on the...\n
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\nStream Consciousness\n

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\nActual stream water is analyzed in this environmental science activity. Participants measure water temperature and pH, and then survey the macroinvertebrates living in their samples. The data worksheet, troubleshooting tips, and...\n
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\nYou Are What You Drink!\n

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\nStudents explore water treatment systems. In this water conservation ecology lesson plan, students identify and explain several processes used for water treatment and define related vocabulary after listening to content information given...\n
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\nEnergy Efficiency Ambassadors\n

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\nDefinitely for high schoolers, this lesson is an open-ended exploration of energy efficiency. Groups of two to three junior environmental engineers design an experiment to test for efficiency. They prepare a full lab report and...\n
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\nIntroduction to Water Chemistry\n

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\nWhat are the issues surrounding water quality? Viewers of this short presentation gain information about the importance of clean water, the lack of fresh water, water contamination, and ways that engineers treat water. \n
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\nSugar Spill!\n

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\nSugar isn't good for you, but it's great for yeast! Scholars design an experiment to investigate how variables affect the rate of sugar consumption in yeast. The last installment of a nine-part Life Science unit considers how scientists...\n
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\n\"Aerogels\n\n
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\nAerogels in Action\n

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\nModel an oil spill cleanup. An engaging engineering lesson has groups using aerogels to simulate an oil spill cleanup (vegetable oil in water). Along the way, they learn about nanotechnology and hydrophilia/hydrophobia.\n
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\nLinking Sources and Pollutants\n

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\nClass members use an air quality monitor to measure the amount of gas-phase pollutants emitted by different sources. Groups choose three different sources and make predictions about what the monitors will detect. Teams then expose...\n
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\nPea Soup Ponds\n

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\nStudents perform an experiment where they learn how water can be polluted by algal bloom. They grow algae with different concentrations of fertilizers or nutrients and analyze their results.\n
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\nOil Spill Solutions\n

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\nLearners build a system to remove oil from a water source. In this environmental engineering lesson, students plan and build a system to contain and remove oil from a water source using various materials provided by the teacher. Learners...\n
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\nTE Activity: Stream Consciousness\n

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\nFourth graders study how environmental engineers monitor water quality. They use environmental indicators to determine the quality of stream water in their area. They count the number of macroinverabrates and use the information they...\n
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\nEek, It leaks!\n

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\nStudents construct model landfill liners out of two-inch strips of garbage bags within resource constraints. The challenge is to construct a bag that will hold one cup of water without leaking. This represents similar challenges that...\n
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\nTE Lesson: How Clean is that Water?\n

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\nStudents examine the factors the affect water quality, and allow for animals and plants to live. They look at how engineers apply water quality information when making stream modifications in order to ensure drinking water quality. They...\n
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