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Pbs News Hour Extra: Understanding Your Water: From Source to Tap and Back Again Lesson PlanPbs News Hour Extra: Understanding Your Water: From Source to Tap and Back Again Lesson Plan
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PBS
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9th - 10th
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Pbs News Hour Extra: Understanding Your Water: From Source to Tap and Back Again

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For this lesson students will learn about water treatment and what happens to water when it goes down a toilet and drains into sewers. Through further investigation students will understand the relationship between water treatment and public health. Lab resources are included that demonstrate how water filtration works.

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Concepts

public health, sewage, water treatment

Additional Tags

drinkng water, sanitary sewers, waste water, waste water treatment, pbs, wastewater treatment

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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