WV State Standards: Math: M.O.G3.21 Science: SC.9.2.3, SC.9.2.7, SC.9.4.39, SC.9.5.3, SC.9.5.4, SC.9.6.5, SC.10.2.3,  SC.10.2.7, SC.10.4.1, SC.10.4.32, SC.10.5.2, SC.10.6.5 Technology: National Standards:  Math: 1, 5, 9 Science: 2, 11, 12, 13 Technology: Blooms Taxonomy: Knowledge, Comprehension, Application, Analysis, Synthesis, Evaluation 21st Century Skills: Critical Thinking and Systems Thinking, Problem Identification, Formulation, and Solution, Thinking and Problem-Solving, Communication, Interpersonal and Collaborative, Self-direction, Accountability and Adaptability

Objective(s)

Students, acting as environmental engineers, will determine the effect of constructing the new Ultimate High School and athletic facilities on the local watershed.

Time Required

One 50 minute class period

Pre-Requisite Skills

Map reading skills, ability to calculate areas, ability to calculate percentages

Calculators

Sink or ... Swim???  Instruction Sheet
Pervious/Impervious Surfaces and Stream Health Worksheet
Site Boundaries Map

In this lesson students will determine the percentage of “UHS Watershed” that is impervious and using that information will determine the health of streams associated with that watershed.  Go to the Sink or ... Swim???  Instruction Sheet for details.

Students will be working in collaborative groups with other students of all ability levels.

This lesson incorporates map reading skills, calculating area, and calculating percentages.  Students must interact effectively both in their small groups, and groups must interact effectively on the larger class scale.

Collect and grade the Pervious/Impervious Surfaces and Stream Health Worksheet.  Have students recognized the importance of evaluating human effects on the environment?  They should include what they have learned about environmental engineering on their PowerPoint in Lesson 5.