Water and Waste are our focuses this week. We discussed our household needs for water and counted the number of items in our home that require water from city pipes. We calculated the average number of toilets in our households are three and drew piping diagrams of our homes. What they discovered is that most of our water needs are back-to-back in our homes to simplify the plumbing plans.
Students also created a list of their own questions related to how water is treated, how it arrives in our homes, and how it leaves our homes. Here are six wonderful questions from a student:
1. How much water does the city pump per day?
2. Where does the city get all the water?
3. How much water does an average household use per day?
4. Why do some cities put chemicals in their water?
5. Where does the city pump waste water?
6. If the city didn't supply water what would happen?
We have a guest speaker tomorrow and a field trip to support our learning about water and waste.
Using SketchUp, students created a scaled 3D model of a briefcase in class.
1. How much water does the city pump per day?
2. Where does the city get all the water?
3. How much water does an average household use per day?
4. Why do some cities put chemicals in their water?
5. Where does the city pump waste water?
6. If the city didn't supply water what would happen?
We have a guest speaker tomorrow and a field trip to support our learning about water and waste.
Using SketchUp, students created a scaled 3D model of a briefcase in class.