Chemistry in the Earth System · Week 33 · Reaction Dynamics and Water Chemistry
Water Quality in Our Valley
Analyzing arsenic and nitrate data for local wells and drafting honest, respectful messages to community members.
- Students will
- Students analyze arsenic and nitrate data against safety limits and write an honest, respectful message for community members.
- SEL skill
- Share facts honestly without blame or fear
- What it looks like
- Students practice influence with integrity by sharing facts honestly and without blame or fear.
- Content focus
- Water quality in our valley
- Format
- Collaborative analysis
Responsible decision-making
Responsible decision-making is choosing what to do by weighing safety, fairness, and the likely results for yourself and others. More responsible decision-making activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- HS-ESS3-4: High School Earth and Space Science performance expectation
- Science and engineering practice: SEP4 Analyzing and interpreting data
- Crosscutting concept: CCC2 Cause and effect
- CA Environmental Principles and Concepts: Principle V: Decisions affecting resources and natural systems are complex and involve many factors
- Literacy in science: RST.9-10.3 Follow a complex multistep procedure when carrying out experiments or taking measurements.
- Traditional course: Chemistry
Fits these textbook chapters
- Modern Chemistry, Chapter 2: Measurements and Calculations
- Modern Chemistry, Chapter 12: Solutions
- Modern Chemistry, Chapter 13: Ions in Aqueous Solutions and Colligative Properties
- Modern Chemistry, Chapter 15: Acid-Base Titration and pH
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More responsible decision-making activities for Chemistry in the Earth System
- Comparing Fuels Responsible decision-makingCalculating the energy per gallon of different fuels and weighing tradeoffs in a decision without rushing.
- Energy Budgets Responsible decision-makingCalculating Earth's energy budget and balancing a personal energy budget of sleep, school, and work.
- Thermal Energy and Choices Responsible decision-makingDesigning a device that keeps a lunch cool and justifying design choices honestly, including weaknesses.
- Nuclear Changes Responsible decision-makingModeling fission, fusion, and decay and discussing how fear and facts both enter energy decisions.
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