Teach students about the delicate balance between humans and the environment and how human activities affect water supplies and quality.
Student Learning Objectives • Understand why the unique physical properties of water make it such an important, life-sustaining resource • Identify factors that affect water quality and in turn learn how water quality determines suitability for various uses • Model typical water treatment processes and gauge their effectiveness • Understand that water treatment processes are essential to human life as well as the ecosystem • Understand how human activities affect water quality • Explain water’s relationship to the environment at large