Water, Water Everywhere but Not a Drop to Drink!: A SCALE K-12 Curriculum Unit

By Rachel E Gehr1; Siddika Selcen Guzey2; Andrea Blocher3; Bradley Scott Ruff4; Brent Strickhouser4; Kerrie Douglas5; Morgan M Hynes5; Greg J. Strimel6; Tamara J. Moore5; SCALE K127

1. Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 2. Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 3. Lafayette Tecumseh Jr High School, Lafayette, IN 4. Benton Central Jr./Sr. High School, Oxford, IN 5. Engineering Education, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 6. Technology Leadership & Innovation, Polytechnic Institute, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 7. SCALE K-12, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

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Grade Level

8

Approximate Time Needed to Complete Unit

3 weeks 

Unit Summary

QUENCH (QUality ENgineering for Community Health) is an organization that pursues environmental justice to improve public health through education and resource provision. QUENCH would like students to solve the problem of communities with poor water quality and minimal funding to treat water on their own. Students will learn about the water cycle, water scarcity, environmental justice, water treatment methods, microelectronic sensors, and water filtration. Through digital and analog measurement, students will learn about the importance of microelectronics when it comes to waterborne illness prevention. Based on the information learned and data acquired throughout the unit, students will make an evidence-based decision to design an efficient method of filtering water to potable quality.

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Author order: Rachel Gehr,  S. Selcen Guzey, Andrea Blocher, Brad Ruff, Brent Strickhouser, Kerrie A. Douglas, Morgan M. Hynes, Greg J. Strimel, Tamara J. Moore

Teacher Authors
Andrea Blocher
Brad Ruff
Brent Strickhouser

Project Authors
Rachel Gehr
S. Selcen Guzey
Kerrie A. Douglas
Morgan M. Hynes
Greg J. Strimel
Tamara J. Moore

 

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This work was created with support from the U.S. Department of Defense [Contract No. W52P1J-22-9-3009] and the Indiana Economic Development Corporation [Contract No. A281-3-IPF-1028 424208].

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  • Rachel E Gehr, Siddika Selcen Guzey, Andrea Blocher, Bradley Scott Ruff, Brent Strickhouser, Kerrie Douglas, Morgan M Hynes, Greg J. Strimel, Tamara J. Moore, SCALE K12 (2024), "Water, Water Everywhere but Not a Drop to Drink!: A SCALE K-12 Curriculum Unit," https://nanohub.org/resources/39064.

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Anne DeLion, Rena Ann Sterrett

Engineering Education, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

Tags

  1. clean water
  2. environmental science
  3. evidence based design
  4. middle school
  5. SCALE K-12
  6. SCALE (Scalable Asymmetric Lifecycle Engagement)