Day I       Preliminary Activities

Objective: Students will identify the properties of their tap water.
Motivational Activity- Tap water
Follow-Up - How Did You Do?

Day II     Background Information

Objective: Students will understand the water cycle,occurrence of groundwater and relevant vocabulary terms.

acidity
chlorine
copper
hardness
iron
pH
watershed

Refer to Web Page- Brief Explanation on Groundwater Flow Systems
If you need to reinforce the concept of pH you can refer to this link.

Day III     Background Information   .

Objective: Students will find their local watershed and identify its characteristics.
Refer to Web Page- Surf Your Watershed

Objective: Students will become familiar with the steps of the Scientific Method and predict the results of their tap water tests.
Teach/Review The Scientific Method.  Refer to Web Page- The Scientific Method and Introduction to the Scientific Method
Form a hypothesis

Day VI     Perform Tap water tests

Day VII    Perform Tap water tests

Day VIII  Analyze Data of your test results/Discussion/Submit Data

Day IX     Analyze Group Data/Discussion

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