The Living Environment Class
Ms. Ana Vasquez
Science
Department
Water-related diseases are a growing human tragedy, killing more
than 5 million people each year - 10 times the number of people killed in wars.
About 2.3 billion people suffer from diseases linked to dirty water. Some 60%
of all infant mortality worldwide is linked to infectious and parasitic
diseases, most of them water-related.
You work for the department of
environmental protection and your job is to supervise the water treatment
plants in
Reactor Treatment /disposal Solids
collection Transfer pump River
You need to
investigate the water quality after processing in the water treatment
plants. You need to create a research
plan to see if there is a link between the water borne pathogens affecting
these patients and possible agents present in treated water.
You will:
1. Create a two pages report that
will demonstrate the processes involved in water treatment in
► The paper must be double-spaced.
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The font used must be 12pt
2. Offer a final presentation
describing your findings.
►You will have five minutes for the oral presentation.
►Make sure you explain your
personal opinion about your investigation.
In order to complete the task you will use public policy analysis
format.
*Day #1 Define the
problem: complete worksheet number
one.
*Day #2 Using resources provided below complete worksheet number
two for gathering evidence.
*Day #3 At this point you are ready to identify causes of the problem
and complete worksheet
number three.
*Day #4 Since you will conduct a
presentation to evaluate existing public policies and worksheet number
four will help you accomplish this part of the task.
*Day #5 A very important part of your job is to report to the CDC
developing public policy solutions to eliminate or diminish the problem and its
causes, to help you simplify this explanations you will complete worksheet number
five.
*Day #6 Finally you need to develop the best
public policy solution to keep the community focus for the best solution and
now you finish worksheet
number six
*Day #7.Today your will organize the
final report and practice for the final presentation.
*Day #8 Presentations begin
today.
THE CITY OF NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
http://www.thedailystar.com/news/stories/2001/11/28/shed.html
http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/ny16_serrano/pr_0112.waterTreatmt.html
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CRITERIA
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At the end of this
activity you should be able to defend your position based on the research
performed regarding the quality of water in our area. You should also be able to identify pathogens
acquired by contaminated water and their effects on homeostasis
The Living Environment New York State Education Department Standards
Standard 4 Science
Students will
understand and apply scientific concepts, principles, and theories pertaining
to the physical setting and living environment
and recognize the historical development of ideas in science.
Key Idea 5:
Organisms maintain a dynamic equilibrium that sustains life.
PERFORMANCE INDICATOR 5.2
Explain disease as a
failure of homeostasis.
Major
Understandings
5.2b
Viruses, bacteria, fungi, and other parasites may infect plants and animals and interfere with normal
life functions.
Key Idea 7:
Human decisions
and activities have had a profound impact on the physical and living environment.
PERFORMANCE
INDICATOR 7.1
Describe the range of interrelationships of
humans with the living and nonliving
environment.
Major
Understandings
7.1c Human
beings are part of the Earth’s ecosystems. Human activities can, deliberately or
inadvertently, alter the
equilibrium in ecosystems. Humans modify ecosystems as a result of population
growth, consumption, and technology.
Human destruction of habitats through direct harvesting, pollution, atmospheric
changes, and other factors is
threatening current global stability, and if not addressed, ecosystems may be irreversibly
affected.
PERFORMANCE INDICATOR 7.2
Explain the impact of technological development and growth in
the human population on the living and nonliving environment.
Major
Understandings
7.2a Human
activities that degrade ecosystems result in a loss of diversity of the living and
nonliving environment.
For example, the influence of humans on other organisms occurs through land use
and pollution. Land
use decreases the space and resources available to other species, and pollution
changes the chemical composition
of air, soil, and water.
English
Standards
E1c Reads,
understands and produces written and oral work.
E4b The student analyzes and revises the work
to make it suitable for the audience.
S7b
The student
argues from evidence.
S7e Students communicates in a form suited
for the audience.
A2a Student makes an oral presentation of
project plan.
