Think Outside the Bottle (view)
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- Lesson Plan
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- Keywords:
- Density, PASTEM, Stem, Water Filter
- Alignment:
- PA.EE.4.1.7.D, PA.SCI.3.3.3.A1, PA.SCI.3.3.6.A1, PA.SCI.3.3.12.A1, PA.SCI.3.3.3.A2, PA.SCI.3.3.4.A2, PA.SCI.3.3.5.A2, PA.SCI.3.3.8.A2, PA.SCI.3.3.10.A2, PA.SCI.3.3.12.A2, PA.SCI.3.3.1.A7, PA.SCI.3.3.3.A7, PA.SCI.3.3.2.A7, PA.SCI.3.3.4.A7, PA.SCI.3.3.8.A7, PA.SCI.3.3.10.A8, PA.SCI.3.3.B.A8, PA.SCI.3.3.12.A8, PA.SCI.3.3.K.A7, PA.SCI.3.3.P.A8, PA.SCI.3.3.PK.A7, PA.SCI.3.3.12.A4, PA.SCI.3.3.1.A4, PA.SCI.3.3.2.A4, PA.SCI.3.3.4.A4, PA.SCI.3.3.6.A4, PA.SCI.3.3.7.A4, PA.SCI.3.3.8.A4, PA.SCI.3.3.K.A4, PA.SCI.3.3.PK.A4
- Teaching Strategies
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- Keywords:
- PASTEM, water filter, stem, density
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- Student Handout
Summary
The Challenge: The challenge is to design and build a water filtration device using commonly available materials. To meet this challenge, students use an iterative repeating process as they build, test, and measure the performance of the filtration device, analyze the data collected, and use this information to work towards an improved filtration design. It is the same design process used by engineers and scientists working on ECLSS for NASA. Although students will work in teams of two–three, they are encouraged to think of their entire class as a single design team working cooperatively and learning from the efforts of all members in order to produce the best water filtration device. Students measure the effectiveness of their filtration device using pH test strips. Detailed plans and a complete materials list are provided.
- Subject:
- Environmental Science
- Level:
- Middle School
- Material Type:
- Activity/Lab
Standards
Learning Domain: Watersheds and Wetlands
Standard: Explain and describe characteristics of a wetland.
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Pennsylvania Standards for Science and Technology and Engineering Education
Grade 10Science Domain: Earth and Space Sciences
Topic: Earth Structure, Processes and Cycles
Standard: Analyze the effects on the environment and the carbon cycle of using both renewable and nonrenewable sources of energy.
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Grade 10Science Domain: Earth and Space Sciences
Topic: Earth Structure, Processes and Cycles
Standard: Compare and contrast scientific theories.Know that both direct and indirect observations are used by scientists to study the natural world and universe.Identify questions and concepts that guide scientific investigations.Formulate and revise explanations and models using logic and evidence.Recognize and analyze alternative explanations and models.Explain the importance of accuracy and precision in making valid measurements.
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Grade 12Science Domain: Earth and Space Sciences
Topic: Earth Structure, Processes and Cycles
Standard: Explain how parts are related to other parts in weather systems, solar systems, and earth systems, including how the output from one part can become an input to another part. Analyze the processes that cause the movement of material in the Earth's systems. Classify Earth's internal and external sources of energy such as radioactive decay, gravity, and solar energy.
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Pennsylvania Standards for Science and Technology and Engineering Education
Grade 12Science Domain: Earth and Space Sciences
Topic: Earth Structure, Processes and Cycles
Standard: Analyze the availability, location, and extraction of Earth's resources. Evaluate the impact of using renewable and nonrenewable energy resources on the Earth's system.
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Pennsylvania Standards for Science and Technology and Engineering Education
Grade 12Science Domain: Earth and Space Sciences
Topic: Earth Structure, Processes and Cycles
Standard: Classify Earth's internal and external sources of energy such as radioactive decay, gravity, and solar energy. Relate the transfer of energy through radiation, conduction, and convection to global atmospheric processes.
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Grade 12Science Domain: Earth and Space Sciences
Topic: Earth Structure, Processes and Cycles
Standard: Examine the status of existing theories.Evaluate experimental information for relevance and adherence to science processes.Judge that conclusions are consistent and logical with experimental conditions.Interpret results of experimental research to predict new information, propose additional investigable questions, or advance a solution.Communicate and defend a scientific argument.
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Science Domain: Earth and Space Sciences
Topic: Earth Structure, Processes and Cycles
Standard: Identify and describe types of fresh and salt-water bodies (ocean, rivers, lakes, ponds).
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Science Domain: Earth and Space Sciences
Topic: Earth Structure, Processes and Cycles
Standard: Distinguish between scientific fact and opinion;Ask questions about objects, organisms, and events;Understand that all scientific investigations involve asking and answering questions and comparing the answer with what is already known;Plan and conduct a simple investigation and understand that different questions require different kinds of investigations Use simple equipment (tools and other technologies) to gather data and understand that this allows scientists to collect more information than relying only on their senses to gather information;Use data/evidence to construct explanations and understand that scientists develop explanations based on their evidence and compare them with their current scientific knowledge;Communicate procedures and explanations giving priority to evidence and understanding that scientists make their results public, describe their investigations so they can be reproduced, and review and ask questions about the work of other scientists.
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Science Domain: Earth and Space Sciences
Topic: Earth Structure, Processes and Cycles
Standard: Explore and describe that water exists in solid (ice) and liquid (water) form. Explain and illustrate evaporation and condensation.
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Science Domain: Earth and Space Sciences
Topic: Earth Structure, Processes and Cycles
Standard: Distinguish between scientific fact and opinion;Ask questions about objects, organisms, and events;Understand that all scientific investigations involve asking and answering questions and comparing the answer with what is already known;Plan and conduct a simple investigation and understand that different questions require different kinds of investigations Use simple equipment (tools and other technologies) to gather data and understand that this allows scientists to collect more information than relying only on their senses to gather information;Use data/evidence to construct explanations and understand that scientists develop explanations based on their evidence and compare them with their current scientific knowledge;Communicate procedures and explanations giving priority to evidence and understanding that scientists make their results public, describe their investigations so they can be reproduced, and review and ask questions about the work of other scientists.
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Science Domain: Earth and Space Sciences
Topic: Earth Structure, Processes and Cycles
Standard: Explain and give examples of the ways in which soil is formed.
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Science Domain: Earth and Space Sciences
Topic: Earth Structure, Processes and Cycles
Standard: Identify the physical properties of minerals and demonstrate how minerals can be tested for these different physical properties.
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Science Domain: Earth and Space Sciences
Topic: Earth Structure, Processes and Cycles
Standard: Distinguish between scientific fact and opinion;Ask questions about objects, organisms, and events;Understand that all scientific investigations involve asking and answering questions and comparing the answer with what is already known;Plan and conduct a simple investigation and understand that different questions require different kinds of investigations Use simple equipment (tools and other technologies) to gather data and understand that this allows scientists to collect more information than relying only on their senses to gather information;Use data/evidence to construct explanations and understand that scientists develop explanations based on their evidence and compare them with their current scientific knowledge;Communicate procedures and explanations giving priority to evidence and understanding that scientists make their results public, describe their investigations so they can be reproduced, and review and ask questions about the work of other scientists.
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Science Domain: Earth and Space Sciences
Topic: Earth Structure, Processes and Cycles
Standard: Identify basic properties and uses of Earth's materials including rocks, soils, water, and gases of the atmosphere.
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Science Domain: Earth and Space Sciences
Topic: Earth Structure, Processes and Cycles
Standard: Recognize Earth's different water resources, including both fresh and saltwater. Describe phase changes in the forms of water on Earth.
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Science Domain: Earth and Space Sciences
Topic: Earth Structure, Processes and Cycles
Standard: Distinguish between scientific fact and opinion.Ask questions about objects, organisms, and events.Understand that all scientific investigations involve asking and answering questions and comparing the answer with what is already known.Plan and conduct a simple investigation and understand that different questions require different kinds of investigations.Use simple equipment (tools and other technologies) to gather data and understand that this allows scientists to collect more information than relying only on their senses to gather information.Use data/evidence to construct explanations and understand that scientists develop explanations based on their evidence and compare them with their current scientific knowledge.Communicate procedures and explanations giving priority to evidence and understanding that scientists make their results public, describe their investigations so they can be reproduced, and review and ask questions about the work of other scientists.
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Science Domain: Earth and Space Sciences
Topic: Earth Structure, Processes and Cycles
Standard: Describe the usefulness of Earth's physical resources as raw materials for the human made world.
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Science Domain: Earth and Space Sciences
Topic: Earth Structure, Processes and Cycles
Standard: Recognize and interpret various mapping representations of Earth's common features.
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Science Domain: Earth and Space Sciences
Topic: Earth Structure, Processes and Cycles
Standard: Describe how water on earth cycles in different forms and in different locations, including underground and in the atmosphere.
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Science Domain: Earth and Space Sciences
Topic: Earth Structure, Processes and Cycles
Standard: Differentiate among Earth's water systems. Describe the motions of tides and identify their causes.
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Science Domain: Earth and Space Sciences
Topic: Earth Structure, Processes and Cycles
Standard: Describe renewable and nonrenewable energy resources.
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Science Domain: Earth and Space Sciences
Topic: Earth Structure, Processes and Cycles
Standard: Explain how the oceans form one interconnected circulation system powered by wind, tides, the Earth's rotation, and water density differences.
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Science Domain: Earth and Space Sciences
Topic: Earth Structure, Processes and Cycles
Standard: Compare and contrast scientific theories.Know that both direct and indirect observations are used by scientists to study the natural world and universe.Identify questions and concepts that guide scientific investigations.Formulate and revise explanations and models using logic and evidence.Recognize and analyze alternative explanations and models.Explain the importance of accuracy and precision in making valid measurements.
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Pennsylvania Standards for Science and Technology and Engineering Education
Grades 9-12Science Domain: Earth and Space Sciences
Topic: Earth Structure, Processes and Cycles
Standard: Compare and contrast scientific theories.Know that both direct and indirect observations are used by scientists to study the natural world and universe.Identify questions and concepts that guide scientific investigations.Formulate and revise explanations and models using logic and evidence.Recognize and analyze alternative explanations and models.Explain the importance of accuracy and precision in making valid measurements.Examine the status of existing theories.Evaluate experimental information for relevance and adherence to science processes.Judge that conclusions are consistent and logical with experimental conditions.Interpret results of experimental research to predict new information, propose additional investigable questions, or advance a solution.Communicate and defend a scientific argument.
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Pennsylvania Standards for Science and Technology and Engineering Education
KindergartenScience Domain: Earth and Space Sciences
Topic: Earth Structure, Processes and Cycles
Standard: Identify sources of water for human consumption and use.
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Pennsylvania Standards for Science and Technology and Engineering Education
KindergartenScience Domain: Earth and Space Sciences
Topic: Earth Structure, Processes and Cycles
Standard: Distinguish between scientific fact and opinion;Ask questions about objects, organisms, and events;Understand that all scientific investigations involve asking and answering questions and comparing the answer with what is already known;Plan and conduct a simple investigation and understand that different questions require different kinds of investigations Use simple equipment (tools and other technologies) to gather data and understand that this allows scientists to collect more information than relying only on their senses to gather information;Use data/evidence to construct explanations and understand that scientists develop explanations based on their evidence and compare them with their current scientific knowledge;Communicate procedures and explanations giving priority to evidence and understanding that scientists make their results public, describe their investigations so they can be reproduced, and review and ask questions about the work of other scientists.
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Pennsylvania Standards for Science and Technology and Engineering Education
Grades 9-12Science Domain: Earth and Space Sciences
Topic: Earth Structure, Processes and Cycles
Standard: Compare and contrast scientific theories.Know that both direct and indirect observations are used by scientists to study the natural world and universe.Identify questions and concepts that guide scientific investigations.Formulate and revise explanations and models using logic and evidence.Recognize and analyze alternative explanations and models.Explain the importance of accuracy and precision in making valid measurements.Examine the status of existing theories.Evaluate experimental information for relevance and adherence to science processes.Judge that conclusions are consistent and logical with experimental conditions.Interpret results of experimental research to predict new information, propose additional investigable questions, or advance a solution.Communicate and defend a scientific argument.
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Pennsylvania Standards for Science and Technology and Engineering Education
Grade PKScience Domain: Earth and Space Sciences
Topic: Earth Structure, Processes and Cycles
Standard: Identify a variety of uses for water.
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Pennsylvania Standards for Science and Technology and Engineering Education
Grade PKScience Domain: Earth and Space Sciences
Topic: Earth Structure, Processes and Cycles
Standard: Ask questions about objects, organisms, and events;Participate in simple investigations to answer a question or to test a prediction;Use the five senses and simple equipment to gather data.
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