- Curriculum for grades
9-12
- The University of Arizona Water
Resources Research Center has recently completed an Arizona-specific
water quality curriculum for high school students. The Water Education
for Teachers (WET) program received a grant from the Arizona
Department of Environmental Quality to develop and distribute
the "Arizona WET Nonpoint Source Water Pollution Curriculum
for grades 9-12."
The curriculum consists of three books,
an envelope of supplements, and the University of Arizona Water Resources
Research Center's map ("Arizona Water"). The curriculum
is designed as a 4-6 week unit. Its hands-on activities and portions
of the student reading material can also be used separately to supplement
an existing high school science curriculum.
Book 1 consists of the "Arizona Water Resources and
Nonpoint Source Water Pollution" (student reading), a glossary,
and student reading questions.
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- Book 2 is comprised of
the curriculum overview and teacher information, a demonstration,
laboratory, classroom and field activities, fact sheets, an
answer key to the student reading questions, and a resource
list.
Book 3 contains "Starnet" articles: Arizona
cases of nonpoint source water pollution, supplemental water
quality studies and other information, and excerpts from the
"Arizona Department of Environmental Quality 1996 Water
Quality Assessment."
To order a free copy
of the curriculum,
see "How to Get WET"
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