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WaterWays - Complete

Product description

Become a Chimhe City scientist and investigate problems like plastic pollution, air and water quality, Urban Heat Island effect, and marine biodiversity. With these immersive and interactive activities, students will learn about water use and water stewardship and identify what they must do to heal the environmental health of neighborhood communities.
Developed in collaboration with the Wildlife Conservation Society, Hudson River Park and Mount Sinai's Transdisciplinary Center for Early Environmental Exposure, with funding support from the National Institutes of Health.
Complete includes:

A personalized digital science journal and an augmented reality experience, accessible by phone or browser using webVR.
40 minutes of interactive activities where students are scientists engaged with water science and water stewardship.
Assessment dashboard for educators to monitor and scaffold student learning

Next Generation Science Standards:
Science Engineering Practices

Developing and Using Models
Analyzing and Interpreting Data
Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions
Engaging in Argument from Evidence
Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information

Disciplinary Core Idea

LS1.A Structure and Function
LS2.A Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
LS2.B Matter and Energy Transfer in Ecosystems
LS2.C Ecosystem Dynamics, Functioning, and Resilience
LS4.D Biodiversity and Humans
ETS1.A Defining Engineering Problems
ETS1.B Designing Solutions to Engineering Problems
ETS1.C Optimizing the Design Solution
ESS2.A Earth Materials and Systems
ESS3.B Natural Hazards
ESS3.C Human Impacts on Earth Systems

Crosscutting Concepts

Systems and System Models
Cause and Effect
Patterns
Energy and Matter
Scale Proportion and Quantity

Connections to Excellence in Environmental Education - Guidelines for Learning (K-12)

Strand 1 (Analysis and Interpretation Skills): A, B, C, E, F, G
Strand 2 (Environmental Processes and Systems): 2.1 A, B. 2.2 A, C, D. 2.3 A, B, D, 2.4 A, E
Strand 3 (Skills for Understanding and Addressing Environmental Issues): 3.1 A, B, C, 3.2 A, B, C, D
Strand 4 (Personal and Civic Responsibility): B, C