Hydromania TRK

Water Treatment

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Hydromania III: Water Treatment  (PS-2811)

Hydromania III: Water Treatment includes:

Engagement Activities

  • Water Sleuths

    Introduction to the content as well as the tools that will be used to explore water

Exploratory Activities

  • Tiny Bubbles

    Aeration and the Importance of Dissolved Oxygen in Wastewater Treatment

  • Tending the Flocs

    The role sedimentation and flocculation play in reducing turbidity the role sedimentation and flocculation play in reducing turbidity

  • Operating Filtration

    The effects of filtration in reducing turbidity, conductivity, and neutralizing pH

  • Disinfection

    The importance of disinfecting water to remove bacteria from the water supply

  • All Steamed Up

    How distillation improves water quality and mimics the hydrologic cycle

Culminating Activity

  • Water Treatment Jeopardy

    The Game in Which Students Demonstrate Their Knowledge of Water Science

  • Junkyard Water Wars

    Team Activity to Build a "Water Treatment" Plant

  • Quick Round-Up of Labs

    Student groups interact to demonstrate their understanding of the water treatment process

Students learn about the various ways water can be treated to make it suitable for human consumption, including flocculation, filtration and disinfection. They’ll also model typical water treatment processes in the classroom and gauge their effectiveness. The activities are designed so that students will relate water quality indicators and water treatment methods to both human health and safety and environmental health.

Water Treatment Poster

Hydromania III: Water Treatment includes 3 wall posters that help students visualize the different forms of water treatment and the science behind them. Enlarge image

Student Learning Objectives

This series of lessons has been created to give students an in-depth understanding of water treatment processes. Two primary themes are explored:

  1. Water exists in varying degrees of quality. In order to be suitable for human use, water must undergo a series of procedures to improve its quality; these processes are collectively referred to as water treatment.
  2. There are two kinds of water treatment related to human use in general:
    • Drinking water treatment and
    • Wastewater treatment.

About the Hydromania series

Hydromania explores water science in a four part series:

The four units could be taught independently. However, the synergy of the four units yields a deeper comprehension of both the fundamental science and social issues of water.

With Hydromania, students will:

  • Understand why the unique physical properties of water make it such an important, life-sustaining resource
  • Identify factors that affect water quality and in turn learn how water quality determines suitability for various uses
  • Model typical water treatment processes and gauge their effectiveness
  • Understand that water treatment processes are essential to human life as well as to the ecosystem
  • Understand how human activities affect water quality
  • Explain water's relationship to the environment at large

PASCO Teacher Resource Kits

Each Teacher Resource Kit (TRK) is a collection of standards-based lessons with an inquiry focus designed to guide students and teachers through progressive exploration of key scientific themes. Each TRK is a combination of written and electronic materials organized to make it easy for you to plan, prepare and guide your students through innovative lessons incorporating sensor technology when and where appropriate.

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Hydromania III: Water Treatment (PS-2811)

This curricular unit provides a focus on the various ways water can be treated to make it suitable for human consumption, including flocculation, filtration and disinfection. Provides lesson planning information, teacher and student background materials, classroom posters, plus Electronic Workbooks which guide students through probeware-based activities.

We recommend one Teacher Resource Kit per classroom.

Hydro Complete Bundle
Hydromania Complete Probeware Bundle (PS-2686)

This complete bundle is geared to PASCO's award-winning Hydromania Teacher Resource Kits (TRKs) provides the probeware needed for the hands-on activities to complete the four TRK volumes: "Properties of Water," "Water Quality," "Water Treatment" and "Watershed." With this equipment, your students will measure pH, conductivity, temperature, dissolved oxygen, turbidity and flow rate. Our starter software, DataStudio Lite, is included free with your order.

Includes:
  • Xplorer datalogger (PS-2000)
  • USB Link (PS-2100)
  • PASPORT pH Sensor (PS-2102)
  • PASPORT Conductivity Sensor (PS-2116)
  • PASPORT Temperature Sensor (PS-2125)
  • PASPORT Dissolved Oxygen Sensor (PS-2108)
  • PASPORT Turbidity Sensor (PS-2122)
  • PASPORT Flow Rate/Temperature Sensor (PS-2130)

We recommend one bundle per computer/lab station of 3-4 students.

Hydromania Labware Kit (SC-2317)

This labware kit offers most of the materials and equipment you need to perform the experiments in Hydromania, volumes I-III.

We recommend one labware kit per workstation.

Hydromania Consumables Kit (SC-2318)

This consumables kit offers most of the materials and equipment you need to perform the experiments in Hydromania, volumes I-III.

We recommend one consumables kit per classroom (up to 8 workstations).

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