Water Quality and Puget Sound Ecosystem Integrity
Practicum for PBL exploring policies, plans and performance data related to the phenomena: “If Puget Sound were taken to the emergency room, what would be its vital signs?” July 28-30, 8:00-12:00 For secondary teachers in all disciplines. Teams strongly encouraged. 12 STEM Clock Hours.
Time & Location
Jul 28, 2020, 8:00 AM PDT
Zoom Meeting
About the Event
Our exploration will include lesson ideas on how to engage student interest and agency through understanding the Puget Sound Vital Signs Dashboard, the Encyclopedia of Puget Sound, and King County’s Clean Water Planning Process, including the six key responsibilities of the Wastewater Treatment Division. We will share a model unit for physical science following the problem statement: “What can we do to ensure that our wastewater is not harmful to the Puget Sound Ecosystem?” We will also examine the economic value of Puget Sound’s ecosystem services and how we might realign both policies and behavior to sustain the ecosystem that sustains us. Read on for Learning Outcomes..
Puget Sound is beautiful, but it’s in trouble. Participants will develop, adopt, or refine one or more problem-based lessons through which students directly participate in improving the health of the Puget Sound ecosystem. Lists of inspiring ideas for student impact projects on climate…