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Water Down the Drain ActivityWater Down the Drain Activity
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8th - 11th
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Math
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Duration
1 hr 30 mins
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Inquiry-Based Learning
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Scientific Equipment
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Water Down the Drain

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Did you know that leaky faucets waste $10 million worth of water? Conservationists perform an experiment and draw best-fit lines to explore how the US Geological Society determined this value.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

data collection, unit conversions, line of best fit

Additional Tags

math

Instructional Ideas

  • Borrow a science lab on the first day of the activity

Classroom Considerations

  • Although the resource is indicated as being aligned to the F-LE domain, a more appropriate alignment might be S-ID.6c
  • Needs prior preparation to collect required materials

Pros

  • The hands-on experiment is likely to motivate kinesthetic learners
  • Contains links for websites that learners can use to research information

Cons

  • Contains several typos 

Common Core

HSF-LE.A.1.a HSF-LE.A.2 HSF-LE.B.5

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