Inside the Teacher Google Slideshow, the students will learn how Water connects with the S.T.E.A.M subjects. I want students to keep asking questions about water and their own relationship or connection or friendship to water. I want students to consider what the possible water issues are found in nature? I want kids to consider what being friends with anyone actually means and how can anyone be friends with water.
Science Water
Water ( H2O) is a transparent fluid or liquid which forms the world’s streams, lakes, oceans, and rain and is a major constituent of the fluids of organisms. Water as a chemical compound: a water molecule contains one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms that are connected by covalent bonds. Water is a liquid at room temperature and pressure, and because it readily dissolves many solids it is called a solvent. Having such a good solvent is critical for the functions of life.
Drinking tap water, as opposed to bottle water: Drinking water must be clean enough to drink, while pollution is seeping into drinking water. To mitigate such pollution, unnecessary plastic waste can be avoided, and transport related emissions of air pollutants can be decreased. Anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions also work their way into the oceans, making them slightly more acidic.
Water systems, reliable treatment equipment systems: There are three legal distinctions between the types of public water systems: community, non-transient non community, and transient. The type of water system is based on how often people consume water.
Water Hurricanes and typhoons are the same weather phenomenon: tropical cyclones. A tropical cyclone is a generic term used by meteorologists to describe a rotating, organized system of clouds and thunderstorms that originates over tropical or subtropical waters and has closed, low-level circulation.
Technology Water
Advanced water sanitation systems: - Students will learn the value of technology to keep our water safe. Students might select to research one of the following technologies: Solar powered water filtration, desalination systems, Nanotechnology, Bioaugmentation for wastewater treatment, Acoustic Nanotube Tech, Photocatalytic Water Purification, and Automatic Variable Filtration, – Students will learn the value of technology and how it supports our water safety.
Engineering Water
Students will gain knowledge on what engineering divisions are set up like D.E.E.P to protect water and what engineering sanitations systems exist.
Students might also choose to learn that engineered water refers to a relatively newer technology, where the makeup of water is altered based on science to produce an effective cleaning agent. Several types of water fall into this category including electrolyzed water, aqueous ozone, and steam vapor which can all be effective.
Art Water
In Vincent Van Gogh's The Starry Night, the water catches one’s eye; if you look at the painting you see the shadows from all the light reflecting on the water.
Katsushika Hokusai's Great Wave has been a symbol of not just tsunamis, but hurricanes and plane crashes into the sea, all depicting water.
Georges Seurat painted A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte a leading example of pointillist technique featuring water as well as Bathers at Asnieres where the subjects are along side a river.
Students will be encouraged to consider these types of artwork as well as others that include water as part of the subject matter which can be used as an inspiration when they design their own water composition art piece. Students are encouraged to find art that shows water
Math Water
Math concepts like estimation, dimension analysis, volume, and area can help students understand water discharge rates, runoff volumes, and what it means for it to rain one inch. Students will learn how Math helps us better understand what the ocean is doing below the surface to know water flow, water wave scattering, fronts, currents, and more.
Water structure in a golden ratio the fibonacci sequence of 1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55,89,144….… this links to the M in S.T.E.A.M. The Fibonacci sequence is generated by each number in the sequence as the sum of the previous two numbers. Interesting this math pattern in nature the pentagonal dodecahedra is a Platonic solid based on the golden ratio, it has 12 pentagon faces, 20 vertices and 30 edges. Water clusters structured as pentagonal dodecahedra consist of 20 water molecules (H2O) connected by hydrogen bonds. This cage structure is one of the building blocks of SI clathrate hydrates, crystalline ice-like solids in which gases (such as methane) and other molecules are trapped. Methane clathrate hydrates are found naturally in deep oceans and permafrost regions of the earth, raising fears that global warming will release unprecedented amounts of the potent greenhouse gas methane into the atmosphere.
