AQ Amazing Aquifer Students observe a model to understand the flows of groundwater and the interaction between groundwater and surface water. A simulation of groundwater pollution occurs in the model. Students use oral descriptions to pose questions, make predictions and relay their observations. Bucket Brigade Students work together to simulate 19th century life, including firefighting methods. They also have the opportunity to talk to local firefighters and see 1990s firefighting technology such as fire trucks and fire hoses.
Students use old-fashioned equipment to try doing the laundry without electric machinery.
Students can compare the way household chores were done in the 1800s and discuss what life would be like for children then, compared to their lives now. Down the Sewer Students wear latex gloves and categorize a variety of hazardous and non-hazardous waste material containers. Alternatives to using hazardous chemicals in the home are discussed. There is a brief discussion of the effects of dumping household hazardous wastes in the storm sewer or down the drains inside the home. Students are encouraged to link the results of their actions with pollution and its effects on other living things.