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Drain Rangers: Stormwater

Curriculums

Drain Rangers: Stormwater Curriculums

Elementary Secondary

Real World Context

Acronyms

• BMPs

• LIDs

Acronyms

• BMPs-Best Management

Practices

• LIDs-Low Impact Development

Education-ese

• Common Core-ELA

• NGSS

Education-ese

• Common Core ELA-state

standards for

English Language Arts

Education-ese

• Smarter Balanced Assessment

of ELA

Education-ese

Smarter Balanced Assessment

of ELA-

Performance Tasks

Education-ese

• NGSS-Next Generation Science

Standards

Science and Engineering Practices

1. Asking questions and defining problems

2. Developing and using models

3. Planning and carrying out investigations

4. Analyzing and interpreting data

5. Using mathematics and computational thinking

6. Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions

7. Engaging in argument from evidence

8. Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information

Crosscutting Concepts

1. Patterns

2. Cause and effect

3. Scale, proportion,

and quantity

4. Systems and system

models

5. Energy and matter:

Flows, cycles, and

conservation

6. Structure and

function

7. Stability and change

Disciplinary Core

Ideas:

1. Life Science,

2. Physical Science

3. Earth and Space

Science

4. Engineering

Next Generation Science

Standards-NGSS

Science and Engineering Practices

1. Asking questions and defining problems

2. Developing and using models

3. Planning and carrying out investigations

4. Analyzing and interpreting data

5. Using mathematics and computational thinking

6. Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions

7. Engaging in argument from evidence

8. Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information

Crosscutting Concepts

1. Patterns

2. Cause and effect

3. Scale, proportion,

and quantity

4. Systems and system

models

5. Energy and matter:

Flows, cycles, and

conservation

6. Structure and

function

7. Stability and change

Disciplinary Core

Ideas:

1. Life Science,

2. Physical Science

3. Earth and Space

Science

4. Engineering

Next Generation Science

Standards-NGSS

NGSS Engineering Design

NGSS-Engineering Design

NGSS Engineering Design

BMPs

LIDs

Unique about these

Curricula:

• ELA performance Task

• Engineering Design

ELA-Performance Tasks

• Stormwater Pollution

• Stormwater Engineers

Stormwater Pollution Grades 3-5

Building Background Knowledge

Let’s Explore the Elementary

Performance Task

The PTA at your school is sponsoring a stormwater information night to help protect our local waters. They have asked each child to write an essay explaining what stormwater is, how stormwater gets polluted, and two actions we can take to keep the stormwater clean. You will read an article, view a video and study a diagram to build your knowledge of stormwater pollution. Then you will write an essay to share at the Parent Information Night.

Scenario-Essay

*One Video

*Two Readings

*Three Research Questions

*Essay

Stormwater Pollution

*

One Video

Reading #1

Developed by STORM

Reading #2

Source What

Stormwater is

How Stormwater

gets polluted

What we can do

to keep

stormwater

clean

Video: 15

Minutes to the

Puget Sound

Article: Let’s

Visit Stormville!

Illustration: The

Culprits

Student Pages-Note Taking

#1: What is stormwater runoff? Be sure to name your source.

(Locating Information)

#2: What do you learn in the article about stormwater pollution

that you don’t learn in the diagram? (Selecting the Best

Information)

#3: Defend this statement using information from two of the

sources. Be sure to name your sources. We can make a

difference in keeping our water clean and healthy.(Providing

sufficient information to support a point of view or opinion)

3 Questions

The PTA at your school is sponsoring a

stormwater information night to help keep our

local waters healthy. They have asked each

child to write an essay explaining what

stormwater is, how stormwater gets polluted,

and two actions we can take to keep the

stormwater clean. Write your essay using

information from the three sources, naming the

sources you use. Your essay will be shared at the

Parent Night.

Essay

*Performance tasks build background knowledge for the unit’s essential content.

*Students practice the research skills they must demonstrate when assessed (Smarter Balanced).

*Students practice the writing skills measured on the new assessments (Smarter Balanced).

*Great Opportunity for your student outreach programs to offer as a pre-lesson to what you are doing

In Summary

*

Engineering

Design

Drain Ranger Curriculum-

NGSS-Engineering Design

Background-Models

1. Define the Problem

2. Research the Problem

3. Understand the Stakeholders

4. Explore and Compare Possible

Solutions

5. Develop a Plan

6. Implement the Plan and Test

7. Optimize (Improve)

8. Communicate

Engineering Design-

Stormwater

Stormwater-Surface Water Runoff

• Quantity- too much surface water runoff causing erosion and

flooding

• Quality- pollutants from land surfaces being carried by surface

water runoff into waterways-creeks, streams, rivers,

lakes, Puget Sound, the ocean

Define the Problem

Go outside and identify features in the

schoolyard system that impact water flow

and collection of pollution in that system.

Research the Problem

2. Research the Problem

for pervious

For impervious

Pervious Impervious

Erosion

Photo of erosion making a

stream cloudy

Deposition of materials-leaves, soils, twigs

Photo of Deposition

Puddles or Totally Soaked Areas

Photo of puddles and soggy areas

Pollution

Plants and Soils to Slow Water Down

Storm Drains

Pervious surface

Next, identify

features of

stormwater runoff:

• Puddles

• Pollution

• Deposition of

debris

• Erosion

• Plantings/good soil

Impervious surface

From Project WET-

Rainy Day Hike

Research the Problem

Decide:

Outreach-Pollution Prevention

Schoolyard Solution

Explore and Compare Possible

Solutions-BMPs & LIDs

Pollution Prevention-changing

personal actions such as using less

fertilizer and cleaning up after your

dog which can stop pollution at its

source.

Schoolyard Solutions –solutions in

the schoolyard to have stormwater

runoff soak into the ground to filter out

pollutants before they reach creeks,

streams, lakes, and Puget Sound.




Solutions-Thanks Janet and Storm Team

Pollution Prevention

Outreach

• Yard

• Car

• Pet

Schoolyard Solutions

• Planting trees and/or

native plants

• Improving soils

• Rain gardens

• Removing downspouts

• Rain barrel or cistern

• Porous pavement



*Yard

Pollution Prevention Possible

Stormwater Solutions

• Limit fertilizer

• Use herbicides or

pesticides sparingly if at

all

• Plant native plants that

require less care

*Car



• Fix car leaks

• Use a commercial car

wash

• Carpool and combine

errands for fewer car

trips

*Your Pet



• Scoop the Poop

Planting Trees and Native

Plants

Soil Improvements-Add

compost to soils

Rain Gardens

Disconnect Downspouts

Rain Barrels and Cisterns

Student Pages

Secondary-Explore and

Compare Solutions

Identify Engineering

Solutions on Campus

Develop a Plan

Develop and Implement a Plan: Pollution Prevention Outreach

Stormwater Pollution Prevention

Educational Outreach Campaign

• Posters

• Brochures

• Postcards

• Websites

• Skits and

Presentations

Develop and Implement a Plan Schoolyard Solution

Plantings

Develop, Implement, and Test the Plan:

Student Pages

Possible Tests of Solution

• Action Cards

• Pledges

• Looking Back Surveys

Test the Solution Pollution Prevention Outreach

Test the Solution Schoolyard Solution

Investigations • Compare slopes w/wo plantings

• Measure puddles

• Compare absorption rates

Models of solutions • Soil Columns

• Stream Tables

• Trees and Erosion

Testing the Solution

Summarize, Evaluate and

Reflect

Students evaluate their project

and reflect on how it improves

the quality and quantity of

stormwater runoff

ELA Performance task

Engineering Design including

testing the solution

Modeling

Student Readings

Video links

Student journal pages

Flexible-use what you want for

your outreach

In Summary

Drain Ranger Curriculums

Elementary Secondary

Drain Ranger Curriculums-

Where we are now

Piloted both curriculums and gotten

teacher feedback

Trained more interested teachers in

Marysville -12 elementary and 8

secondary in June

Complete with all supporting

materials of readings and video

links

It is on Puget Sound Starts Here

Website-http://www.pugetsoundstartshere.org/drain-

rangers/


Where we are going-

More Teacher Trainings

Statewide

Improve Resource Materials

Promote Use

Evaluation

Statewide Conference for

Stormwater Education


On the web

http://www.pugetsoundstartshere.org/drain-rangers/

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