Clean Water Frenzy Program (outline drawing)

1 step (classroom, ID water problems) 2 step (visit aquarium, museum or zoo) 3 step (classroom, water filter and seeds)

3 weeks

1 week

4 weeks

Bing Maps (Identification and distribution of sign in Schools and Institutions around the world)

4 step (World game Water Frenzy)

Built with the assemblage of all quizzes

3 weeks

First Step: students research about freshwater

Goals
1 step (classroom) Identify the problem: Fresh water limited resources and their use with lack of conservation Groups 3-4 students search for in each country:
Fresh Water reserves and values estimates of preserved water; Spots of sewage water; Places with measures to treat sewage water; Natural places with fresh water preserved.

Methodology

Results
Publish the research they made in several different ways online to be compared with other places in the world

Students decide how they are going to present their research (Blog, Video, webpage, wiki, PowerPoint presentation).

Time spent in the step

Teachers Collaboration: Geography and Science and ICT

Collaborators and helpers

3 weeks

Second Step: students research out of classroom

Goals Methodology
2 step (visit aquarium, museum or zoo) Identify who fresh water is used in natural life and is importance to be preserved They learn in this visit the preservation, recycling and how to save the water in our planet, they answer a questionnaire about the use of fresh water in our environment.

Results
They present the final paper with the answers to be classified and graded for each group. According with the good results, they receive materials to built a water filter at school and a amount of seed to grow with the filtered water they produce.

Students decide what trail to do and the best information they need to solve the questions.

Quiz creation
Collaboration team: Science teacher; Institute keeper (zoo, aquarium or museum); math; geography; scientist; ICT.

Collaborators and helpers

Time spent in the step

1 week

Third Step: students built the water filter and test it with plants growth Goals Results
3 step (water filter and seeds) Construct the water filter according with the research they have to do in the Internet Groups of 3-4 students build the filter and start watering the seeds with filtered water. The plant growth is monitored and registered by students.

Methodology

Students research and decide the best way to built the water filter with the materials they receive and fill a observation table. They decide also what will be the best way to publish online their growing seeds development.
The schools and the institutions involved in to this program will be mapped on Bing Maps and they will have some links were they share the results of the students research.

Collaboration team: Science; math; ICT and art teacher.

Collaborators and helpers Time spent in the step

Students investigate how to built the water filter with materials they received from the step 2 visit and assemble the different parts with art teacher help. Test the water filter and start watering seeds, measuring the amount of water used and the growing of plants. Calculate the amount of water filtered and the rate of plants growth. The plants will be offered to the institution visited for continuing their growth. The results will be published online. 4 weeks

Fourth Step:(World game Water Frenzy)

Goals
4 step (World game Water Frenzy)
Each team of teachers in each country gather all the created quizzes for students and submit them to a data base to create the world game with interactive questions (like Hot Potatoes quizzes). The students that had sign in to this program will participate in the game trying to respond to the questionnaire to learn not only information from their countries, but what happens in other places. Collaboration team: All the teachers involved in the program

Built with the assemblage of all quizzes

Methodology

Results
The program give each student a score and the data base rank each one in a list of better results. The students became aware of the need of freshwater conservation with many knowledge built and learn the care of freshwater in other countries.

Students play all the activities online in an interactive program called Hot Potatoes. They can identify the wrong answers, correct their mistakes.

Collaborators and helpers

Time spent in the step

3 weeks