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How Much Water Do You Use?
| Content Provider | TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12 |
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| Author | Podlogar, Megan Rutkowski, Tom Born, Sara Field, Kristin Lander, Denali Carlson, Denise W. |
| Copyright Year | 2008 |
| Description | Students keep track of their own water usage for one week, gaining an understanding of how much water is used for various everyday activities. They relate their own water usages to the average residents of imaginary Thirsty County, and calculate the necessary water capacity of a dam that would provide residential water to the community. |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | Regents of The University of Colorado |
| Subject Keyword | Earth and Space Measurement Science and Technology Average Residential Household Water Supply Water Use Reservoir Water Usage Water Conservation Flow Rate |
| Content Type | Text |
| Time Required | PT1H |
| Education Level | Class V Class VI Class VII |
| Pedagogy | Experimental Activity |
| Resource Type | Hands-on |
| Subject | Structure of the Earth Technical |
