Taking Action for Safe Water
Grade Range: 6-12 Duration: 3 hours and 30 minutesIn this cross-disciplinary highly interactive STEM program, students will learn about the civic actions and scientific innovations that gave us the ability to easily access safe drinking water in our homes today.
Learn MoreThe Great Water Debate
Grade Range: 6-12 Duration: 2 hours and 45 minutesIn this interactive civics program, students will be invited to take on the role of a specific community in the 1800s debating whether or not Boston should build a public waterworks system. What seems like an easy decision to us today took decades of debate to settle. Students will examine a wide array of primary sources and consider the different forms of civic action one could take in support of their opinions both then and now. Students will then turn their attention to modern water debates happening all over the world, considering some current and impending water problems and evaluating existing solutions
Learn MoreUnder Pressure: Engineering Safe Water Access
Grade Range: 8-12 Duration: 2 hoursIn this interactive STEM program, students will recognize that the complex engines and pump systems at the Waterworks are actually just basic open fluid systems
Learn MoreProtecting Water at the Source
Grade Range: 8–12 Duration: 2 hours and 45 minutesIn this interactive environmental science program, students will learn about the importance of watersheds and will be challenged to make connections between historical and modern-day water issues. Students will learn about the problems that led to the development of the public waterworks system in Boston and how the system evolved over time to meet the needs of the growing city. Students will then be encouraged to consider solutions to modern-day problems such as Environmental Justice issues and Urban Watershed Management through map analysis, group discussion, and hands-on activities with our watershed model.
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