{"id":996,"date":"2010-09-23T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-23T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=996"},"modified":"2010-07-31T19:59:50","modified_gmt":"2010-07-31T23:59:50","slug":"lesson-plan-a-comparative-study-of-surface-water-quality-with-dietary-connections-grades-9-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2010\/09\/23\/lesson-plan-a-comparative-study-of-surface-water-quality-with-dietary-connections-grades-9-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson Plan: A Comparative Study of Surface Water Quality with Dietary Connections (Grades 9-12)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/environment\/images\/lesson_plan_9-12.jpg\" class=\"alignleft\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/environment\/9-12_lesson_plan_water.php\">Click here<\/a> to see this entire lesson plan.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>by Jeanne Yacoubou, MS<br \/>\n&copy; The Vegetarian Resource Group<\/p>\n<p><b>Purpose:<\/b> To evaluate surface water quality of samples collected from a recreational use area and those from areas used for farming or animal-based agriculture. Samples will be compared over the period of one day, one week, or one year, as time and resources permit. Possible parameters to be examined:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>pH<\/li>\n<li>temperature<\/li>\n<li>turbidity <\/li>\n<li>nitrate concentration <\/li>\n<li>phosphate concentration<\/li>\n<li>fecal contamination <\/li>\n<li>antibiotic contamination<\/li>\n<li>dissolved oxygen (DO)<\/li>\n<li>biological oxygen demand (BOD)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Objectives:<\/b> As a result of this investigation, students will be able to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>identify multiple measures of water quality;<\/li>\n<li>collect environmental water samples and assess their composition and quality;<\/li>\n<li>display and interpret data in tabular and graphical forms;<\/li>\n<li>apply computational, analytical, and scientific reasoning skills to make comparisons and contrasts concerning water quality;<\/li>\n<li>propose ways to mitigate human-influenced negative effects on water quality.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Lesson Background:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Teachers may look at the United Nations&#8217; 2006 report titled Livestock&#8217;s Long Shadow available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fao.org\/docrep\/010\/a0701e\/a0701e00.htm\">http:\/\/www.fao.org\/docrep\/010\/a0701e\/a0701e00.htm<\/a>. Chapter IV deals with water pollution due to animal agriculture. Both national and global issues are discussed. The major conclusion of this Report is that livestock production is a leading source of environmental damage including climate change; water and air pollution; land degradation; and loss of biodiversity. The Report suggests that a human diet that is plant-based would prevent much of the environmental damage caused by animal agriculture, including the feedcrop production associated with it.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/environment\/9-12_lesson_plan_water.php\">Click here<\/a> to see this entire lesson plan.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click here to see this entire lesson plan. by Jeanne Yacoubou, MS &copy; The Vegetarian Resource Group Purpose: To evaluate surface water quality of samples collected from a recreational use area and those from areas used for farming or animal-based agriculture. Samples will be compared over the period of one day, one week, or one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-students","category-teens"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=996"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1004,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/996\/revisions\/1004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}