Pesticide Spill Table of Contents

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Introduction
Hydroville Project Overview
Scope and Sequence
Hydroville Science Journal
Teamwork Skills

I. Problem Definition
Welcome to Hydroville

Background Activities
Activity 1: Reading Household Product Labels
Activity 2: Toxicity Testing—Dose Makes the Poison
Activity 3: Pump It Up! Part I—Analyzing Pumps
Activity 4: Pump It Up! Part II—Designing a Supersoaker
Activity 5: Constructing and Analyzing Graphs—Circumference and Diameter
Activity 6: Using Paper Chromatography
Activity 7: Soil Texture
Activity 8: Soil Permeability
Activity 9: Decision Analysis
Activity 10: Siting Yoretown’s Landfill

II. Data Collection
Hydroville Update and Career Information

III. Data Analysis
Environmental Toxicologists
Mechanical Engineers
Analytical Chemists
Soil Scientists

IV. Data Synthesis

V. Solution Presentation

Appendices
Appendix A: Standards (Science, Math, Social Studies, and Language Arts)
Appendix B: Materials List
Appendix C: Glossary
Appendix D: Scoring Guides