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Teaching Storm water Management at the Lea School

In this innovative program at Lea Elementary, fourth graders explored essential storm water management concepts. The project aims to impart knowledge about environmental issues like heavy rainfall and sewer overflow to young students who may lack access to such education. Through a series of hands-on lessons, including discussions and practical experiments on rain gardens, green roofs, and river health, we observed significant engagement and understanding among the children. This initiative highlights the importance of early environmental education and paves the way for future field trips to observe storm water infrastructure firsthand.

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Teaching Storm water Management at the Lea School

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  1. Teaching Storm water Management at the Lea School Maya Chacko and RemiGuidoum

  2. Lea Elementary • In West Philadelphia • Fourth graders

  3. Project Objectives • Make knowledge about storm water management available to children who might not have access to it • Environmental awareness should be taught from an early age in order to be effective

  4. Class 1 • Topic was understanding the need for storm water management • Concepts to convey: Heavy rainfall, sewer overflow, water treatment • Questions for the beginning of class • Experiment • Questions for the end of class

  5. Class 2 • Topic was rain gardens and green roofs • Concept to convey: soil can absorb storm water • Questions for the beginning of class • Power point presentation • Experiment • Questions for the end of class

  6. Class 3 • Topic was understanding how to keep rivers healthy • Concepts to convey: Erosion, sedimentation, high water flow • Questions for the beginning of class • Experiment • Questions for the end of class

  7. How Effective were the Classes? • Relevance to what the class was studying • Children’s engagement in discussion • Children’s interest in the experiment • Children’s understanding and recall of experiments • What we learned from teaching this class

  8. Ideas for Future Classes • Take a field trip to Penn’s campus to see storm water infrastructure • Go out when it rains to see actual water runoff • Use wikiwatershed.org

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