Miami – Dade Teacher Training 2013. Welcome and Background Information on WaterVentures Split...
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- Miami Dade Teacher Training 2013
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- Welcome and Background Information on WaterVentures Split Group
Group 1: (Truck) Student experience preview of the vehicle Group 2:
(Media Center) Provide background information for topics covered
within the vehicle and review supplementary materials Review
Pre/Post Packet, Trip Tips, and Questions Agenda for the day
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- Meet our crew and the adventure they are embarking on.
Welcome
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- Located in South East Pasco County 525 acre nature preserve
1960-early 90s swim park Over 1,000 people on site Property being
loved to death Crystal Springs Foundation
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- Thomas Family formed Crystal Springs Foundation Crystal Springs
Preserve was created No more than 100 students per day Premier
environmental education site in the region Needed a way to expand
Crystal Springs Foundation
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- To expand, we have to reach out WaterVentures Outreach Truck
Distance Learning Crystal Springs Foundation Concept Construction
Exhibit
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- Inside: Background information on Florida wetland habitats,
geologic history, and other topics covered by the exhibit At the
truck: Guided exhibit by exhibit getting vocabulary and background
specific information to help your students prepare. Split
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- Regroup at your designated spot (inside or truck) 5 minute
break Question while you wait: What do you think this exhibit is
about?
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- A wetland is. Wetland habitats vary depending on biotic and
abiotic factors What biotic and abiotic factors would make these
wetlands different: A freshwater wetland A mangrove wetland Florida
Wetlands
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- A freshwater wetland Abiotic: Tannins Silt, clay, other
sediment Karst Biotic: Cypress trees Tape grass Alligators Oaks
Florida Wetlands A mangrove wetland Abiotic: Salt Sand Biotic:
Mangroves (3 kinds) Barnacles Estuary animals Oysters
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- Were there dinosaurs in Florida? Sea animals left bones,
shells, exoskeletons Compressed over thousands/millions of years,
became limestone Clay from mountains washed down Erosion created
sand Floridas Geologic History
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- Aquifer These layers created the Floridan Aquifer One of the
most productive aquifers in the world Underlies southern Alabama,
south- eastern Georgia, southern South Carolina, and all of
Florida; total of about 100,000 miles
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- The layers of the aquifer clean water Provides water for us:
Water withdrawals for public supply in Florida in 2005 totaled
2,541 Mgal/d. Ground water supplied 2,201 Mgal/d (87 percent) and
surface water supplied nearly 340 Mgal/d (13 percent).
(http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2008/3080/) Importance of the Aquifer
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- Any land that water touches on its way to a water body.
Everyone and everything is part of a watershed. Where does your
schools watershed drain to? Watershed
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- Public supply (52 percent) and agricultural irrigation (31
percent) used the largest volumes of fresh ground water in 2005,
followed by commercial-industrial-mining self- supplied (8.5
percent), domestic self-supplied (4 percent), recreational
irrigation (4 percent), and power generation (0.5 percent).
(http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2008/3080/) Water usage
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- There is no new water The smallest changes can equal large
savings Water Conservation
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- Is more than evaporation, precipitation and condensation. Every
living thing on the planet is a potential part of the water cycle.
The water cycle cleans and recycles ALL the water on the planet.
Water Cycle
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- 5 minute break
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- Pre Post Packet
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- Questions