Your goal is to determine who should be responsible for the cleanup of a fluid spill, and to communicate this information to people in your community in a “town meeting” (class).
From the list below, choose a spill that you are interested in researching:
· a poorly maintained or damaged oil or natural gas pipeline spews its contents onto its surroundings
· derailment of a train spills liquid chlorine or other industrial fluids
· an overturned transport truck spills liquid fertilizer onto the roadway and into the local water system
· spillage from a waste lagoon of a large farm or meat processing plant contaminates nearby property
Ask yourself the following questions to help generate ideas in your research:
· How do these spills occur?
· Has this happened before in my community? Ontario? Canada?
· Who should be responsible for cleaning it up?
· What are the costs?
· What is the process for cleaning up the environment?
· What damage cannot be repaired?
Identify the information that is important for your audience. There will likely be several ways that responsibility could, or should, be shared. Examine different solutions and the advantages and disadvantages of each.
Create a communication tool that could be displayed at the meeting. Consider making a poster, a brochure, or an electronic presentation. Your presentation must:
· catch the attention of your audience
· clearly define and show the type of spill you are discussing
· briefly describe some of the major hazards of such a spill
· clearly communicate how costs should be shared
· briefly state your reasons for how costs should be share
You may choose to do this presentation independently or with a partner. All science periods until the presentation will be working periods and research jot notes will be checked and recorded each class.
Presentation dates: 8Johnston: March 5 8Richer: March 6
Rubric
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Level 4 |
Level 3 |
Level 2 |
Level 1 |
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Knowledge and Understanding |
demonstrates thorough knowledge of content (selects relevant and accurate information) |
demonstrates considerable knowledge of content (selects relevant and accurate information) |
demonstrates some knowledge of content (selects relevant and accurate information) |
demonstrates limited knowledge of content (selects relevant and accurate information) |
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Thinking |
uses planning skills with a high degree of effectiveness |
uses planning skills with considerable effectiveness |
uses planning skills with some effectiveness |
uses planning skills with limited effectiveness |
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uses critical thinking processes with a high degree of effectiveness |
uses critical thinking processes with considerable effectiveness |
uses critical thinking processes with some effectiveness |
uses critical thinking processes with limited effectiveness |
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Communication |
expresses and organized ideas and information with a high degree of effectiveness |
expresses and organized ideas and information with considerable effectiveness |
expresses and organized ideas and information with some effectiveness |
expresses and organized ideas and information with limited effectiveness |
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communicates with a sense of audience and purpose, with a high degree of effectiveness |
communicates with a sense of audience and purpose, with considerable effectiveness |
communicates with a sense of audience and purpose, with some effectiveness |
communicates with a sense of audience and purpose, with limited effectiveness |
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uses scientific vocabulary and terminology with a high degree of effectiveness |
uses scientific vocabulary and terminology with considerable effectiveness |
uses scientific vocabulary and terminology with some effectiveness |
uses scientific vocabulary and terminology with limited effectiveness |
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Application |
makes connections within and between various contexts with a high degree of effectiveness |
makes connections within and between various contexts with considerable effectiveness |
makes connections within and between various contexts with some effectiveness |
makes connections within and between various contexts with limited effectiveness |