Water: A Portfolio of Student Learning

Hardy Hats-In this picture we were learning about all of the main pipes and how water gets up to our faucets.

Construction Site-On this day we learned how most people in NYC get their water threw  the water pipes  and how it traveled to the certain  pipes and tunnels.We also learned what would happen if one of the pipes burst with all of the gas in it,if this happened then all of that part of NYC would explode.

Not DONE YET DONT GRADE PLEASDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

                                                 The One And Only

Water is the greatest thing ever,it reacts to things very clever.

You should love it like it is your treasure it might be mean from time to time,

and ruin many people lives ,but you can't live without it.

Just be happy and shout to the world about it.

1.  Using your water log (and average water use from the days you logged), calculate what your average water use per year might be.

Answer: I would say that my average water per year would be 44612.49 liters.I got this answer by lookin at all of the amout of water I would use in a day.Then I multiplied it by 365 because that is how many days are in a year.With this porption I got the answer of 44612.49.

1.  Describe the evolution of NYC's sewage system.  What were some of the challenges that the city faced in its development of a waste removal system?  What are some challenges that still remain?

In what ways did New York City's location (surrounded by water!) allow it to become a major urban center of the world?  Include in your response the different roles that water played in New York's development throughout history.

Answer:New York City is the largest urban center in the world because it was and still is completey surrrounded by water.A good thing about this would be that people would be able to come and leave NYC by boat or sail.They would also be able to import and export a lot of goods. 

1.What is an aqueduct? What makes the Croton Aqueduct an aqueduct?

Answer: An aqueduct is a pipe that travels to different places and gives people water to drink.The water should be clean and refreshing so that people would not get sick everytime that theydrink from it.The Corton Aqueduct is an aqueduct because it is a pipe that carries water to near by places and far away places.For example the Corton Aqueduct carries water from Corton New York, to New York City.

2. Why was the Croton Aqueduct built? What need was it constructed to fulfill?

1. How can we observe the cohesion and adhesion of water?  Give examples that an average person could understand.  Also, you might use counter-examples, of substances that don't display cohesion or adhesion.