The City of Houston and Keep Houston Beautiful's Urban Runoff Challenge is a curriculum designed to help educators teach students the challenges of urban runoff and highlight what we can do to keep Houston water clean. The curriculum is targeted at 2nd - 4th grade students and makes urban runoff understandable, through awareness and engagement. Using a learning cycle of Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, and Evaluate, the website is designed to actively engage students in learning essential science concepts through guided inquiry.
The Curriculum
This website includes teacher packet links researched by University of Houston Department of Education Kappa Delta Pi Chapter. Each lesson provides learning and TEKS objectives with instructions, background information, reproducible student procedure sheets and suggestions for community action.
| Lesson 1 - Where Does Water Come From? |
| Lesson 2 - What Is Stormwater? |
| Lesson 3 - What Is A Watershed |
Pledge to make a difference and take the Urban Runoff Challenge!
I pledge to adopt one water conservation measure:
- Learn about stormwater with the Urban Runoff Challenge curriculum.
- Understand how to reduce urban runoff and keep Houston's water clean.
- Conserve water, dispose waste properly and recycle.
- Take action in my community.
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