Students learn about the various methods developed by environmental engineers for treating drinking water in the US.

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Discipline
Earth and Space Sciences
Grade Level
6-8
Lesson Area
Soils in Urban Environments
Lesson Type
Reading
Lesson Keywords
Culture
Ecosystem Services
Soil Degradation
Soils in Urban Environments

Next Generation Science Standards

Grade Discipline Core Idea
6-8 ESS3.A: Natural resources

Humans depend on Earth's land, ocean, atmosphere, and biosphere for different resources, many of which are limited or not renewable. Resources are distributed unevenly around the planet as a result of past geologic processes.
6-8 ESS3.C: Human impacts on Earth systems

Human activities have altered the biosphere, sometimes damaging it, although changes to environments can have different impacts for different living things. Activities and technologies can be engineered to reduce people's impacts on Earth.