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Looking at models and maps, students explore different pathways and consequences of pollutant transport via the weather and water cycles. In an associated literacy activity, students develop skills of observation, recording and reporting as they follow the weather forecast and produce their own weather report for the class.

Air, water and soil pollution do not stay in one place, so understanding the weather and water cycles helps environmental engineers explore the human impact from pollutant transport. Many engineers are employed solely to research, design and implement procedures that minimize pollution. They help to clean up acid rain, ozone holes, ground water contamination, emissions, and global warming, by modifications in design, manufacturing, regulations and practices that clean up many problems and make our living environment safer. Understand and explain how a simple water cycle model can be used to model pollution transport.Understand and explain how the weather and water cycles are related to air pollution.Understand some different ways that engineers use and interact with the weather and water cycles.Discuss the local and global issues of pollution moving through the weather and water cycles. 50TeachEngineering.orgAmy KolenbranderJanet YowellNatalie MachMalinda Schaefer ZarskeDenise Carlsonhttp://www.ford.com/green/technology/;/?searchid=30677210|850159862|8820344713Woodburn, Judith. Environment Alert! – The Toxic Waste Time Bomb. Milwaukee, WI: Gareth Stevens Publishing, 1992.S1141716International_Technology_Education_Association-ITEA_STL_StandardsTechnologyC. The use of technology affects the environment in good and bad ways.35S114259DColoradoSciencea. Develop and communicate an evidence-based scientific explanation for changes in weather conditions 55S11425ABColoradoSciencec. Identify problems, and propose solutions related to water quality, circulation, and distribution - both locally and worldwide 66United StatesCopyright 2012 - Integrated Teaching and Learning Program, College of Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulderhttp://www.teachengineering.org/policy_ipp.phphttp://www.teachengineering.org/2011-12-225Teacher