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Students are introduced to the concept of a dam and its potential benefits, which include water supply, electricity generation, flood control, recreation and irrigation. This lesson begins an ongoing classroom scenario in which student engineering teams working for the Splash Engineering firm design dams for a fictitious client, Thirsty County.

Human-made dams are important in our modern life. Civil engineers and city planners compare the benefits. cost and environmental impacts to determine whether a community could benefit from a dam. Interpret and evaluate data to formulate conclusions.Understand the needs for and impacts of dams and reservoirs.Describe how the use of technology provides essentials and luxuries for everyday living.20TeachEngineering.orgSara BornKristin FieldDenali LanderMichael BendewaldLauren CooperTimothy M. DittrichDenise W. Carlsonhttp://www.dictionary.comhttp://www.ciese.org/curriculum/drainproj/index.htmlhttp://www.ussdams.org/S1141716International_Technology_Education_Association-ITEA_STL_StandardsTechnologyC. The use of technology affects the environment in good and bad ways.35S1141722International_Technology_Education_Association-ITEA_STL_StandardsTechnologyC. Individual, family, community, and economic concerns may expand or limit the development of technologies.35S11425ABColoradoSciencec. Identify problems, and propose solutions related to water quality, circulation, and distribution - both locally and worldwide 66S11425A4ColoradoScienceb. Analyze and interpret a variety of data to understand the origin, utilization, and concerns associated with natural resources55United StatesCopyright 2012 - Integrated Teaching and Learning Program, College of Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulderhttp://www.teachengineering.org/policy_ipp.phphttp://www.teachengineering.org/2010-08-265Teacher