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WaterInquiry

Forthisinquiryyouaretoanswerthree(3)essentialquestions.Usethesub-questionstohelp

guide your understanding. Include other important information along the time line where

important.

1)Wheredoes"my"watercomefrom?(fromtherivertothetap)

•  WhatisCalgary’swatershed?Includeamap.

•  Whattestsaredone to thewaterbeforeentering Calgary’swater system? Describe

eachtests.

2)Whathappenstothewaterwhenitgetshere?

•  Howmuchwaterdoesan“average”Calgarianuseinaday?

•  Whatarethetop3usesofwaterinourcity?

•  List&brieflydescribetwoconcernsaboutwaterusage.

3)Wheredoes"my"watergo?(fromthetaptotheriver)

•  Howiswaterpreparedtogobackintotheenvironment?

•  Wheredoesourwaterendup?Includeamap.

Product:Youaretomakeatimelineofeventsthatoutlinehowwatertravelsandwhathappensto the

waterasittravels.

Includevisualswherenecessarytohelpenhanceinformation.

Thistimelinecanbedigitalorphysical(paper).

Youareallowedtoworkindividuallyorwithapartner.

Resources:

Youmayusethefollowingwebsitestohelpyouinyourinquiry:

GovernmentofAlberta'sListoflinks:

http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/agic7079 OnlineReferenceCentre

http://www.learnalberta.ca/

ABGovt'sWaterforLife

http://www.waterforlife.alberta.ca/

WaterQuest

http://www.waterquest.ca/

CityofCalgaryWaterandWastewaterWebsite:

http://content.calgary.ca/CCA/City+Living/The+Environment/Water+and+Wastewater/Why+Co

nserve+Water.htm

CityofCalgaryWastewaterTreatmentPlant

http://content.calgary.ca/CCA/City+Living/The+Environment/Water+and+Wastewater/Wastewa

ter+and+Drainage/Wastewater+Treatment.htm

CityofCalgaryWaterTreatmentPlant

http://content.calgary.ca/CCA/City+Living/The+Environment/Water+and+Wastewater/Water+T

reatment/Water+Treatment+Tour/Water+Treatment+Tour.htm

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Name(s)____________________________________________

Question/Topic:_______________________________________

InquiryRubric

Criteria “Needs

Improvement”

“Almost

There”

“Decent” “Awesome” Score

Content

Quality

Manymajoreventsare

excluded,andtoo

manytrivialevents

areincluded.

Inquiryis

answeredwith

limitedability

Someeventsincludedare

trivialand

majorevents

aremissing

Inquiryis

answered

vaguelyor

superficially

Mostincludedeventsare

importantor

interesting.One

ortwomajor

eventsmaybe

missing.

Answersinquiry

appropriately

Includedeventsareimportantand

interesting.Nomajor

detailsareexcluded.

Answerstheinquiry

convincinglyand

powerfully

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Quantity

offacts

Thetimeline

containsminimal

events.

Thetimeline

containsat

least10events

relatedtothetopicbeing

studied.

Thetimeline

containsatleast

15eventsrelated

tothetopicbeingstudied

Thetimelinecontains

atleast20events

relatedtothetopic

beingstudied

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Accuracy

of

Content

Factsareoften

inaccuratefor

eventsreported

onthetimeline.

Factsare

accuratefor

most(about

75%)ofthe

events

reportedon

thetimeline.

Factsareaccurate

foralmostall

eventsonthe

timeline.

Factsareaccuratefor

alleventsreportedon

thetimeline.

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Qualityof

Product

(Cartoon,

Timeline,

Movie,

Powerpoi

ntetc)

-Contentlacks

logicalsequence

ofinformation.

-Itdoesnotenhancethe

viewing,reading,

orlistening

experience.

-Poorchoicein

formatand/or

qualityofproduct

detractsfromthe

answerthatis

presented.

-Contentdoes

notcreatea

strongsenseof

purpose.-Itis

interestingin

someparts.

-Chosen

formatisnot

very

convincingand

isonly

somewhat

effectivein

answering

inquiry

-Contentis

written/shown

withalogical

progressionofideasand

supporting

information.

-Itsustainsthe

audience’s

attentionforthe

mostpart.

-Chosenformatis

appropriatein

answeringthe

question.

-Thecontentis

presentedclearlyand

conciselywitha

logicalprogressionofideasandsupporting

information.

-Chosenformatis

veryeffectivein

answeringthe

question.

-The

viewing/listening/rea

dingexperiencesare

enhanceddueto

visual,audio,and

otherelementsincludedinthefinal

product.

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