Miami – Dade Teacher Training 2013

 Welcome and Background Information on WaterVentures  Split Group  Group 1: (Truck) Student experience preview of the vehicle  Group 2: (Media Center) Provide background information for topics covered within the vehicle and review supplementary materials  Review Pre/Post Packet, Trip Tips, and Questions Agenda for the day

 Meet our crew and the adventure they are embarking on. Welcome

 Located in South East Pasco County  525 acre nature preserve  1960-early 90’s swim park  Over 1,000 people on site  Property being loved to death Crystal Springs Foundation

 Thomas Family formed Crystal Springs Foundation  Crystal Springs Preserve was created  No more than 100 students per day  Premier environmental education site in the region  Needed a way to expand Crystal Springs Foundation

 To expand, we have to reach out  WaterVentures Outreach Truck  Distance Learning Crystal Springs Foundation Concept Construction Exhibit

 Inside:  Background information on Florida wetland habitats, geologic history, and other topics covered by the exhibit  At the truck:  Guided exhibit by exhibit getting vocabulary and background specific information to help your students prepare. Split

 Regroup at your designated spot (inside or truck) 5 minute break Question while you wait: What do you think this exhibit is about?

 A wetland is….  Wetland habitats vary depending on biotic and abiotic factors  What biotic and abiotic factors would make these wetlands different:  A freshwater wetland  A mangrove wetland Florida Wetlands

 A freshwater wetland  Abiotic:  Tannins  Silt, clay, other sediment  Karst  Biotic:  Cypress trees  Tape grass  Alligators  Oaks Florida Wetlands  A mangrove wetland  Abiotic:  Salt  Sand  Biotic:  Mangroves (3 kinds)  Barnacles  Estuary animals  Oysters

 Were there dinosaurs in Florida?  Sea animals left bones, shells, exoskeletons  Compressed over thousands/millions of years, became limestone  Clay from mountains washed down  Erosion created sand Florida’s Geologic History

Aquifer  These layers created the Floridan Aquifer  One of the most productive aquifers in the world  Underlies southern Alabama, south- eastern Georgia, southern South Carolina, and all of Florida; total of about 100,000 miles

 The layers of the aquifer clean water  Provides water for us:  Water withdrawals for public supply in Florida in 2005 totaled 2,541 Mgal/d. Ground water supplied 2,201 Mgal/d (87 percent) and surface water supplied nearly 340 Mgal/d (13 percent). ( Importance of the Aquifer

 Any land that water touches on its way to a water body.  Everyone and everything is part of a watershed.  Where does your school’s watershed drain to? Watershed

 Public supply (52 percent) and agricultural irrigation (31 percent) used the largest volumes of fresh ground water in 2005, followed by commercial-industrial-mining self- supplied (8.5 percent), domestic self-supplied (4 percent), recreational irrigation (4 percent), and power generation (0.5 percent). ( Water usage

 There is no new water  The smallest changes can equal large savings Water Conservation

 Is more than evaporation, precipitation and condensation.  Every living thing on the planet is a potential part of the water cycle.  The water cycle cleans and recycles ALL the water on the planet. Water Cycle

5 minute break

Pre – Post Packet

Questions