Part One:

The classroom teacher will present a prepared presentation to the students prior to part two that will serve as an introduction of the topic. The presentation will take approximately 20 minutes of classroom time. Teachers will be sent an introductory package when they register which contains the PowerPoint presentation and other information related to the topic.

Part Two:

This will be a full day trip for students and their teacher. Costs for buses and lunch will be covered by the University of Windsor.

• The day will begin with a visit to the University of Windsor environmental engineering labs where students will see demonstrations and discuss outcomes of the experiments done in the classroom.
• Lunch will be provided by the University of Windsor at no charge.
• The class will then tour the City of Windsor Water Treatment Plant before returning to their schools.

Part Three:

An Engineering student, PhD candidate and staff member from the University of Windsor will visit the classroom. For the classroom activity, students will be divided into groups and be provided with turbid water samples, answer questions and will participate in a discussion of the topic. Each group will then be given a kit containing three different sizes of sand grains which they will use to create mixtures using different proportions of the sand grains to filter the turbid samples and note the time of filtration. These samples will be kept for use at the University.

        Student Responses:

• “I enjoyed the hands-on work that we got to partake in.  It was fun to see some of the challenges people have in the real workplace...”
• “Well, I think the presentation of Water Treatment was very pleasant. I would strongly suggest that this is passed on to all the younger students participating in school events…”
• "Not only did I learn more about environmental engineering, it greatly sparked my interrest.  I plan on looking into it further for university and info."

        Teacher Respone:

• “Wonderful field trip – University, lunch and treatment plant. I would definitely like to do it again with other classes. Great educational experience for engineering, university and water treatment...”