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In September SSDSRV sixth Grade students traveled to Sharon, CT to participate in the TEVA program. This 4 day Jewish Environmental experience is a regular part of the Science and Judaic curriculum. This year, however, armed with a new thematic approach to the curriculum our students added an additional focus to the experience. The sixth grade curriculum is integrating facts about Israel to all of their studies. The science connection is the subject of water, as Israel is currently making important decisions regarding this vital resource.
What better way to introduce a unit study on water than participating in the global efforts of World Water Monitoring Day? The students took with them to TEVA the water monitoring kits provided by Jewish National Fund. During their free time they went to Camp Isabella Freedman Lake and sampled the water for pH, temperature, dissolved oxygen and turbidity. During the regular TEVA program they sampled the water for macroinvertebrates and other life forms and discussed the water cycle and interconnectedness of all the organisms on earth to it.
Back at school, we continued experiments on water quality and also sampled water from the nearby park in East Brunswick. We added our data from both bodies of water to the WWMD website and joined students all over the world in its efforts. We are also continuing with projects around the school to inform others about this precious resource while Jewish studies classes learn about bodies of water in Israel and current events there.
