STEM Lesson Plan Water World

Quick summary: Students will design a new community water park, addressing factors including facility design, bather load, physical activity opportunities, and amenities using different mathematical formulas. How long will it take: 60 minutes

What do I need: • Internet access • Graphing paper • Rulers, protractors, pencils • Water World Information Sheet How does it work: After learning about scale, volume, and area, students will design a new water park for their local community. Each water park must include: 1. area for lap swimming 2. Shallow area or separate wading pool for younger children 3. A water slide, aqua climbing wall, or board 4. An area for water games (, , water ) Students will use the Water World Information Sheet to determine the area needed to support a selected number of patrons using bather load regulations, water depth and the area data required for water slide, diving board, or aqua climbing wall. Students will then select an appropriate scale with which to draw up their plans for the water park. Students must show the calculations they used to determine the area, volume, depth of each section of the pool and the corresponding number of patrons that could be supported in each pool section. Have the students discuss the following questions with a partner or in a group. 1. What are some of the activities you can participate in at a water park? 2. How do the activities we participate in vary by age? (baby, child, teenager, adult, senior citizen) 3. How can we design a facility that meets the needs of all community members? 4. Can water-related activities be important for health? Why? 5. What dangers are associated with water-related activities, specifically in a community pool setting? 6. Why do we have to have limits on the number of people who can be involved in a given activity at a given time e.g. diving board, slide?

Common Core Standard CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.7.G.B.6 Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving area, volume and surface area of two- and three-dimensional objects composed of triangles, quadrilaterals, polygons, cubes, and right prisms. ISTE Standard Technology Standard 4B & 4C: Critical thinking, problem solving, and decision-making. Optional: When all students have completed their designs, they will participate in a make believe water park game. At each station, students display their dimensions and information related to their design, and all students read about the station prior to participating in the mock water events. Stations could include: scooters for mock swimming, crab walk course to mimic the children wading pool, and a game of keep away to mimic water polo.

Extension: LANGUAGE ARTS: Students can create a promotional flyer for their water park, detailing its features and the community activities that will be provided at the water park (swimming lessons, aqua aerobics, water polo, water volleyball etc.). SCIENCE: Students can explore how there is zero impact of running in a pool and why pool running is a great option for people when they are recovering from injury. Zero impact means the activity does not put weight or stress on joints in the body like it does in high impact activities, like running on a hard surface or jumping. Worksheet for STEM Lesson Plan Water World Information Sheet

You have been asked to design a new outdoor community water park. The pool needs to be large enough to support up to 600 people at a time. You have been given enough money to include either a diving board, an aqua climb wall, or a water slide in the new facility. The community has also asked you to think about water activities such as lap swimming, water basketball, and water volleyball, and to include these in your design. Your water park must also follow the bather load requirements for your state. Bather loads are the maximum number of swimmers that can safely be in a pool at any one time. Use the following bather load calculations for your water park.

Pool Feature Area Required

Shallow water (less than 5ft 1 bather for every 20 square ft. of water deep)

Deep water (over 5ft deep) 1 bather for every 20 square ft. of water

Diving board 300 square feet required/ depth needs to be 12ft

Aqua climb wall a 10ft aqua climb wall requires a pool depth of 8ft

Water slide 200 square feet required/ depth needs to be 5ft