The Salty Problem: Analyzing the Trade-Offs of Road Salt

Students investigate how road salt lowers water’s freezing point and improves winter road safety.

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Students investigate how road salt lowers water’s freezing point and improves winter road safety. They also examine salt runoff, salinization, and impacts on freshwater ecosystems through charts, prompts, and an Alberta-based case study.

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Students will explain freezing point depression and how road salt melts ice.
Students will identify benefits of using road salt for winter transportation safety.
Students will analyze environmental effects of road salt runoff on freshwater ecosystems.
Students will connect road salt use to observations and questions in their own communities.

The Salty Problem: Analyzing the Trade-Offs of Road Salt

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