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- 5th - 8th
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Students explain functioning and major components of hydrologic cycle. They demonstrate how transpiration rates can be experimentally manipulated. They increase awareness of all components of an ecosystem. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students research water pollution. They visit a water treatment plant and compare and contrast water quality from different sources. They write a research paper on an environmental catastrophe. They watch the film "Erin Brockovich". Full Review »
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- 2nd - 5th
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Students examine how much water we waste. They list of ways to conserve water and write their comments on the board or chart paper. They give an oral or written definition of the new terms: conserve, hydrologists, and hydrology. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the hydrologic impacts of drought. They look at drought from a variety of prespectives. Students first focus on the scientific definition of drought, including weather patterns, water cycles, water requirements by plants and animals, and physiological responses by plants and animals to drought. Students also focus on the current and historic social and economic impacts of drought. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students manipulate existing GIS data to create and map a new layer of information that shows that watersheds in Travis County that are on top of Edwards Aquifer. They create and map that shows the watersheds in Travis County that are on top of the Edwards Aquifer. Full Review »
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- 5th - 7th
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Students write a story from the perspective of a water droplet on a journey through the water cycle. They use the 6+1 Traits writing method to focus on voice in the writing as they create characters that their water droplet has conversations with during the journey. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students evaluate the limited availability of fresh water and how much of the freshwater supply is found beneath the Earth's surface. They play a memory game about water wasting practices. They determine ways to conserve water by making lifestyle changes. Full Review »
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- 10th - 11th
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Students explore Afro-American history. They identify the commonality between African, Carolinian and Cleveland Black culture. Students explore the water cycle, oceanography, hydrology and bio-geochemical processes. They discuss the interconnected nature of Earth cycles and draw parallels between historical accounts and present day events. Full Review »
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- 6th - 9th
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Students discuss and interpret background knowledge on poster copy given on the water cycle. Students complete the included activity sheets using the poster as a reference in small groups. Students identify and name where water can be found on Earth. Students identify the process by which water moves from the surface of plants to the atmosphere. Students also identify how groundwater is used by people. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students observe the effect of transpiration as water is moved from the ground to the atmosphere. They discuss the two methods that water moves from the ground to the atmopshere as part of the hydrologic cycle. Students are taught that transpiration is the evaporation of water from plant leaves. Full Review »
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