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Students identify the different stages in the water cycle. In this environmental science lesson, students research about different water pollutants in watershed. They describe ways to purify water.
Students define words relating to water and its use in Nebraska. They listen to the story, Snail Girl Brings Water, list the water words from the story, and create a class dictionary.
Students investigate water column data. In this earth science and seawater lesson, students determine how temperature, salinity, and density have an impact on sea water by viewing and analyzing data obtained from a number of websites. Students explain and interpret related marine water data represented on many tables and graphs.
Learners investigate the properties of water and focus upon its chemistry. They focus upon the specific heat, heat of fusion, capillary action, cooling and heating rates, universal solvent, conductivity and pH. They conduct experiments to collect data for analysis.
Students examine water management issues. In this environmental issues lesson, students watch a PBS video to develop an understanding of watershed, aquifers, and ground water. Students evaluate watershed issues in the Owens River Valley and write letters to find out how local watersheds are used.
Learners participate in a series of aerobic exercises in water to help improve fitness.
Third graders define and discuss evaporation, precipitation, condensation, and collection, color web pages to illustrate Water Cycle book, listen to stories about Water Cycle, play trivia game to demonstrate knowledge of what they learned, and create Kidspiration diagramming Water Cycle.
Students investigate the natural composition of ocean water. In this ocean water lesson, students discover what minerals are composed in ocean water, and how to extract drinking water from the ocean.
Eighth graders investigate the water cycle and its processes. They examine temperature and precipiation data to classify climate of ten cities. They then create a climate map of the world.
Sixth graders review the steps of the water cycle. Individually, they calculate the amount of water they use in a day and identify ways they can conserve. As a class, they discuss how conserving water today helps future generations and create a survey to give their family members to determine the amount of water they use. To end the lesson, they come up with a new plan for their household to use less water.