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- Grade Range
- 7th - 9th
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Students investigate air and water pollution, and the conservation of natural resources. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students, by completing a KWL chart and a lab activity, examine the difference between salt water and fresh water. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th - 9th
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Students examine how to conserve water. They also discover how to prevent water pollution. They examine the Earth's water distribution as well. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students explore how the tow islands receive and use fresh water. They also address some of the threats to the fresh water supply on each island. Students explore the lesson objectives through water cycle models and experiments. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th - 10th
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Students discover the ratio of fresh water to salt water on the Earth. Using investigative methods, they trace the source of contagious diseases. They identify the effects on human health of water pollution and economic costs to society. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 7th
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Students discuss and graph water distribution on Earth, create water table models, complete Project WET activity, Poison Pumps, create news reports of their methods of solving mystery, and discuss how waterborne epidemic can spread through a community. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 7th
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Students identify and explain the steps in the water cycle. In groups, they estimate the amount of fresh water available in the world and the amount of water in the human body. They describe examples of long term pollution and its effect on rivers and identify the parts of an underground water system. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students investigate how humans pollute the water supply with a number of different contaminates. While working in small groups they examine screening, sedimentation, filtration, and chemical treatments as methods of water treatment. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 6th
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Students begin the lesson by brainstorming how they think they get the water they use to drink or bath in. In their journals, they write an entry about how to conserve water on a daily basis and share their thoughts on water pollution. They participate in an experiment to end the lesson. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students discuss the availability of clean, plentiful water and the causes of water pollution. In groups, students discuss problem solving methods for keeping water clean. They explore the function of water treatment plants and perform experiments to predict pollutants that can be stopped by filtration. Full Review »

