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227 resources with the concept water quality

Making Connections with Water Quality Lesson Plan

Making Connections with Water Quality

6th - 8th
CCSS: Designed
New ReviewWhat's in your water? And, why is water quality so important? Enhance your class's level of water appreciation through a lesson that demonstrates the necessity of water quality. Environmental enthusiasts explore the EPA's Clean Water...
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Sustainability: Learning for a Lifetime – The Importance of Water Lesson Plan

Sustainability: Learning for a Lifetime – The Importance of Water

9th - 12th
New ReviewWater is essential for life—and understanding the importance of clean drinking water is essential in understanding sustainability! Show your environmental science class the basics of water testing and treatment through a week-long...
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The Little Stuff Can Make a Big Difference Lesson Plan

The Little Stuff Can Make a Big Difference

9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
New ReviewGreat things come in small packages! What better way to illustrate this point than a week-long look at nanotechnology? Earth science scholars explore water quality issues through lab activities, then research new innovations in nanotech...
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Water Pollution Cleanup Activities & Project

Water Pollution Cleanup

6th - 8th
CCSS: Adaptable
How do scientists determine the best method for removing pollutants from our water sources? Environmental scholars experiment with pollution clean-up options to discover which are the most cost-effective, fastest, and most thorough....
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Water Sampling Activities & Project

Water Sampling

6th - 12th
What is the best way to test water quality? Using plastic bottles, scholars create monitoring sensors to test water quality. Creating three different sensors allows individuals to measure water quality at different water levels.
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Your Environment, Your Health: The Great Debate—Bottled Water vs. Tap Water in Our School Unit

Your Environment, Your Health: The Great Debate—Bottled Water vs. Tap Water in Our School

6th - 8th
CCSS: Adaptable
Should bottled water be sold in schools, or should they only provide tap water? The summative unit in the six-part series encourages scholars debating this topic. The lessons teach how to build an argument, how to gain background...
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Your Environment, Your Health: Water Quality Unit

Your Environment, Your Health: Water Quality

6th - 8th
CCSS: Adaptable
How important is water quality where you live? The first module in a six-unit series includes four lessons on water quality. By applying the concept directly to the lives of pupils, they engage in meaningful learning. They read about...
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Discover Water—The Role of Water in Our Lives
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Discover Water—The Role of Water in Our Lives

3rd - 8th
Make a splash with this series of engaging interactives that teach all about one of the most important substances on Earth: water. From oceans to bodies of freshwater, these fun resources investigate the water cycle and the important role water plays in the lives of people around the world.
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When Is Water Safe to Drink? Video

When Is Water Safe to Drink?

5 mins 6th - 12th
How safe is the drinking water you have access to? Colors, smells, and other factors may lead you to finding out if your water is safe. Watch a video that explains the ways water becomes filtered and ways to know when water is contaminated.
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Making Hard Water Soft Video

Making Hard Water Soft

4 mins 9th - 12th
We need softened water to easily clean our homes, our clothes, and our bodies ... but how do you soften hard water? Part six of a 7-video series exploring the world's water resources and issues shows the two most common methods of...
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How Sewage Treatment Works - Water Treatment Video

How Sewage Treatment Works - Water Treatment

3 mins 9th - 12th
To flush or not to flush ... that is the question. Is the wastewater treatment program in most towns and cities really the most efficient way to deal with waste? The fourth installment in a series of seven videos about the world's water...
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Water Pollution Video

Water Pollution

6 mins 9th - 12th
What's the solution to all of this pollution? Young environmental scientists learn how even small amounts of pollution can have huge consequences when it comes to the water table. The second video in a series of seven covers topics such...
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ABC: Acid Base Chemistry Unit

ABC: Acid Base Chemistry

7th
CCSS: Designed
Bubble, bubble, boil and trouble! What causes common substances like baking soda and vinegar to react the way they do? Welcome your junior chemists to the wonders of acid-base chemistry using a comprehensive and fun resource. Engage them...
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Testing for Chlorides, Bromides, and Iodides Video

Testing for Chlorides, Bromides, and Iodides

3 mins 9th - 12th
How do we know when water is safe to drink? Part seven of a 10-part videos series uses water quality as a platform to explore the behavior of halide ions in solution, Further tests help learners differentiate between precipitates that...
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Living with Less Water Lesson Plan

Living with Less Water

9th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
Did you know that California produces two thirds of the fruits and nuts consumed in the United States? That it produces almost one third of the vegetables? Did you know that scientists warn that California is facing the onset of a...
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Explore Watersheds Interactive
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Explore Watersheds

3rd - 8th
CCSS: Designed
What makes a watershed? What are the natural and human features of a watershed? How do human features affect watersheds? Where can I find my local watershed? These questions are thoroughly explained in an informative watershed interactive.
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We All Use Water Interactive
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We All Use Water

3rd - 8th
CCSS: Designed
How many ways is water used? Indirect and direct water use are the two main ways humans use water, but the usage comes in many forms. Animals, agriculture, industries, transportation, and many more rely on water for different uses....
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Water Pollution Handouts & Reference

Water Pollution

9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Fifteen million children under the age of five die each year due to diseases in their drinking water. Water pollution is the topic of lesson 34 in the series of 36. Scholars, through reading and discussing, study numerous aspects of...
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Monitoring Amphibians Lesson Plan

Monitoring Amphibians

6th - 10th
CCSS: Adaptable
What sort of shoes do frogs wear? Open toad sandals. If your scholars want experience collecting field samples, this is the lesson plan for you. After learning the proper way to collect field samples, pupils catch amphibians to test for...
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Red Cabbage Chemistry Activities & Project

Red Cabbage Chemistry

7th - 9th
Using the natural pH indicator of red cabbage juice, groups determine the pH of different everyday liquids. As they work, pupils gain an understanding of pH that may help deal with contaminants in the water supply. 
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Water Remediation Lab Activities & Project

Water Remediation Lab

7th - 9th
CCSS: Designed
Water filtration — that's pure genius! Groups test the ability of a water filter to purify water by running chlorine contaminated water through a filter and measuring the chlorine concentrations as they filter the water. They then graph...
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Operation Water Pollution
11 Item

Operation Water Pollution

5th - 12th
The Safe Drinking Water Foundation created a set of water pollution lesson plans to teach class members about water pollution issues. Through a variety of hands-on activities, young environmentalists discover clean water practices and ways to help prevent water pollution. Each lesson builds on the other; however, the lessons can be used individually.
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Maintaining Safe Water: Whose Job Is It? Lesson Plan

Maintaining Safe Water: Whose Job Is It?

7th - 9th
CCSS: Adaptable
How does water laugh? HOH HOH HOH! After a discussion of water quality, stewardship, and the environment, scholars decide who is responsible for keeping water clean. Then, they design a pamphlet or poster to help educate the...
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Unit 2: Global to Local: Understanding My Place in the Hydrosphere Unit

Unit 2: Global to Local: Understanding My Place in the Hydrosphere

6th - 8th
CCSS: Designed
What does the ground around your home have to do with water pollution? Young ecologists learn about their local watershed and create their own cause-and-effect models of the hydrosphere.
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