PBS
Pbs Learning Media: River Rewilding: Macro Identification
A video demonstrating how to use macro invertebrates to explore water quality.Follow a high school class on their journey to figure out the water quality in their area. [1:55]
Museum of Science
Ei E: Water, Water Everywhere: Designing Water Filters Lesson 3
Students test a variety of filter materials to see how well they remove particles and color from contaminated water. [10:26]
Museum of Science
Ei E: Water, Water Everywhere: Designing Water Filters Lesson 1
A storybook introduces the engineering challenge and context. In this story, Salila, a girl from India, learns about environmental engineering as she designs her own water filter. [15:34]
National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation: Sustainability: Water Baltimore's Urban Streams
A scientist discusses her work studying the travel times of pollutants in waterways around Baltimore's Chesapeake Bay, which is on the brink of an environmental crisis. Her research team is trying to understand how this urban water cycle...
NOAA
Noaa: Estuary Education: Watershed Demo
A quick, by necessity, discussion of watersheds with a great demo using a very good watershed model (Enviroscape) plus a couple of student tips. [10:04]
NOAA
Noaa: Estuary Education: Saving the Tijuana Estuary
The estuary stands as the last barrier between the Pacific Ocean and pollution. Its mix of plants and silt acts as a filter that purifies contaminated inland rain and flood waters before they reach the ocean. [3:47]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Materials: Flocculation: Making Clean Water
Learn about contaminants that can make water unsafe for humans, and of methods being used to purify it, e.g., through flocculation.
Museum of Science
Ei E: Water, Water Everywhere: Designing Water Filters: Saving Salila's Turtle
Observe a teacher's lesson, and see her introduce the engineering challenge of designing water filters with a picture book. In this story, Salila, a girl from India, learns about environmental engineering as she designs her own water...
Spark 101
Spark 101: What Does Water Testing Tell Us About Water Quality?
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students test water from multiple locations on the Potomac River for dissolved oxygen, nitrates, phosphates, pH levels, salinity, and turbidity. What do these tests tell us about the health of the...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Engineering Is...: Cleaning Poop From Drinking Water
How can engineering improve the lives of millions of people? The people of Bangladesh were getting really sick because of the bacteria that they were getting from their water, which was untreated and dangerous. Amy Pickering decided that...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Environmental Public Health: Farm Nitrates in the Water Supply: Big River: A King Corn Companion
Learn how farm runoff impacts water quality and human health. Tour the water treatment plant in Des Moines, Iowa, and learn how the water is filtered, in this video excerpted from the independent film 'Big River: A King Corn Companion.'...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Environmental Public Health: Atrazine Affects the Water Supply: Big River: A King Corn Companion
Learn how waterways are polluted by agricultural pesticides such as atrazine, a herbicide commonly used on corn farms, in this video segment featuring live-action animation adapted from the independent film 'Big River: A King Corn...
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Video Pick: Growing a Wastewater Treatment Plant
The algal turf scrubber uses algae to boost water quality.