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US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: Surf Your Watershed

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information on watersheds, maps, activities, and links to local watershed information.
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Other

Njawwa: Kids' Water Zone

For Students 3rd - 8th
Students can learn fun facts about water, perform experiments with it, and play games about it. Includes links and a suggested reading list.
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PBS

Idaho Public Television: Wetland Facts

For Students 3rd - 5th
Dialogue for Kids, a program on Idaho Public Television, offers facts, information, and images of wetlands. Learn what a wetland is, where they are located, the future of wetlands, the effect people have on wetlands, and more! Classroom...
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Read Works

Read Works: Water, Water, Everywhere!

For Teachers 4th - 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passes shows the water cycle and describes different types of water on the earth. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies...
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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Careers: Hydrologist

For Students 9th - 10th
Fins out what it takes to become a hydrologist, and to work with our most fundamental resource, water.
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US Geological Survey

Usgs: Real Time Water Data for the Nation

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive map of the US allows you to select among numerous streams and rivers to determine their current flow rate.
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Science Struck

Science Struck: Different Branches of Geography

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the many specializations in the field of geography within its two branches of physical and human geography.
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PBS

Iowa Public Television: Water Mini Web Quest [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Browse the Explore More: Water Quality website to answer these questions about how water is used, who uses it and how these uses impact the quality of water. Find ways to make a difference in water quality through the choices you make.
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PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Water Cycle

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An explanation of the water cycle.
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US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: Thirstin's Water Cycle Activity [Pdf]

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This resource presents a simple set of instructions for building a model of the water cycle in a lidded jar.
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New Jersey Section of the American Water Works Association: The Water Cycle

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Simple diagram and explanations of the water cycle and related terms.
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Geography 4 kids

Geography4 kids.com: Flowing Water

For Students 3rd - 8th
Take a look at the earth's hydrosphere. From liquid to glacier, to vapor, to oceans and clouds this text offers an overview for young researchers.
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Science Struck

Science Struck: Water Cycle: An Easy Explanation for Kids

For Students 3rd - 5th
Provides a simple explanation of the water cycle by describing four main stages - evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and collection. Includes three project ideas and some interesting facts.
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Science Struck

Science Struck: Water Cycle Diagram

For Students 4th - 6th
Describes the four main stages of the water cycle - evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and collection.
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Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: What Is a Drought?

For Students 2nd - 8th
Learn about droughts, their causes, different types, effects, and other interesting facts.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Drainage Basins of Africa, 1916

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the major drainage basins of the African continent indicating the hydrologic flow to the Atlantic and Gulf of Guinea, the Mediterranean, the Red Sea and Indian Ocean, and the interior basins of the Sahara and Kalahari deserts...
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Curated OER

Unesco: Mexico: Sian Ka'an

For Students 9th - 10th
In the language of the Mayan peoples who once inhabited this region, Sian Ka'an means 'Origin of the Sky'. Located on the east coast of the Yucatan peninsula, this biosphere reserve contains tropical forests, mangroves and marshes, as...
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Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Physical Geography

For Students 9th - 10th
Get a general grasp on the four spheres, five sub-fields, and two scales of physical geography.
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Curated OER

Math/science Nucleus: Water Cycle Animation

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This animation, in a storybook format, discusses water and the water cycle.

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