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Water Walk

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students conduct a visual survey to discover information about local land use and water quality; document their findings by mapping and profiling the water body; and use this initial investigation to raise questions about local land use.
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Drop in the Bucket

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars study the sources for the water they use. They determine their town's major water supply and how many gallons per day does the population use.
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Water Quality

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this unit of lessons, students examine the quality of water. They create poems and make observations about the quality of water. They also examine hot spots and the quality of water in the Great Lakes.
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Water Pollution Graphing Activity

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students describe and identify the link between land use activities within a watershed and water quality. They evaluate the quality of a "water sample" ( a bag of skittles), graph their results, and form a hypothesis about the land use...
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Understanding Salinity

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss why the ocean is salty. They discuss what salinity is. Students are told that is they want to know how much salt is in a body or water, they would use a special scientific tool. They complete an Estuarine Layers science...
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Water and Rice Agriculture

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate the agriculture of rice by reading a study guide.  In this food making lesson, 2nd graders read about the irrigation of rice fields used for harvesting.  Students write three sentences about the rice irrigation...
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Evaporation

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students explain the process of evaporation using an activity that allows students to see the gradual disappearance of water.
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Junior Engineering Surface Water

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students experience the effects of pollution and erosion on a model of a watershed and explore ways to change the outcome.
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"Pennsylvania Watersheds, Many Ways to the Sea"

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students trace a molecule of water through the water cycle including each of its three loops. They describe why evapotranspiration demands the largest portion of total precipitation falling on a forested watershed.
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Urban Impact on Chollas Creek (California): A Field Study

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students, in groups, take samples from a creek and keep a field journal on their samples. They also perform tests on their samples.
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'Water, Water Everywhere...'

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore how the Utah pioneers used irrigation to make the desert 'blossom as a rose'. They use geographical tools to analyze political and physical features of Utah, the United States, China, and Asia.
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Fisheries Monitoring

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Students discuss why monitoring fish populations is important. They develop a multi-year fisheries management plan and budget.
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The Water Cycle

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Young scholars research the water cycle and identify main vocabulary associated with the water cycle. They build and observe a closed system model that demonstrates the water cycle in action.
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Take a Dip: Be a Field Guide

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students create a Visitor's Field Guide for the local area in order to enhance the understanding of natural features of the area for those who may be unfamiliar with the area.
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Is it Partly Cloudy or Partly Sunny?

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students investigate the concept of weather and how it is created. They review relevant vocabulary related to weather. Students predict weather given slight background knowledge. The lesson includes background information for the...
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What is Life Without Water?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students differentiate between how they use water in response to a need and how they use water for pleasure. They read books about water, participate in class discussion and illustrate their observations.
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From Ground to Water

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore groundwater and issues relating to groundwater. They discus the problems involving groundwater. Students write a newspaper story addressing groundwater problems. They create a comic strip addressing groundwater...
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The Effect of Medications on Daphnia

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore how human beings affect the world's ecosystem by examining the affects of medication on daphnia, a small freshwater organism very sensitive to pollution. Students use a computer model to repeat the experiment and analyze...
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Pond 1: Pond Life

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students work together to investigate familiar and unfamiliar ecosystems. Using the internet, they discover how different organisms use their environment to satisfy their needs. They also examine the relationshiops between organisms...
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Posters and People

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create and design posters reflecting the types of litter harmful to aquatic wildlife. They explain the dangers of fishing line to aquatic wildlife, plastic bags to dolphins, and fish nets to fish. They design a poster to...
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Wetlands Project

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discover how wetlands filter out contaminants before they can reach other bodies of water. In groups, they design and build a model of a stormwater wetland. They test the water quality and inform their classmates about the...
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The Inside Current

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders explore ocean currents and wind patterns. They discover the concept of systems to show how change in one component of a body of water, causes change in other components in that system. Students describe positive and...
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Wildlife in Arkansas

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify three species of wildlife in Arkansas. They discuss the environment in which the whitetail deer, raccoon, and beaver live in. They identify the footprints of each animal and discuss how the animals are harvested...
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Beyond the Tap

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explain the basic properties of a watershed including how water flows from higher to lower elevations and how watersheds are interconnected. They comprehend how the placement of buildings, roads, and parking lots can be...

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