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US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: Basic Information About Lead in Drinking Water

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the threat of lead in drinking water and what actions you can take to prevent or deal with exposure.
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Extox Net Fa Qs: Water Treatment

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses many options of water treatment, the contaminants that the treatments are focused on, how the treatment works, and common treatment systems.
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Thinkport Education

Thinkport: Water, Water, Everywhere: Make a Prototype and Test Your Design

For Students 9th - 10th
Students create a water purification system, and test it out to see how well it works to purify a water sample.
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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: How Is Drinking Water Cleaned?

For Students 3rd - 5th
Get an overview of how water is treated in order to be safe to use and drink.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: What to Wear? What to Drink? Weather Patterns and Climatic R

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
How does our climate affect us? How do we decide what to wear each day? What factors determine if our clothing choices are comfortable? What is the source of our water? Students explore characteristics that define climatic regions. They...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Fresh or Salty?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Between 70 and 75% of the Earth's surface is covered with water and there exists still more water in the atmosphere and underground in aquifers. In this lesson, students learn about water bodies on the planet Earth and their various uses...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Straining Out the Dirt

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, students build a water filter with activated carbon, cotton and other materials to remove chocolate powder from water.

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