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What's Dancing in the Water?

For Teachers K - 6th
Students learn about watershed, as well as the different forms and uses of water. In this water forms lesson, students brainstorm water sources and uses. Students read the book Water Dance and discuss water examples. Students complete a...
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Water Sources in Cape Verde and West Africa

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners analyze the importance of a fresh water supply in Cape Verde, researching five methods of obtaining and conserving water there. Students create and present displays demonstrating their understanding of the methods of water...
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Is Our Water Clean?

For Teachers K
Students identify qualities of clean water and develop an awareness of people in the community who keep our water clean.
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Water Quality Tests Explained

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars identify the eight tests done to check for water quality. In this ecology lesson, students explain why it's important to test water in rivers. They explore sources of river water pollution.
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Water Quality

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students examine water quality and how to improve it, how to measure it and how it relates to human activities.  In this water quality instructional activity students sample water from different sources, and test the samples. 
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Water Pressure - Disparity of Resources

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine the disparity of resources between developing and industrialized nations, and research the problem of water availability as world populations increase and natural resources are stressed.
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Groundwater as Part of the Water Cycle

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders study the effects of soil and rocks on filtering groundwater.  In this groundwater lesson students complete a lab activity that includes sources of contamination. 
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Water Quality Assessment

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students evaluate water quality of different sources.  For this water assessment lesson students chemical testing, identify biological factors in the stream, and write a paper on their position of the stream's quality. 
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Water, Water, Everywhere and Always on the Move

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create their own water cycle in a terrarium. In this water cycle lesson, students research the water cycle and complete a worksheet using the Internet. They create a water cycle of their own in a jar with stones, sand, soil, and...
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Splish Splash: Daily Use of Water

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students assess their daily use of water and write stories about how water is used in their lives and communities. Students read about water usage in Ghana and Kenya and compare and contrast water usage and resources between the countries.
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Are You a Water Waster?

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students determine what it means to be water wasters. In this water conservation lesson, students follow the provided procedures to identify how much water is used in their household when people brush their teeth.
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Water Words Puzzle

For Students 5th - 8th
For this water worksheet, students fill in the blanks to a crossword puzzle having to do with water words. Students complete 25 blanks in the crossword.
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Water Issues on Puerto Rico and Oahu: A Comparison of Two Islands

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore how the tow islands receive and use fresh water. They also address some of the threats to the fresh water supply on each island. Students explore the lesson objectives through water cycle models and experiments.
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Water: Naturally Cleaned

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners use stream trays covered in different types of rocks or soil to investigate infiltrates and runoff. In this water pollution instructional activity, students work in groups with stream trays that have different substrates. They...
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Global Change: Where Land, Air and Water Meet

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students discuss the atmosphere as a mixture of gases. In this science instructional activity, students explore the world's oceans and fresh waters understanding that there are dissolved chemicals. Students realize that many substances...
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What Happened to the Water? Designing Ways to Get and Clean Water

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students design ways to clean a water source or find a new water source depending on various hypothetical family scenarios. They draw and write about how to provide water to a community facing a water crisis, and present their solutions...
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Water Words

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars define words relating to water and its use in Nebraska. They listen to the story, Snail Girl Brings Water, list the water words from the story, and create a class dictionary.
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Social Justice-Water in Developing Countries

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Learners explore how water shortage affects everyday life. In this social justice instructional activity, students discuss information about water shortage in Ghana. A water shortage simulation/game is played in which a "Canadian" team...
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Sources of Heat

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders conduct an experiment related to heat sources, and participate in a heat source hunt. They identify sources of heat, then compare the melting rate of ice cubes, illustrating the results in their science journal. Students...
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What's in the Water?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders use the dots to simulate water pollutants in a lake. They use cups to collect a sample of "water." Students sort the dots by color and record the number of each dot color under the correct pollutant name in the Lake Water...
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Aqueduct Architecture: Moving Water to the Masses in Ancient Rome

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders compare ancient and modern technology in water transporting. In this lesson on the evolution of the aqueduct, 9th graders build a working aqueduct model and examine its components. They explain the importance and use of the...
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Digital Picture Water Source Hunt

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students use a technological format to illustrate their understanding of the importance of water to life. For this water lesson, students read a picture a book and discuss the need for water. Students create a class chart about uses...
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How Our Water Becomes Polluted

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students list causes of water pollution, discuss how people contribute to water pollution, and explain concept of watershed.
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Water Displacement to Determine Volume

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore the water displacement method to determine the volume of solid objects such as rocks, nails, and marbles.

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