BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: Water
The Science of Water Teacher's Guide provides a number of inquiry-based activities for grades 3-5 (although it can be expanded for other grades). The guide contains science lessons that enable students to explore water, behavior of...
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Nc Department of Energy and Natural Resources: What Is Stormwater Pollution
When it rains, some of the rainwater soaks into the ground, and part of it flows over the ground and directly into creeks, streams, or rivers. This water that runs off into the river is called runoff, or sometimes stormwater runoff....
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: What Happened to the Water? Designing Ways to Get and Clean
In this scenario-based activity, students design ways to either clean a water source or find a new water source, depending on given hypothetical family scenarios. They act as engineers to draw and write about what they could do to...
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Nc Department of Energy and Natural Resources: So, Now What Can You Do?
A list of ways people can make good choices in everyday activities so as not to contribute to stormwater pollution.
The Franklin Institute
The Franklin Institute Online: Slick Sea Spills
Use this site to promote environmental awareness in your classroom with this lesson on the effects of oil spills on water habitats.