Curated OER
From Caterpillar to Butterfly
Young scholars read and discuss the book about the butterfly and create their own butterflies using liquid watercolors and pipe cleaners. They then create a butterfly development book, included in the lesson, and color the pictures...
Curated OER
Salt & Sand
In this science worksheet, students find the terms that are related to the concept of the ocean salt and sand. The answers are found by clicking the link at the bottom of the page.
Curated OER
Sprouting Sprouts!
Students plant sprout seeds and make observations. In this lesson about planting, students make observations, predictions, and record information. Students analyze how the sprout plants grow and determine if any of the four sprout seeds...
Curated OER
Cell Community
Seventh graders use technology to review cell structure and function. In this cells less, 7th graders review the parts and functions of a cell, and use photography/video and PowerPoint to enhance their explorations.
Curated OER
ESL: World Kidney Day
In this ESL holiday worksheet, students read 2 paragraphs about World Kidney Day, then complete a variety of comprehension word activities related to the article. Page is on a site with links to additional activities.
Curated OER
The "Coal LIfecycle" Scrapbook
Students discover how coal is formed. In this science lesson, students create a scrapbook on the life cycle of coal and show how coal is formed by showing pictures of each stage.
Technovation
Curiosity Machine: Challenges: Build a Water Filter
A challenge for students to build a water filter that can clean dirty water. Site includes challenge, a lesson plan, tips, and a place for students to document their engineering design process.
Museum of Science
Ei E: Water, Water Everywhere: Lessons: Designing a Water Filters
This unit offers four lessons demonstrating a classroom working on the engineering problem of providing clean water as they imagine, plan, create, test, and improve their own water filters.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Water Remediation Lab
Students measure the effectiveness of water filters in purifying contaminated water. They prepare test water by creating different concentrations of bleach (chlorine-contaminated) water. After passing the contaminated water through...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: The Dirty Water Project
In this activity, students investigate different methods (aeration and filtering) for removing pollutants from water. They will design and build their own water filters.
Other
Garden Club of America: Drinking Water Safety [Pdf]
An information page on understanding drinking water safety. It covers legislation, contaminants, private wells, water testing, water filters, and boiling water.
PBS
Pbs: Water Quality Control Center: Rough Science: Rough Science Adventure
A team from the PBS show Rough Science Adventure have produced tests to determine attributes of water. Simple experiment guides will investigate pollution, mineral content, whether there are organisms living in the water, how to create a...
Nature Conservancy
Nature Works Everywhere: How Natural Areas Filter Water
By studying nature's filters, learners learn about the importance of water quality for human health and agriculture.[4 min, 6 sec] Includes lesson plan and student handouts.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Where's the Water?
In this lesson, the students will conduct an investigation to purify water. Students will engineer a method for cleaning water, discover the most effective way to filter water, and practice conducting a scientific experiment.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Ocean Water Desalination
Young scholars learn about the techniques engineers have developed for changing ocean water into drinking water, including thermal and membrane desalination. They begin by reviewing the components of the natural water cycle. They see how...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: What's Gotten Into You?
In this activity, students use models to investigate the process and consequences of water contamination on the land, groundwater, and plants. This is a good introduction to building water filters found in the associated activity, The...
Other
Filter of Hope: Clean Water of Life
Filter of Hope has developed a revolutionary, household water filter specifically for families living in abject poverty (less than $2/day) worldwide. Our filter removes all bacteria, protozoa and microorganisms from contaminated water...
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US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Role of Plants in Water Filtration [Pdf]
What role can plants play in the water filtering process? This PDF document features a class activity to help students understand the role of plants in filtering water.
Better Planet Productions
Earth Care: Filter It Down [Pdf]
Students will investigate how different materials filter water and learn about water treatment.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Straining Out the Dirt
In this activity, students build a water filter with activated carbon, cotton and other materials to remove chocolate powder from water.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Environment
Through 10 lessons and more than 20 hands-on activities, students are introduced to the concept of an environment and the many interactions within it. As they learn about natural and human-made environments, as well as renewable and...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: A Matter of Leaching
Students leach organic matter from soil to create a water sample with high dissolved organic matter content (DOM), and then make filters to see if the DOM can be removed. They experience the difficulties of removing DOM from water, and...
Utah Education Network
Uen: All Washed Up
Fourth graders create a model that effectively filters water as it passes through the groundwater system.
Center of Science and Industry
Cosi Columbus: Coffee Filter Rainbows
Science experiment that demonstrates chromotography. Includes full list of materials, procedures, and scientific explanation of what happens with different colors when they are soaked with water.