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Life in a Drop of Water

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the structure, function, and characteristics of microscopic organisms that inhabit freshwater through collection of water samples and observation through microscopes.
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Water Works

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students complete discussions and activities about the cost, use, and filtration of Canada's water supply. In this water lesson plan, students compare the use of water in Canada with other countries.
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Water Quality

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students conduct experiments to study the quality of water. They examine how pollutants get into and affect the water supply in this unit.
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Making a Water Filter

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders draw a plan that they think will clean the sludge in a jar. Students construct the treatment system they designed, take a bottle of sludge to the system and try it out, writing down what happened.
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Water Taste Test

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students brainstorm the different characteristics of potable water. In this general science lesson, students test several water samples and hypothesize which samples and brands they are. They discuss where drinking water came from and...
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Water Pollution

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine what contaminated water looks like, and how it becomes polluted. They examine a teacher demonstration of water is not polluted but does contain rocks and other things that do need to be cleaned out before drinking...
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The Perils of Drinking Water

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Learners determine the presence of drugs in water. In this chemistry lesson, students experiment on water samples using thin layer and column chromatography. They determine the concentration of drugs present using graphical analysis.
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Kidney Structure and Function: removing intracellular waste

For Teachers 9th
Your class will learn all about the function of the kidney and how  it operates in animals from different habitats.  The methods of absorption, filtering and excretion are detailed and pupils will learn of the different disposal methods...
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Does It Soak Right In?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Which materials are best for groundwater runoff, and which are best for percolation? Discuss the water table with several experiments about different types of soil, pollution, precipitation, and filtration. The experiments assign roles...
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Eye On Conservation Drainage Basin

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers are able to describe the importance of wetland vegetation. They describe the impacts human activities have on water systems. Students compare and contrast the effect of different soil types on water filtration.
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PA Watersheds, Many Ways to the Sea

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the water cycle and the factors that interact with watersheds.  In this watersheds lesson students describe the purification process, trace the flow of infiltrate water through aquifers, and research the Internet to find...
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Water in the Environment

For Students 8th - 10th
In this water in the environment worksheet, students match 10 terms related to water to their definitions. They identify 10 sentences as true or false related to groundwater, layering and landfills. They fill in the blanks for 2...
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Straining out the Dirt

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars design and construct a water filter using activated carbon, cotton and other materials to remove chocolate powder from water. They test and record their observations, and complete a KWL chart.
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Leaching Landfills

For Students 4th - 5th
In this leaching landfills worksheet, students conduct an experiment by following the procedures, observing the results and discussing the conclusion about how garbage leaches into our water.
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Foul Water Lab

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students use field practices to clean foul water, they comprehend the differences in solution and solutes. They work in groups and discuss the lab instructions. Students start with oil-water separation technique. They complete a...
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Turbidy and Water

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners use observation skills in assessing the water quality of water samples in this activity and learn that the tastes and preferences of others can be different.
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Exploring Planet Water

For Students 6th - 8th
In this science instructional activity, students find the words that are needed for the acquisition of vocabulary and the answers are found at the bottom of the page.
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Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

Environmental Sciences

For Teachers K - 8th Standards
Whether you are teaching environmental science in junior high or studying recycling in kindergarten, there is something for all in this set of lessons designed for environmental education. The 110-page packet comes with tips for teaching...
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The Treatment of Wastewater

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Young scholars, through a series of lessons, study the various processes of treating wastewater. They participate in discussion and complete various worksheets and a hands-on activity, in which they observe the processes of filtration...
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Environmental Education/Water Pollution

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders play a game in which they list as many environmental issues or terms in alphabetical order. They brainstorm ways they can save the environment and create a mural that displayed research found from the internet and Encarta.
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Global Environmental Change

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine environmental change of land, water, and air, discuss Clear Skies Legislation, and experiment on solid compaction and resultant water filtration.
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AP: Chapter 44: Regulation of the Internal Environment

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
When nature calls, you need to answer. Physiology learners discover that it is a just your body's way of regulating pressure and water content. Along with osmoregulation, they also examine thermoregulation, two vital processes with which...
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Getting the "Yuck" Out

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars examine various types of household materials for their usefulness as filters. They work together in teams to design a filtration system that produces the cleanest water in the shortest time.
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Early Filtrate Functioning

For Students 9th - 12th
In this biology activity, high schoolers look at the function of filtering in the nephron of the kidneys and the biochemistry is emphasized.

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