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Water Table Lab

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Students build a water table to show the zones of aeration and the zones of saturation. In this water table lesson plan, students use a beaker with sand and gravel to simulate the Earth's water table. They label the zones of aeration and the zones of saturation and answer 7 questions about their results and the water table.

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groundwater, the water table

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groundwater, water table, zones of aeration, zones of saturation, science
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8th - 10th
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Science
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