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Water, Water Everywhere

For Students 5th - 7th
In this water worksheet, students complete a five question multiple choice online interactive quiz about water. This is a more advanced quiz that includes chemistry questions.
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Water & Ice

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate the properties of water. In this states of water lesson, students explore how water goes from liquid to solid and back to liquid again. Students use measurement, observation, and communication to describe the change.
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Water and Ice

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore what happens to water as it goes from solid to liquid and back. In this state of matter lesson, students observe, measure, and describe water as it changes state.
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Organizer
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What Are the Needs of Living Things?

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this living things worksheet, students will write down two facts about what a living thing needs to survive. Using these facts, students will draw a conclusion to how those needs are met.
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Aquatic Exercise - Object Retrieval

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are introduced to a variety of exercises to do in the water. In groups, they swim in the deep part of the pool to retrieve objects at the bottom. To end the lesson, they practice techniques to help them breathe and grab the...
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How Much Water Do We Use In Our Homes?

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students discover the amount of water used for everyday activities around their home in this instructional activity. They research the amount of water needed by accessing a provided internet link. They then graph the information they...
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Water Survey

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Young scholars investigate water usage for the average home with the help of conducting a home survey. The information is collected and organized into a graphic format. Then they analyze the results to formulate an educated opinion about...
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Chemistry: The Collapsing Can

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners observe methods by which air can crush aluminum cans. As water in the can boils and is sealed, the can collapses as it cools. When the procedure is reversed, the can expands to its original shape. After the alternate experiment,...
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Water Facts And Media

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the facts surrounding water. They conduct research using a variety of resources to gather facts for the game of trivia. The information is used also to create a group presentation.
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Water Chemistry

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students engage in a instructional activity that is concerned with the concept of water chemistry. They conduct research using a variety of resources. Students also consider an experiment to observe how water has the abiility to exist as...
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Observing Popcorn

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders discover the process of boiling water and how it is part of the changing of states of matter. They observe a kernel of popcorn pop in a test tube with water and take notes of how the water changes to the form of a gas....
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Think Before You Drink!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers complete an online quiz about their familiarity with water issues. As a class, they watch a demonstration by their teacher and work together in groups to make water change into its various states. To end the lesson,...
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Bay Classroom

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Learners use the Bay Classroom website to complete a webquest about the Bay Watershed. They complete a worksheet using the website and discuss the answers to their questions with the class.
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Underwater Picture of the Hudson River Estuary

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify important aspects of water quality such as slainity and turbidity. They test two of the water quality parameters and determine the quality of the water. In addition, they construct two sets of graphs based on data...
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Mapping Your Watershed

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students examine student created maps to locate geographical features such as hills, cliffs, flat meadows, stream beds, etc. They use watershed topo maps to identify landmarks, water flow, and elevation of several features. In addition,...
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San Francisco Bay Watershed

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars examine relief maps of California and discuss the San Francisco Bay watershed. Discussion continues with the class helping complete a journey of water through seasons in a "finish my sentences" style lecture. They label...
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Parched! No Water, No Town

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners discuss the benefits of water conservation. Given a data sheet, they document their water usage over a specified period. Water usage data is graphed and analyzed. Students discuss ways in which they can conserve water.
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Tracking the Salt Front

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Young scholars manipulate Hudson River salt front data from October 2004 - September 2005 to locate the high and low points of the salt front for each month, They determine the range for each month, determine the modal range for each...
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Navvies/ Canals

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the concept of water permeability in order to help find the best material to line a canal. The goal is to find a material that does not allow water to escape. They also conduct an experiment and record the observations.
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How Much Water Does A Tree Transpire In A Day

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students engage in a lesson of investigating the amount of water that is transpired in a one day cycle. They conduct research to find the purpose of transpiration and find information to explain the value to a plant and explain how...
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Fish Kills!

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students investigate a fish kill occurrence, the Lake Iluka simulation. They examine what would happen if a fish kill happened today in their watershed area? what type of problems it might cause? They also discuss in groups any specific...
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Water Quality Sampling

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners explore the water qualities in Texas. They evaluate the water quality of six different samples by observing and smelling them. They present a list of the cups that contained good water quality based on their observations. They...
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Surface Water Supplies And The Texas Settlements

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners engage in a lesson that is concerned with the allocation and finding of water resources. The location of different settlement areas is considered as one looks how the water is distributed. They map some of the early Spanish and...
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GIS: Mapping Watersheds of the Edwards Aquifer in Travis County

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students manipulate existing GIS data to create and map a new layer of information that shows that watersheds in Travis County that are on top of Edwards Aquifer. They create and map that shows the watersheds in Travis County that are on...