Students will learn about water resources by examining the water cycle and how water is distributed on Earth, how we manage our water resources to ensure that they are healthy for use.
Students will learn where and how people obtain safe drinking water while recognizing the various roles that professionals play in municipal water agencies in acquiring, treating and delivering safe water. This discussion guide is meant to be used with the Water You Drink four-part video series.
Students examine a model watershed and how water moves through the river basin when it rains.
This cross-curricular ELA/science module consists of three units. In Unit 1, students build background knowledge about the central role that water plays in all life. In Unit 2, students use the US Environmental Protection Agency My WATERS Mapper to explore major US watersheds and the USGS National Water Information System to examine their local watershed. Unit 3 provides scaffolding toward students' summative writing assessment.
In this lesson, students learn about local watersheds by investigating community watershed projects.
In this lesson, students will describe a watershed. They will also understand the water cycle.
In this lesson, students will describe relationships among precipitation, runoff, and wetlands. Students will relate the importance of wetland functions to their own needs and daily lives.
This lesson uses hands-on activities to discuss water filtration. Students will have the opportunity to explore water filtration by filtering water through a variety of materials and using potatoes to grow and test the bacteria levels of the water. With a focus on nanotechnology, this lesson discusses the benefits of embedding silver ions in filters to kill harmful bacteria. At the end of this lesson students will have the opportunity to put their knowledge to the test in a written discussion by designing a solution to a mock water crisis.
In this project, students learn about watersheds by researching, mapping, and surveying their local watershed area. They then choose a body of water from within the watershed to determine its health. Along the way - students work with local officials, site monitoring groups, and experts to determine the health of their chosen site. Their findings, along with recommendations of what works and doesn't work in water conservation, serve as the core of their student-designed public awareness campaign.
This brief video lesson discusses fresh water sources and use. Discussion/assessment questions and suggested supplemental resources are also included.
This is an encyclopedia entry for the term "groundwater." Groundwater is all the water found underneath the Earth?s surface. Text for this entry is appropriate for the middle and high school grade levels.
This is an encyclopedia entry for the term "rain." Rain is liquid precipitation: water falling from the sky. Raindrops fall to Earth when clouds become saturated, or filled, with water droplets. Text for this entry is appropriate for the middle and high school grade levels.
Discover how water is gathered and travels to larger and larger watersheds to meet the sea.
Discover how water is gathered and travels to larger and larger watersheds to meet the sea.
GeoInquiries are designed to be fast and easy-to-use instructional resources that incorporate advanced web mapping technology. Each 15-minute activity in a collection is intended to be presented by the instructor from a single computer/projector classroom arrangement. No installation, fees, or logins are necessary to use these materials and software.