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In this activity, learners explore how engineers work to solve the challenges of a society, such as delivering safe drinking water.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity and/or field trip, learners investigate the water currents that aquatic animals create when they breathe, feed, and propel themselves through water.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this weather activity (page 4 of the PDF), learners will explore the water cycle through an interactive game.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 6 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners receive a labeled plastic film canister containing a material representing a pollutant (i.e. pencil shavings = a beaver's wood chips).

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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Many people get water from a source deep underground, called groundwater.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 6 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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Water on Earth is in lakes, the ocean, rivers, underground, and frozen glaciers.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - adult 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore how engineering has developed various means to remove impurities from water.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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An estuary is a body of water that is created when freshwater from rivers and streams flows into the saltwater of an ocean.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 4 weeks
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How do scientists measure how clear or murky water in a lake is? How does water clarity (clearness) affect what lives in the lake?

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore water pressure by conducting an experiment with a garden hose. Learners build a testing apparatus and create PVC nozzles with different sized holes.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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This is an activity (located on page 3 of the PDF under Water Clean-up Activity) about the use of reduction agents to decontaminate ground water.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 2 to 4 hours
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In this activity, learners explore the concept of density-driven currents (thermohaline circulation) and how these currents are affected by climate change.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - adult 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners create a freshwater ecosystem in a large plastic bottle. Learners cut and prepare bottles, then fill with water, aquatic plants, snails and fish.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 7 days
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This is an activity/demo in which learners are exposed to the difference bewteen hydrophobic surfaces (water repelling) and hydrophilic surfaces (water loving).

$10 - $20 per group Ages 6 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this outdoor, sunny day activity, learners experiment with paper leaf models to discover how some desert plants conserve water.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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As a model of acid rain, learners water plants with three different solutions: water only, vinegar only, vinegar-water mixture.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 4 weeks
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In this outdoor activity, learners compare the moisture released from different kinds of leaves and from different parts of the same leaf, by observing the color change of cobalt chloride paper.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this outdoor activity/field trip, learners catch and observe water striders to explore their movement and feeding behaviors.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 6 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this outdoor activity, learners simulate an oil spill using popcorn (both oil and popcorn float on water), and estimate the spill's impact on the environment.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore how water behaves differently when it comes in contact with "nano sand" and regular sand.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 4 - adult 5 to 10 minutes