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Water Tower Challenge
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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.

Water Walk
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Learners take a field trip along a local body of water and conduct a visual survey to discover information about local land use and water quality.
How Does Water Climb a Tree?
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In this activity, learners conduct an experiment to explore how water flows up from a tree's roots to its leafy crown.

Water Cycle in a Bag
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In this activity, learners will explore the water cycle by creating a small atmosphere.

Why Doesn’t the Ocean Freeze?
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In this activity, learners explore how salt water freezes in comparison to fresh water.

Super Soaking Materials
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In this activity, learners will test cups full of potting soil, sand, and sphagnum moss to see which earth material is able to soak up the most water.

Irrigation Ideas
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In this activity, learners explore how civil engineers solved the challenge of moving water via irrigation.

How is Coastal Temperature Influenced by the Great Lakes and the Ocean?
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In this two-part lesson, learners discover how large bodies of water can serve as a heat source or sink at different times and how proximity to water moderates climate along the coast.

Working with Watermills
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In this activity, learners explore how watermills have helped harness energy from water through the ages.

Engineer a Dam
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In this activity, learners explore the function and engineering of dams and how dams have many uses and solve many problems in the world.

Earth Atmosphere Composition
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In this activity, learners use rice grains to model the composition of the atmosphere of the Earth today and in 1880. Learners assemble the model while measuring percentages.
River Catcher
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In this activity (located at the top of the page), learners make an easy river strainer and see what they can catch.

Erosion
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In this activity, learners model erosion using a clear shoebox and sand or soil.

Sea Level: On The Rise
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Learners will understand the relationship between climate change and sea-level rise.

It's a Gas, Man
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In this activity, learners discover if carbon dioxide has an effect on temperature.

Making Sense of Sensors
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In this activity, learners explore sensors and focus specifically on how to measure humidity using a sensor.
Fish Eyes: More than Meets the Eye
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In this data collection and analysis activity, learners evaluate fish physiology and ecology using vision research data from Dr.