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In this activity, learners explore the different salinities of various sources of water by taste-testing.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners consider the water features they might enjoy at a community park--a pond, brook, water playground (or "sprayground"), or pool--and what happens to the water over time.

Over $20 per group Ages 4 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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Learners conduct a "blind" taste-test of several types of enhanced or fitness water drinking water that has commercially added substances like vitamins, sugars, or herbs.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 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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In this activity, learners make water-walking critters using thin wire, and then test how many paper clips these critters can carry without sinking.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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This creative lesson plan provides a visual way for learners to gain knowledge about the finite amount of fresh water on Earth and encourages the discussion of the various ways to conserve this resour

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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This creative lesson plan provides a visual way for learners to gain knowledge about the finite amount of fresh water on Earth and encourages the discussion of the various ways to conserve this resour

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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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 make their own heat waves in an aquarium.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners observe the hydrologic cycle in action as water evaporates and condenses to form rain right before their eyes.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 4 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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Learners investigate the properties of the liquids in two bottles. One contains layers of oil and water, and one contains oil, water, and soap.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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As a group, learners consider sources of water pollution to understand where pollution starts and where it ends up.

per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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Learners see convection currents in action in this highly visual demonstration. Sealed bags of colored hot or cold water are immersed in tanks of water.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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Glare from the sun and ripples from the wind can make it hard to see what's below the surface of a body of water.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 6 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners capture and observe planaria, which are worms that eat tiny pond critters.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this simulation activity, learners observe what can happen when ocean waves churn up water and oil from an oil spill.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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By building a simple watershed with paper and markers and then using a spray bottle to simulate precipitation, learners will understand how pollution accumulates in our water sources, especially from

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In some parts of the world, lakes freeze during winter. In this activity learners will explore water’s unique properties of freezing and melting, and how these relate to density and temperature.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners will make fish cutouts that propel through the water with the help of surface tension.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 6 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In this quick activity (located on page 2 of the PDF under GPS Wetlands Activity), learners will model how wetlands act as natural filters for the environment.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes