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Walk On Water Bugs
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In this activity (on pages 29-35), learners examine water pollution and filtration.

Breaking the Tension: Surface Tension 1
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Learners explore how the attractive forces between water molecules create surface tension and allow certain objects to float on the surface of water.

Amazon Water Cycle Roleplay
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In this creative roleplay activity, learners will explore the various processes of the water cycle using movement, sound, and props to aid in comprehension.

Earth's Water: A Drop in Your Cup
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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

Earth's Water: A Drop in Your Cup
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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

Determining the Amount of Transpiration from a Schoolyard Tree
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In this activity, learners calculate the number of milliliters of water a nearby tree transpires per day.

TerrAqua Investigation Column: What is the Land-Water Connection?
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In this investigation, learners plant seeds in a 2-liter bottle filled with soil that is connected to a water source below. Over the next few weeks, learners observe how the plants grow.

Oil and Soap
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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.

The Scoop on Habitat
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Some aquatic organisms live in open water, while some live in soil at the bottom of a body of water.

Planaria Fishing
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In this activity, learners capture and observe planaria, which are worms that eat tiny pond critters.

What's in the Water?: Biotic and Abiotic Elements in Aquatic Ecosystems
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In this investigation learners explore the differences between, and interdependence of, living and nonliving elements in a water ecosystem.

Water Bugs
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Some bugs can walk on the surface of a lake, stream, river, pond or ocean.

Model Well
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In this quick activity about pollutants and groundwater (page 2 of PDF under Water Clean-up Activity), learners build a model well with a toilet paper tube.

Turbidity
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This is an activity about turbidity, or the amount of sediment suspended in water.

Water Molds (Oomycetes)
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In this laboratory activity, learners use a simple procedure to bait oomycetes from water and/ or soil and then examine these fungus-like organisms with the microscope to see how they look.
Without An Ark: The Effects of Storms and Floods
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April showers bring May flowers, but what do coastal storms bring?

Water "Digs" It!
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In this activity, learners investigate soil erosion. Learners set up a simulation to observe how water can change the land and move nutrients from one place to another.

The Self-Watering Terrarium
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In this biology/ecology activity, learners construct a terrarium out of a tennis ball container. This terrarium is unique because it never has to be watered.

Let's Make Molecules
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In this activity, learners use gumdrops and toothpicks to model the composition and molecular structure of three greenhouse gases: carbon dioxide (CO2), water vapor (H2O) and methane (CH4).

Test Density with a Supersaturated Solution
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Learners create three solutions with different levels of salinity. They compare the density of these solutions by coloring them and layering them in a clear plastic cup and in a soda bottle.