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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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This activity offers learners and their families several ways to raise their awareness together about home water.

free Ages 4 - adult 1 to 7 days
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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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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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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.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 11 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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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.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners calculate their water usage (in cups and galloons) during an average shower. Learners also chart and analyze water usage during showers in their households.

free Ages 6 - 11 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners sublimate dry ice and then taste the carbon dioxide gas.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 11 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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Learners work in teams to design and build solar water heating devices that mimic those used in residences to capture energy in the form of solar radiation and convert it to thermal energy.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 14 - 18 1 to 7 days
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In this activity, learners calculate the number of milliliters of water a nearby tree transpires per day.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 14 - 18 4 to 24 hours
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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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In this simple activity (on page 7 of the PDF), learners use water and liquid dish detergent to see which one removes lipstick better from an index card.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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Learners place cut flowers in colored water and observe how the flowers change. The flowers absorb the water through the stem and leaves.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 18 1 to 7 days
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In this activity, learners observe the effect of transpiration as water is moved from the ground to the atmosphere.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 14 2 to 4 hours
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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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In this activity, learners explore how salt water freezes in comparison to fresh water.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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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
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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.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners make a model of the hot water of a deep sea vent in the cold water of the ocean to learn about one of the ocean's most amazing and bizarre underwater habitats.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 5 to 10 minutes