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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Fresh or Salty?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Between 70 and 75% of the Earth's surface is covered with water and there exists still more water in the atmosphere and underground in aquifers. For this lesson, learners learn about water bodies on the planet Earth and their various...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Conserving Water

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how we can conserve water.
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Activity
American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Are You a Water Waster?

For Students K - 1st
In this activity, students monitor how much water is used if the water is left running while they brush their teeth. They use that information to calculate how much the whole family would use. They learn how much water can be conserved...
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Website
Other

The Groundwater Foundation: Easy Ways to Conserve Water

For Students Pre-K - 1st
What are some easy ways to conserve water? This site features some practical ways to accomplish this important task. Students and teachers can work to conserve water at school and at home.
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Website
Other

The Groundwater Foundation: Easy Ways to Conserve Water

For Students Pre-K - 1st
What are some easy ways to conserve water? This resource features some practical ways to accomplish this important task. Students and teachers can work to conserve water at school and at home.
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Website
Other

Water Footprint Network

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed guide to water footprints on individual, corporate, national, and global levels. Sheds light on the water usage of food products, offers calculators that determine a consumer's own water footprint, shares useful tips for...
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Lesson Plan
American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Investigating Water Use in Your Home

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This investigation will help students understand exactly how much water they use in their home and how to can keep from wasting water.
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Lesson Plan
American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Land and People: Finding a Balance

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Student groups will be asked to present and justify a solution to a real environmental dilemma concerning water usage.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Fifth Grade Science: Earth Science: Protecting the Water Supply

For Students 4th - 6th
Explore the ways to reduce water pollution and strategies for conserving water with this module. The modules reviews over ways water is polluted and how individuals can conserve water.
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Handout
PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Estuaries

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Learn more about estuaries when you visit this informative site. This resource provides locations of and weblinks to estuaries in the United States.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Conserving Water

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how we can conserve water.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Water You Doing to Help?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
For this lesson from "The Friends of Auntie Litter", (www.auntielitter.org), conservation of water resources will be explored. This lesson is one from the "Take Pride Statewide" series. *Lesson provided by Julie Danley and Pam Walston.
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Conserving Water Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive study guide covers the main terms and concepts needed for an earth science unit on conserving water. Review questions are included at the bottom of the study guide.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Playing With Water Packet: Grades 1 and 2: Summer of Possibilities

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Use these water-themed activity sheets to allow children to choose their own learning adventures.
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Handout
Environmental Education for Kids

Eek!: Be the Change: Water Facts and Conservation Tips

For Students 3rd - 5th
Explains why it is important to conserve water and tips for doing so.
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Spokane Valley Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a learning module from KSPS Public Television and the Idaho Washington Aquifer Collaborative. This resource serves to educate residents of Idaho's Inland Northwest residents about the importance of protecting their...
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Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Stuff to Do: Be a Water Saver

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A checklist of ways to cut back on your use of water.
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Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Stuff to Do: Be a Water Saver

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A checklist of ways to cut back on your use of water.
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Handout
State Library of North Carolina

N Cpedia: Conservation Movement: Water Conservation

For Students 9th - 10th
The conservation movement in North Carolina began with methods of maintaining the timber supply and restrictions on wasteful colonial hunting practices. Some eighteenth-century North Carolinians noted the effects of wasteful practices...
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Website
Other

Potty Girl: What You Should Know About Toilets

For Students 9th - 10th
Toilets are also a major source of wasted water due to leaks and inefficiency. In a home that was built prior to 1993 it is most likely that the toilet uses 3.5 gallons or more for every single flush (in Dekalb County alone, approx....
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Handout
Other

North Carolina Department of Energy and Natural Resources: Dirt Can Be Dirty

For Students 3rd - 8th
Did you know that the #1 pollutant in North Carolina is dirt? When soil is washed into streams and river, it smothers small animals and fish by clogging their gills. Look for bare patches of ground around your home and around your school...
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Website
Environduck

Enviroduck: A Greener Kitchen Ways to Save Water in the Kitchen

For Students 9th - 10th
Go green and help the eviroment by saving water and conserving in the kitchen.
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Lesson Plan
Better Planet Productions

Earth Care: Where's the Drip? [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Kindergarten students will learn about water conservation as they search for leaky taps and toilets.
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Lesson Plan
Better Planet Productions

Earth Care: Just One Drop [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
For this lesson, Grade One students will discover how much water they use for daily activities and ways to reduce their water consumption.