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Water Pollution
Examine water pollution and legislation through this reading comprehension worksheet, intended to correspond with a specific text but valuable even without it. Learners read 10 sentences, unscrambling the bold word to complete each (i.e....
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Land Erosion - Running Off With Soil
Learners evaluate the relationship between rainfall and runoff of a small island for one year. In this rainfall vs. runoff lesson, students analyze the relationship between the rainfall and the runoff on Barro Colorado Island over a...
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Rain Garden
Students build rain gardens. In this community service lesson, students study the effectiveness of rain gardens in allowing water to run off. Students build a community rain garden at their school.
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Earth Shaped by Water
In this Earth worksheet, middle schoolers review the different ways water shapes the Earth's surface. This worksheet has 1 short answer and 10 matching questions.
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"Hard" Data from Space
Students use satellite images to analyze development patterns within Baltimore City. They prepare a land cover map for Baltimore indicating the prevalence of impervious surfaces and explore how these patterns affect water pollution.
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Surface Water
In this surface water instructional activity, students review water runoff, drainage basins, and river erosion. This instructional activity has 7 multiple choice and 3 fill in the blank questions.