Curated OER
Hemispheres: People and Place
Here is an astounding series of lessons, designed for high schoolers, on environmental policy. By studying water conservation in rural India, the role of the government, and the reaction of the people, learners begin to formulate...
Baylor College
How Do We Use Water?
Send youngsters home to survey how they use water in their homes. Then bring them together to discuss which uses are essential for our health and which are not. A helpful video offers teaching tips for this instructional activity, and a...
Curated OER
Water Uses and Children's Lives in East Africa
Students explore water usage around the world. In this "water" social studies lesson, students brainstorm ways in which water is used. Students visit the Water in Africa website to view pictures of water usage in Africa. Students...
Curated OER
How Do We Use Water Everyday
In this water conservation worksheet, young scholars complete a chart telling 4 daily uses of water. They fill in a second chart describing two ways water is wasted, and make a poster persuading others not to waste water.
Curated OER
Land and People: finding a Balance
Students discuss "The Enemy Within: The Struggle to Clean up Cape Cod's Military Superfund Site" by Seth Rolbein by figuring out how there should be safe groundwater. In this science lesson, students pretend to be an interested party for...
Curated OER
Water Use: Tragedy in the Owens River Valley
Students examine water management issues. In this environmental issues lesson, students watch a PBS video to develop an understanding of watershed, aquifers, and ground water. Students evaluate watershed issues in the Owens River Valley...
Curated OER
Water Conservation
Young scholars identify ways to conserve water. For this environmental lesson, students use a water use checklist to identify how much water they use in one day. Young scholars analyze the data and brainstorm ways to conserve water.
Curated OER
Water, Water Everywhere?
Students discover the relationship between water availability and population growth. They change variables in a computer model using a worksheet to guide their hypotheses and conclusions. In small groups they choose a country undergoing...
Curated OER
Water: Water Use Picture Project
High schoolers document how water is used in their local communities and explore how those uses impact the local environment. They utilize digital photography to document water use.
Curated OER
Are You a Water Waster?
Students determine what it means to be water wasters. In this water conservation lesson, students follow the provided procedures to identify how much water is used in their household when people brush their teeth.
Curated OER
Water Web-- Ponds
In this social studies and science worksheet, students learn the importance of ponds in an area's watershed by reading and completing the 8 pages of questions and activities in this newsletter, which is put out by the Southwest Florida...
Curated OER
Clean Water and World Water Day
Pupils investigate World Water Day in relation to clean water that should be used responsibly. They create lists of ten things they use water for and compare their answers in small groups. They research a documentary for World Water...
Curated OER
The Water in Our Lives: Kit Practice
Learners examine a local water source using testing kits to determine water qualitiy. They identify the pollutants and contaminants in each sample. They determine if samples fall within an acceptable range for drinking water.
Curated OER
Drop in the Bucket
Students study the sources for the water they use. They determine their town's major water supply and how many gallons per day does the population use.
Curated OER
The Politics of Water
Students investigate the Governor's Kansas Water Initiative. Students study rivers, cities and reservoirs and how their location effects the importance of their water quality issues.
Columbia University
Nasa: Sedac: Water Resources and Consumption
[Free Registration/Login Required] A collection of twenty-four data sets from SEDAC (Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center) that examine water resources and issues around the world. They look at dams and reservoirs, floods, drought,...
Peace Corps
Peace Corps: Working With Environmental Issues
Water is a concern for the health through parasites and diseases in West Africa. This instructional activity emphasizes the importance of clean water.
Geographypods
Geographypods: Theme 3: Economic Development: Water Resources
This learning module looks at economic issues related to our water resources. Looks at how water is used by industry, the distribution and availability of water, water use footprint, domestic use of water, water shortages, and water...
Other
British Columbia Water and Waste Association
Non-profit organization that educates and trains people to safeguard public health and the environment. Water and wastewater industries are important parts of an environmental plan that ensures the future use of Canada's water supply.
Other
Wet in the City: Read a Water Meter and Water Bill [Pdf]
In this lesson, learners will monitor the school's water meter to get an overview of the total water consumption and the cost of that water which will help them develop an idea of water consumption patterns and how much money the school...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: How Much Water Do You Use?
Students keep track of their own water usage for one week, gaining an understanding of how much water is used for various everyday activities. They relate their own water usages to the average residents of imaginary Thirsty County, and...
Other
California Urban Water Conservation Council: H2 Ouse: Water Saver Home
Travel room-by-room through a virtual house and learn about the uses of water in homes and about ways to conserve water. Includes information about at-home water meters and how to read them.
NBC
Nbc Learn: Chemistry of Water
This video/lesson series explains how the structure and behavior of H2O in liquid form gives water its properties, and make it a chemical essential for life. Also in this collection: a Victorian-era depiction of the water molecule; news...
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology
Ciese: K 12 Education Curriculum: Online Classroom Projects
This site presents projects for individual classrooms and collaborative projects that can be done with other classes or schools. Most of these are science projects.