Experiments, problem solving activities and research topics suitable for home
or school projects. Lessons are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.
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Middle School
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Xeriscape - Seven Steps to Water-Wisa Landscaping
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Target Audience: 6th-8th grade |
Time: 3 class periods |
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Subject: Conservation |
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Students will be able to xeriscape and identify landscaping methods that support xeriscape practices and learn the difference between water conservation practices and standard landscaping practices.
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Will That Hold Water
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Target Audience: 3-8th grade |
Time: 3-45 minute periods |
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Subject: Flooding |
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Students will understand the different types of dams and why they are needed
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Where does your Water Come From?
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Target Audience: 6th-8th grade |
Time: Teacher Determined |
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Subject: Drinking Water Quality |
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Student will understand the difference between ground water and surface water.
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Wells: A Deep Subject
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Target Audience: 3rd-6th grade |
Time: 30-45 minutes |
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Subject: Ground Water |
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Students will discover and explain how a water well works.
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Well, Well, Well
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Target Audience: 6th-8th grade |
Time: 30 minutes |
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Subject: Pollution Prevention |
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Students will understand how water wells can become polluted and apply the principles of well placement.
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Watersheds, Streams, Lakes and Rivers
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Target Audience: |
Time: 45 minutes to an hour |
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Subject: Science & Geology |
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Students will be able to demonstrate the concept of a watershed. Explain how water moves through a watershed and what it picks up along the way. Demonstrate how surface water flows in streams and then collects in lakes and oceans.
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Water: To the Last Drop
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Target Audience: 6-8 grade |
Time: Two Class Periods |
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Subject: History, Science |
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Water has played a vital role in the history of San Antonio and the United States. Teach your student why this has been the case.
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Water Works
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Target Audience: 6th-8th grade |
Time: 100 minutes |
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Subject: Community Water System |
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Students will compare drinking water treatment systems to wastewater treatment systems.
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Water Patrol
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Target Audience: 6th-8th grade |
Time: 45-90 minutes |
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Subject: Drinking Water Quality |
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Students will become familar with laws enacted and enforced to protect people health and safety.
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Water Meter Reader
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Target Audience: 6th-8th grade |
Time: 2 class periods |
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Subject: Conservation |
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Student will try and determine how much water his/hers family uses at home.
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Water Cycle in a Bag
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Target Audience: 4th-8th grade |
Time: 2 class periods |
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Subject: Water Cycle |
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Who says it only rains outside? Create your very own watercycle and watch it actually rain!
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Water All Over the World
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Target Audience: 3rd-6th grade |
Time: 60-90 Minutes |
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Subject: Community Water System |
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Students will understand how communities around the world use ocean water to drink
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The Community Water Cycle
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Target Audience: 6th-8th grade |
Time: 120 minutes |
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Subject: Community Water System |
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Students will see how water can move through a community
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The Case of the Water Detectives
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Target Audience: |
Time: 2-3 days |
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Subject: Science |
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Become a water detective by investigating the role of precipitation in the water cycle.
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The Case of the Mysterious Renters
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Target Audience: 6th-8th grade |
Time: Part A-40 min, B-20 min |
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Subject: Conservation |
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Students will identify ways in which water is used, determine family water use, importance of conservation and ways to conserve water.
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The Case of the Disappearing Water
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Target Audience: 3rd-8th grade |
Time: 1 hour |
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Subject: Conservation |
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Students will solve a mystery to explain evaporation in the context of the water cycle
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Singing in the Rain
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Target Audience: 9-12 |
Time: 30 minutes |
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Subject: Earth Science |
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Take a look into the history & conservation concerns of the Edwards Aquifer.
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Shedding Light on Watersheds
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Target Audience: 3rd-8th grade |
Time: 60 minutes |
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Subject: Watersheds |
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Students will learn why rivers are necessary to drain water from a watershed area
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Rain in a Bag
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Target Audience: |
Time: 30 minutes |
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Subject: Science & Art |
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Who says it only rains outside? Create your very own watercycle and watch it actually rain!
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Plants vs. Soil
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Target Audience: 6-8 |
Time: 30 Minutes |
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Subject: Erosion |
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A game that simulates how plants funtion as sediment traps to help stop erosion.
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Planning Land Use
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Target Audience: 5th - 8th |
Time: 1 hour 30 minutes |
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Subject: Science, Language Arts & Social Studies |
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Students will be able to:
Write about feelings experienced in a wilderness setting.
Identify the land use zones on a planning map.
Identify land use patterns having possible negative effects on water quality.
Redraw existing land use maps for better environmental quality.
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Let's Go Down Under
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Target Audience: 3rd-8th grade |
Time: 90 minutes |
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Subject: Groundwater |
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Students will understand what groundwater is and how it is related to the water cycle.
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Leaky Faucet
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Target Audience: 6 |
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Subject: Conservation |
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Student will learn how conservation is essential to water resource management and how much water can be wasted by a leaky faucet.
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Leaking Underground Storage Tanks
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Target Audience: 6th-8th grade |
Time: 2 45 minute class periods |
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Subject: Pollution Prevention |
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Students will calculate the differences between the amounts of gasoline received and sold to determine if gas stations have Leaking Underground Storage Tanks.
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How to Treat Used Water
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Target Audience: 6th-8th grade |
Time: mutliple day activity |
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Subject: Wastewater Treatment |
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The studetns will be able to demonstrate a method of treating polluted water.
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How Soil affects Water Movement
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Target Audience: 6th-8th grade |
Time: 20-30 minutes |
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Subject: Science |
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Students understand the relationship between water movement and soil texture.
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How Hard or Soft Is Your Water
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Target Audience: 6th-8th grade |
Time: 50 minutes |
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Subject: Drinking Water Quality |
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Students will be able to test samples of water to determine how a chemical water softener affects water's ability to form suds.
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Home Water Use
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Target Audience: 6th-8th grade |
Time: 20 minutes |
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Subject: Conservation |
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Students will calculate the volume of water used in their home.
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From Rain to Tap
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Target Audience: 5th-8th grade |
Time: 120 minutes |
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Subject: Infrastructure |
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The students will be a model of a water system from the source to users
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For Sale: Used Water
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Target Audience: 5th-8th grade |
Time: 120 minutes |
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Subject: Water Treatment |
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Students will be able to demonstrate the process that water treatment plants use to purify water for drinking by conducting a water purification experiment
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Fill it up: Water Storage Tanks
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Target Audience: 5th-8th grade |
Time: 2 class periods |
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Subject: Infrastructure |
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Students will discuss the purpose of water storage tanksin water systems.
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Erosion
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Target Audience: |
Time: 30 minutes |
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Subject: Earth Science |
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Learn to identify the different types of erosion and the effect of water on landforms.
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Deep Subjects - Wells & Groundwater
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Target Audience: 3rd - 6th |
Time: 1 hour |
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Subject: Science & Art |
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A study of rainfall and the process in which it becomes part of rivers, lakes, and groundwater.
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Contaminant Scavenger Hunt
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Target Audience: 6th-8th grade |
Time: 2 class periods |
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Subject: Pollution Prevention |
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Students will indentify substances and activities within a household that contribute to water pollution.
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