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Global Water Supply Elementary School Curriculum Unit

Global Water Supply Elementary School Curriculum

Lesson Planet
K - 5th
CCSS: Adaptable
Water is the focus of an interdisciplinary unit that brings awareness to its daily use around the world and the importance of conservation. Worksheets challenge scholars to match words and definitions, trace, complete a maze, and solve a...
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Perpetual Ocean Video

Perpetual Ocean

Lesson Planet
3 mins 9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Salty sailors in days gone by used to speak of the seven seas. What they didn't know was that their world was one big ocean! Seaworthy scholars climb aboard an adventure that features the major ocean currents during a lesson from PBS's...
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Sea Surface Temperature, Salinity, and Density Lesson Plan

Sea Surface Temperature, Salinity, and Density

Lesson Planet
9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Earth's vast ocean is full of mysteries! Science scholars discover the big-picture properties that influence its characteristics at different latitudes using a lesson from PBS's Weather and Climate series. After completing a background...
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Global Sea Surface Currents and Temperature Video

Global Sea Surface Currents and Temperature

Lesson Planet
1 min 9th - 12th
Get lost at sea amid colorful ocean currents! Learners discover the patterns of movement and temperature in the North Atlantic's currents through a simulation, part of PBS's Weather and Climate series. The resource contains background...
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Global Ocean Currents Video

Global Ocean Currents

Lesson Planet
1 min 9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
What forces drive the ocean's currents? Science scholars observe global ocean currents at different depths to explore their characteristics and patterns. Part of PBS's Weather and Climate series, the resource includes teaching...
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Ocean Circulation in the North Atlantic Lesson Plan

Ocean Circulation in the North Atlantic

Lesson Planet
9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Swirling and churning, the waters of the North Atlantic play a vital role in Earth's climate! Discover the many factors that produce circulation using a multimedia lesson from PBS's Weather and Climate series for high schoolers. Scholars...
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Discover Water—The Role of Water in Our Lives
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Discover Water—The Role of Water in Our Lives

Lesson Planet
3rd - 8th
CCSS: Adaptable
Make a splash with this series of engaging interactives that teach all about one of the most important substances on Earth: water. From oceans to bodies of freshwater, these fun resources investigate the water cycle and the important role water plays in the lives of people around the world.
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Where is the World's Water? Lesson Plan

Where is the World's Water?

Lesson Planet
5th - 8th
CCSS: Adaptable
Scholars discover the amount of the Earth's water in various locations such as the ocean, ice, the atmosphere, etc. They then make a model of the how much water those percentages represent. Finally, analysis questions bring the concepts...
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Water Cycle Activities Lesson Plan

Water Cycle Activities

Lesson Planet
4th
CCSS: Adaptable
Explore the water cycle in all aspects with a resource packed full of activities and lessons. The 37-page packet comes with vocabulary, a game, writing prompts, printables, and opportunities to journey through the stages in the water...
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Living with Less Water Lesson Plan

Living with Less Water

Lesson Planet
9th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
Did you know that California produces two thirds of the fruits and nuts consumed in the United States? That it produces almost one third of the vegetables? Did you know that scientists warn that California is facing the onset of a...
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Water Supply Lesson Plan

Water Supply

Lesson Planet
3rd - 5th
CCSS: Designed
Participate in three activities that look at the earth's limited water supply and the changes water goes through as it enters each phase of the water cycle. The resource is complete with three activities that demonstrate the changing...
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The Blue Planet Interactive
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The Blue Planet

Lesson Planet
2nd - 8th
CCSS: Designed
What a neat interactive that interacts with the amount of water on Earth's surface. It begins with a brief audio introduction of the Blue Planet and how it got its name. Then, users click on the activity to play a game that calculates...
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Time Trials Lesson Plan

Time Trials

Lesson Planet
7th - 8th
CCSS: Adaptable
Due to contaminants in the water, the Cuyahoga River, located in Ohio, caught fire in 1969. In this sixth activity, learners see how contaminated surface water reaches ground water. Through a demonstration, participants test the...
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Go H2O! Investigating Residential Water Systems Lesson Plan

Go H2O! Investigating Residential Water Systems

Lesson Planet
7th - 10th
Before your learners excuse themselves to get a drink at the water fountain, prompt them to think about where that water comes from. A middle school science lesson encourages groups to research their community's source of drinking water,...
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Planet Designer: Retro Planet Red Lesson Plan

Planet Designer: Retro Planet Red

Lesson Planet
9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
What does the atmosphere on Mars look like? This fourth lesson in the series of five is designed for high schoolers. Scholars apply previous knowledge to add atmosphere to Mars in an online simulation. This comprehensive lesson includes...
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H2O-NO! - Fresh Water Problems Video
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H2O-NO! - Fresh Water Problems

Lesson Planet
5 mins 3rd - 8th
If the amount of freshwater in an ecosystem changes, in what way is the specific ecosystem affected? This is the focus of a video that discusses the importance of freshwater and how all ecosystems need freshwater to sustain life.
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The Case of the Wacky Water Cycle Lesson Plan

The Case of the Wacky Water Cycle

Lesson Planet
3rd - 8th
Join the tree house detectives in learning about the processes of the water cycle, water conservation, water treatment, and water as a limited resource.
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The Water Cycle Activities & Project

The Water Cycle

Lesson Planet
4th - 6th
CCSS: Adaptable
Young scientists get their feet wet as they learn about the water cycle in this series of activities. Whether they are observing how evaporation causes puddles to dry up, or how plants put water into the atmosphere through transpiration,...
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The Water Cycle Printables & Template

The Water Cycle

Lesson Planet
4th - 6th
Looking for a full-color, labeled water cycle diagram? You found one! From evaporation to precipitation to plant uptake and everything in between, it's all here and beautifully illustrated. 
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Predicting Ground Water Flow Lesson Plan
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Predicting Ground Water Flow

Lesson Planet
9th - 11th
CCSS: Adaptable
After background reading on ground and surface water is complete, young hydrologists create a water table contour map. The map displays the elevation of surrounding areas and requires that the cartologists draw contour lines and arrows...
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Oceans: Water, Water Everywhere. . . but Only on the Earth! Presentation

Oceans: Water, Water Everywhere. . . but Only on the Earth!

Lesson Planet
4th - 8th
It's not long, but it's thorough! This PowerPoint takes 4th - 8th grade earth scientists deeper into the oceans. They learn about tide and current activity and the forces that drive them. They also discover how wind and the rotation of...
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WATER You Doing to Help? Lesson Plan

WATER You Doing to Help?

Lesson Planet
3rd - 6th
Auntie Litter is here to educate young scholars about water pollution and environmental stewardship! Although the 15-minute video clip is cheesy, it's an engaging look at the water cycle and conservation. Learners start by illustrating...
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Surface Water/Groundwater Worksheet

Surface Water/Groundwater

Lesson Planet
5th - 8th
Water wizards write short answers and fill in the blanks about Earth's surface water and groundwater. They also identify the condition of the soil in a diagram. Use these two worksheets as a reading comprehension assignment if your...
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The Water Cycle Lesson Plan

The Water Cycle

Lesson Planet
2nd - 4th
Students simulate the water cycle. In this water cycle lesson, students create a model of the water cycle. Students draw the water cycle and write a paragraph explaining their drawing.
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