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2012 AP® Environmental Science Free-Response Questions AP Test Prep

2012 AP® Environmental Science Free-Response Questions

10th - 12th
New ReviewSometimes solving one problem leads to another. Scholars respond to questions about fracking to harvest natural gas and other environmental related topics. The resource provides items released from the 2012 AP® Environmental Science exam...
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Water Purification with Nanotechnology Handouts & Reference

Water Purification with Nanotechnology

7th - 9th
These small particles have a huge job. A poster shows future engineers an application of nanotechnology. It describes how nano silver particles are embedded into plastic water barrels to help kill E. coli bacteria.
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Water Quality Lesson Plan

Water Quality

9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
How do you prevent the spread of water-borne illness in large public swimming areas? Scholars discover the challenges to identifying safe water through an inquiry experiment. They then produce posters sharing their understanding of water...
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Nanotechnology: A World of New Possibilities Unit

Nanotechnology: A World of New Possibilities

7th - 9th
Good things come in small packages. A four-lesson unit plan provides educators with a framework for teaching about nanotechnology. The lesson looks at how nanotechnology relates to water purification, cancer treatment, solar energy, and...
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Washington’s Water Lesson Plan

Washington’s Water

9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
It's easy to forget about something as simple as water, a substance that is easily available to many in the world. However, understanding water management and the importance of a renewable resource system becomes clear in an informative,...
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Sustainability: Learning for a Lifetime – The Importance of Water Lesson Plan

Sustainability: Learning for a Lifetime – The Importance of Water

9th - 12th
Water is essential for life—and understanding the importance of clean drinking water is essential in understanding sustainability! Show your environmental science class the basics of water testing and treatment through a week-long...
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How are Pathogens Spread and Controlled? Video

How are Pathogens Spread and Controlled?

3 mins 9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
How can we stop the tiny terrors that cause illness? Junior epidemiologists examine the methods used to control the spread of pathogens with a video from from a biology playlist. The narrator describes the benefits of hygiene,...
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Your Environment, Your Health: Water Quality Unit

Your Environment, Your Health: Water Quality

6th - 8th
CCSS: Adaptable
How important is water quality where you live? The first module in a six-unit series includes four lessons on water quality. By applying the concept directly to the lives of pupils, they engage in meaningful learning. They read about...
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When Is Water Safe to Drink? Video

When Is Water Safe to Drink?

5 mins 6th - 12th
How safe is the drinking water you have access to? Colors, smells, and other factors may lead you to finding out if your water is safe. Watch a video that explains the ways water becomes filtered and ways to know when water is contaminated.
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How Sewage Treatment Works - Water Treatment Video

How Sewage Treatment Works - Water Treatment

3 mins 9th - 12th
To flush or not to flush ... that is the question. Is the wastewater treatment program in most towns and cities really the most efficient way to deal with waste? The fourth installment in a series of seven videos about the world's water...
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Grow Your Own Algae! Activities & Project

Grow Your Own Algae!

7th - 10th
CCSS: Designed
Develop a model of a wastewater treatment center. The last activity of the unit has pupils mix a lake water sample into a tank of water containing fertilizers. Over time, the algae from the lake water grows and removes the nutrient-rich...
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Water Pollution Demonstration Activities & Project

Water Pollution Demonstration

3rd - 8th
Water pollution is everywhere, and pollutants range from oil to fertilizers. Bring the concept to life by demonstrating the difficulties in getting particular pollutants out of water.
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Explore Watersheds Interactive
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Explore Watersheds

3rd - 8th
CCSS: Designed
What makes a watershed? What are the natural and human features of a watershed? How do human features affect watersheds? Where can I find my local watershed? These questions are thoroughly explained in an informative watershed interactive.
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Introduction to Water Chemistry Lesson Plan

Introduction to Water Chemistry

7th - 9th
What are the issues surrounding water quality? Viewers of this short presentation gain information about the importance of clean water, the lack of fresh water, water contamination, and ways that engineers treat water. 
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Operation Water Pollution
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Operation Water Pollution

5th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
The Safe Drinking Water Foundation created a set of water pollution lesson plans to teach class members about water pollution issues. Through a variety of hands-on activities, young environmentalists discover clean water practices and ways to help prevent water pollution. Each lesson builds on the other; however, the lessons can be used individually.
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Designing a Water Treatment Plant Lesson Plan

Designing a Water Treatment Plant

8th - 12th
How does dirty water get clean enough to drink? After viewing a PowerPoint that outlines the process water goes through at a water treatment plant, groups work together to design a chlorination chamber for a treatment plant.
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Things That Matter to Flocculants Lesson Plan

Things That Matter to Flocculants

10th - 12th
How does the dirt get out of your drinking water? A hands-on activity introduces the use of flocculants to help clear solid particles out of water. The plan walks learners through the process of setting up an experiment that controls the...
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The Case of the Wacky Water Cycle Lesson Plan

The Case of the Wacky Water Cycle

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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How Do We Clean Polluted Water? Lesson Plan

How Do We Clean Polluted Water?

8th
How do we clean up oil spills and other pollutants in the water? Explore water treatment strategies with a set of environmental science experiments. Groups remove oil from water, work with wastewater treatment, and perform a water...
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I Want to Be an Engineer Lesson Plan
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I Want to Be an Engineer

5th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Environmentalists turn into engineers! Your class explores the perspectives of an engineer and water keeper, including the necessary steps that are taken in order to build a water treatment facility.
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How Water Pollution Is Cleaned Up Lesson Plan
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How Water Pollution Is Cleaned Up

5th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
As a follow-up from the previous lesson, young environmentalists discuss the benefits of water filtration and whether or not it's the best option. Other alternatives including air stripping, bioremediation, and phytoremediation are...
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Ask an Engineer Lesson Plan
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Ask an Engineer

5th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
A wrap-up to the unit, young environmentalists discuss and write about the difference in perspectives of a water keeper and water treatment engineer. 
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Recycled Water: A Smart Way to Reuse Water Worksheet

Recycled Water: A Smart Way to Reuse Water

2nd - 4th
CCSS: Adaptable
Learn about wastewater and recycled water with a science reading activity. After learners finish a two-page passage about conserving the water supply, they answer six comprehension questions about what they have read.
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Section Two: Why is Biodiversity Important? Lesson Plan

Section Two: Why is Biodiversity Important?

3rd - 5th
CCSS: Adaptable
Explore soil, genetic traits, natural resources, and pollution in a series of lessons that focus on biodiversity. Kids complete experiments to learn more about the importance of varied genes and organisms in an ecosystem.
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