American Chemical Society
Inquiry in Action: Dissolving Different Liquids in Water
This activity will have students experimenting with whether all liquids dissolve in water. Activity includes both teacher and student instructions.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Can You Catch the Water?
Students construct a three-dimensional model of a water catchment basin using everyday objects to create hills, mountains, valleys and water sources. They experiment to see where rain travels and collects, and survey water pathways to...
American Chemical Society
Inquiry in Action: Compare the Density of an Object to the Density of Water
In this activity, students use tea light candle holders and a student-made balance to compare the weight of equal volumes of wax, water, and clay. Students will discover that since the wax weighs less than an equal volume of water, it is...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: The Dirty Water Project
In this activity, students investigate different methods (aeration and filtering) for removing pollutants from water. They will design and build their own water filters.
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: Why Is Water So Important?
In this post assessment activity students review points covered in the attached unit and reach conclusions regarding the importance of water to human health. Student sheets are provided in English and in Spanish.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Glaciers, Water and Wind, Oh My!
This hands-on activity explores five different forms of erosion (chemical, water, wind, glacier and temperature). Students rotate through stations and model each type of erosion on rocks, soils and minerals. The students record their...
American Chemical Society
Middle School Chemistry: Lesson Plans: Water Is a Polar Molecule
Students develop their own water molecule model to help them understand the idea that water has a slight positive charge at one end of the molecule and a slight negative charge at the other.
Globe
The Globe Program: Water Module
Learning activities allow students to learn about tools for making science observations such as a magnifying lens and ruler. Then students describe how macroinvertebrates are adapted to their aquatic environment.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Water Pollution Graphing: Bugs Don't Bug Me
Activity shows the link between land use activities within a watershed and water quality.
Other
Safe Water Science: Lesson Downloads
A collection of downloadable, ready-to-use lessons and student worksheets aimed to raise awareness of the need for safe drinking water. Lessons are investigative in nature and utilize inexpensive materials that can be purchased at most...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Macroinvertebrate Graphing Activity
Young scholars will learn about water quality indicators.
Utah Education Network
Uen: A Water Cycle Chamber
Activity helps with understanding the water cycle.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Trb 4:1 Investigation 6 Water on the Move
Activity provides an understanding of the water cycle.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Trb 4:1 Investigation 1 Where Is Water Found?
Activity helps with understanding the distribution of water on earth.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Sun and the Water Cycle
Learn about the water cycle through the adventures of two sisters. They will explain how the sun powers the water cycle and describe the different states of water. A glossary and labeled illustrations accompany the video. For the...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: You're in Hot Water
To explore different ways of using solar energy, students build a model solar water heater and determine how much it can heat water in a given amount of time. Solar water heaters work by solar radiation and convection.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Falling Water
Students drop water from different heights to demonstrate the conversion of water's potential energy to kinetic energy. They see how varying the height from which water is dropped affects the splash size. They follow good experiment...
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Just a Phase: Water as a Solid, Liquid, and Gas
This site helps students construct a model of the arrangement of water molecules when present as solid, liquid or gas. Includes background information, lesson plans, links to standards and assessment ideas.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Water on Earth Liquid or Solid
Climates vary and understanding that water on earth reacts to the climate is a way to understand why water can be found as both liquid and solid on earth. Included in this instructional activity is a video of the activity in action, and...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Uses of Water Study Guide
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This study guide summarizes the key points about the uses of water. Includes a few questions to check for understanding.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Water Power
In this activity, students observe a model of a waterwheel to investigate the transformations of energy involved in turning the blades of a hydro-turbine into work. Students work as engineers to create a model for a new waterwheel while...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: How Clean Is That Water?
This lesson plan helps middle schoolers understand the factors that affect water quality and the conditions that allow for different animals and plants to survive. Students will look at the effects of water quality on various...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Bridging World History: Connections Across Water
Global exportation and importation increased when water routes opened up. This unit analyzes how this affected world trade as well as the spread of population, religion, and illness.
Other
Desmos: Water Line
In this real-world activity, students draw a graph of the height of water in a glass as water is being poured into it. They next make their own glass, create an accurate graph for it, and add it to a cupboard of glasses shared by...
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