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NASA

Water Works on a Blue Planet

For Students 6th - 12th
Keep within a water budget. Learners find out that less than 2.5% of Earth's water is available to drink—and that there is a fixed amount of water. Scholars read an interesting article comparing the available water to a game of Monopoly...
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NASA

Catch a Gravitational Wave, Dude!

For Students 9th - 12th
It is cowabunga time! Pupils read an article about the NASA LISA mission on gravitational waves and conduct additional research on them. The class participates in a science bowl type competition about gravitational waves. Panels of four...
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NASA

Write the Book on Weather Metrics

For Students 6th - 12th
It's not easy to measure the weather. Pupils learn about what all weather has in common—the atmosphere. Scholars discover how a meteorologists must be able to measure aspects of the atmosphere and decipher the data. They then create a...
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NASA

Taking Apart the Light

For Students 9th - 12th
Break down light into spectra. Scholars learn how atoms emit and absorb photons and come to understand how this process allows scientists to identify different atoms based on either absorption lines or emission lines. Learners then...
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Society for Science and the Public

Science News for Students: Water Sensor Quickly Detects Algal Poison

For Students 9th - 10th
A new sensor can detect poisons from harmful algae within minutes so that drinking-water plants can start timely treatments.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Biology: Specific Heat, Heat of Vaporization, and Density of Water

For Students 9th - 10th
Why does ice float? In this article answer that question by learning about the topics of Specific heat capacity, evaporative cooling, and heat of vaporization of water.
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Water and Water Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
An illustrated article helps learners understand the water cycle and the distribution of Earth's water.
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US Geological Survey

Usgs: North Carolina District Science Plan

For Students 9th - 10th
The North Carolina District of the Water Resources Discipline, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), is committed to collecting hydrologic data and conducting hydrologic investigations of the highest quality. North Carolina District staff...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Biology: Water, Acids, and Bases: Hydrogen Bonds in Water

For Students 9th - 10th
Investigate why water properties make it unique and good at supporting life in this article. Learn about the life-sustaining properties of water that are caused by the hydrogen bonds that it forms.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Biology: Water, Acids, and Bases: Solvent Properties of Water

For Students 9th - 10th
An article investigating why water makes a good solvent. Also, understand what molecules dissolve best in water.
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Habitat Network: Water

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about some different ways to provide water for any type of backyard habitat.
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Habitat Network: Manage Water: A Goal for Your Site?

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how to set goals and manage water for a local backyard habitat.
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Society for Science and the Public

Science News for Students: Climate Change Could Stall Atlantic Ocean Current

For Students 9th - 10th
When carbon dioxide levels rise, the currents slow, which leads to temperatures dropping because of the lack of water movement. Europe could suffer as a result of this change.
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Creative Science Centre

Creative Science Centre: Kelvin Water Dropper Electrostatic Ht Generator

For Students 9th - 10th
Lord Kelvin (William Thomson) developed electrostatic theory and a range of novel and interesting electrostatic apparatuses. Described here is a reconstruction of a water dropper electrostatic generator. It's capable of generating...
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Other

Water Wars in Africa?

For Students 9th - 10th
A 2002 article by Dr. Peter Ashton of Science in Africa stating that war between countries over water rights is inevitable, especially in countries where the water supply is scarce. Since many such countries share water boundaries,...
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Society for Science and the Public

Science News for Students: Cold, Colder and Coldest Ice

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes research into the freezing point of water and how scientists have frozen it at different temperatures, depending on the electric charge.
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Society for Science and the Public

Science News for Students: Wet Dog Physics

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the physics behind animals' ability to dry themselves by shaking to remove water.
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Science Daily

Science Daily: Algal Heat Damage and Coral Bleaching

For Students 9th - 10th
Article identifies elevated water temperature as a cause of coral bleaching due to loss of photosynthetic ability in symbiotic algae.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Biology: Water, Acids, and Bases: Cohesion and Adhesion of Water

For Students 9th - 10th
This article defines and discusses cohesion and adhesion. Understand these two topics and their importance in hydrogen bonding.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Biology: Water, Acids, and Bases: Acids, Bases, P H, and Buffers

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn the basics of acids, bases, proton concentration, the pH scale, and buffers in this article.
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Society for Science and the Public

Science News for Students: Cleaning Clothes Dirties Oceans

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes research into the pollution caused by plastics that are hidden in the fibers of synthetic clothing, and eventually end up in the ocean after laundering. Cites other research that discovered plastic pellets found throughout the...
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Other

Saudi Aramco World: The Art & Science of Water

For Students 9th - 10th
The Mezquita ingenuity of a cistern that collects water for trapping, storing and managing that evanescent, life-giving commodity, water.
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Society for Science and the Public

Science News for Students: Curiosity's Watery Find

For Students 3rd - 8th
Read about Curiosity rover's watery find on Mars. This article describes the formation of water that once flowed across Mars billions of years ago.
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Habitat Network: Irrigation Conservation for Trees, Shrubs, Gardens, and Lawn

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how to provide the proper amount of water for optimal growth and biodiversity in a backyard habitat.

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