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Curated OER

Kids Health: Why Drinking Water Is the Way to Go

For Students 9th - 10th
Every person, plant, and animal needs water to survive. Learn why water is so important for our health and how you can keep yourself hydrated and healthy by drinking enough fluids every day.
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Top End Sports: Hydration for Athletes

For Students 9th - 10th
Find brief articles that will teach you about the importance of hydration and how to stay hydrated during sports and physical activity. Learn about choosing drinks, drinking enough water, and checking yourself for hydration and...
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WebMD

Medicine Net: Dehydration: How to Recognize and Prevent Its Effects

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn what can cause dehydration, and recognize the signs and symptoms of dehydration. This website also has a section on how dehydration affects children.
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Dehydration and Treating Dehydration

For Students 9th - 10th
KidsHealth: Dehydration and Treating Dehydration
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Moms Team: Fluid Guidelines for Young Athletes

For Students 9th - 10th
Athletes of all ages should drink fluids before, during, and after physical activity to ensure that they don't become dehydrated. Learn how many ounces of water and sports drink you should consume to keep yourself hydrated when you...
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Mc Kinley Health Center: Hydration Needs for Exercise [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a simple, yet useful, resource for anyone wanting information on how to stay hydrated and healthy during exercise and every day. Provides "Hydration tips," and a comparison of water and sports drinks.
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Iowa State University

Iowa State University: Amount of Water in a Crystalline Solid Hydrate

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial is linked to a computer simulation and helps strengthen student's understanding of percentage yield.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Percent Composition and Empirical & Molecular Formulas

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this online tutorial students will learn to calculate the percent composition of a compound either from mass data or from the chemical formula. They will use...
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Dehydration

For Students 9th - 10th
In addition to providing a good definition of "Dehydration," this website explains how dehydration affects the body, how people get dehydrated, and how you can treat and prevent dehydration.
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US National Library of Medicine

Medline Plus: Dehydration

For Students 9th - 10th
This encyclopedia article on dehydration is organized into several sections, including: "Definition," "Causes, incidence, and risk factors," "Symptoms," and "Treatment."
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Nutrition Fluid Intake

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about sweat, dehydration, fluid intake, and rehydration at this website, which also provides a chart listing the calories and carbohydrates in several popular sports drinks.
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Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: How Much Water Should You Drink in a Day?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about the importance of water in our health, how much one should drink, and some tips for drinking more water.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Aqueous Solutions

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In the following online tutorial students will define a solution and describe the parts of a solution. They will describe how an aqueous solution is formed from both...
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Moms Team: Hydration: Replacing Electrolytes

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a simple overview of electrolytes and their function when it come to your health. Learn why electrolytes are important, how they are lost during sports and physical activity, how they are replaced by foods, when electrolyte...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Chemistry: Dissolving Process

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes solution formation and interaction of solute with water.
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Other

What Is Life: Aqueous Solutions

For Students 9th - 10th
Discussion of water as a solvent. Includes material on hydrogen bonds, hydration, hydrophobic effect, acids, basses, and pH.