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Water Education for Teachers

Water Systems Study Guide

Global Distribution of Water

One of the first things to teach is how precious the supply of fresh water is. This worksheet gets the point across. Click here.

Water Cycle Simulation

This is a very simple lab. Needs to be set up the day before. Also students should be very careful moving it the second day or you lose the water under the rock! Click here.

Water Cycle Worksheet

Your students should be able to identify more than just the three basic parts (evaporation, condensation, precipitation). They should also be able to identify transpiration, runoff, groundwater flow, infiltration. All of my worksheets are commercially made. Click here for an example of one prepared by The Catskill Center. Click here for answers.

Porosity Lab

Knowing what porosity and permeability are and which of the various particle sizes holds more water is a common state objective. Here's one example of a lab that teaches the concepts without using permeability tubes and taking loads of class time. Click here.

Salinity Lab

I love this lab. My students were positively entranced! Uses different salinities of water dropped into tap water (0% salinity), and vice versa. Different colors are used. for example you would drop green very salty into plain tap water. Teaches the concept that the saltier, the denser. Different versions of this lab are all over the "Science Teacher Internet." Click here for my version.

Ocean Water Worksheets

Another great set of Glencoe worksheets, available online via pdf. I use these quite often. Click here for a good review. Click here for one on salt water composition. Click here for an outline.

Water Table Lab

This is a very simple lab that helps students understand what a water table REALLY means! Click here.

Groundwater Lab

The poisoning of wells and groundwater is a big issue in our state. I wrote this lab to address several issues related to keeping our groundwater safe. Click here for the lab. Makes quite an impression on the students, especially the issue of injection wells!

Groundwater Pollution Simulation

This is a simpler version of the above groundwater lab. It uses a piece of bread, but still gets the objective taught in a fun, hands-on way! Click here.