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This lesson plan allows students to participate in a number of in-class experiments using ice. Students will come to understand the effects of global warming on icecaps and the worldwide consequences that may result.
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This page is part of a larger USGS project called Water Science for Schools. This section covers different water-use topics and categories of water-use. A Spanish translation is available.
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This
site
is
designed
to
engage
students
in
grades
7-12
in
activities
that
focus
on
collaboration
and
communication
strategies.
These
activities
will
strengthen
student
understanding
of
and
ability
to
use
collaborative
processes
and
communication
practices
to
clarify,
conceptualize,
and
make
decisions.
Students
will
compare
the
risks
of
varying
courses
of
action
that
confront
scientists
and
engineers.
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'The purpose of the resource is to meaure the alkalinity of a water sample. Students will use an alkalinity kit to measure the alkalinity in the water at their hydrology site. The exact procedure depends on the instructions in the alkalinity kit used.
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The purpose of this resource is to measure the nitrate-nitrogen of water. Students will use a nitrate kit to measure the nitrate-nitrogen in the water at their hydrology site. The exact procedure depends on the instructions in the nitrate kit used.
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This
six-day
unit
has
students
investigate
the
challenges
of
living
and
working
in
Antarctica
and
how
researchers
prepare
for
them,
and
then
evaluate
the
insulating
properties
of
a
variety
of
fabrics,
collecting
their
findings
in
a
portfolio.
The
comprehensive
curriculum
materials
at
this
site
include
an
online
activity
in
which
students
review
the
preparation
materials
given
to
researchers
before
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This
site
is
specifically
designed
for
teachers,
and
in
addition
to
a
collection
of
activities,
provides
links
to
various
sites
with
water
information.
These
include
other
Environment
Canada
sites,
other
Federal
Departments
in
Canada,
Provincial
Governments,
Agencies,
colleges
and
universities,
and
International
Organizations.
The
site
also
offers
publications
that
can
be
obtained
free
of
charge
using
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Users
can
read
and
view
pictures
as
part
of
a
discussion
of
the
positive
and
negative
impacts
of
dam
building
on
the
streams,
rivers,
and
watersheds
in
the
United
States
and
in
Egypt.
Conservation
measures
intended
to
increase
the
availability
of
water
for
fish
and
wildlife
are
outlined,
and
a
link
to
the
Dam
and
Reservoir
Impact
and
Information
Archive
is
provided.
This
archive
is
an
extensive
collection
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Thousands of people in the Andes mountains of Peru are having their lives affected in both a practical and cultural way by climate change, which is causing the region's glaciers to melt. This document explores the causes of the glacial melt and its impacts on the local cultures.
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In this lesson, students assess the causes and effects of massive arsenic contamination in the water supplies of 43 of Bangladesh's 64 districts. Students evaluate why this contamination occurred, how it affects the population of Bangladesh, and why this environmental catastrophe is proving so difficult to solve.
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