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The
Water
Sourcebooks
from
the
U.S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency
contain
324
activities
for
grades
K-12
divided
into
four
sections:
K-2,
3-5,
5-8,
and
9-12.
Each
section
is
divided
into
five
chapters:
Introduction
to
Water,
Drinking
Water
and
Wastewater
Treatment,
Surface
Water
Resources,
Ground
Water
Resources,
and
Wetlands
and
Coastal
Waters.
This
environmental
education
program
explains
the
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This
is
a
National
Oceanic
and
Atmospheric
Association
(NOAA)
sponsored
website
that
includes
a
variety
of
resources
for
educators
and
students.
Oil
spills
are
defined
by
scientists
and
further
explained
using
photographs
and
questions
previously
submitted
by
students
and
teachers.
Experiments
for
students
and
teachers
are
categorized
by
grade
level
and
information
on
how
to
obtain
instructional
kits
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This
resource
offers
several
avenues
for
students
to
evaluate
environmental
effects
on
water
quality.
The
Bear
Creek
case
study
asks
students
to
imagine
they
are
owners
of
an
environmental
consulting
firm
who
has
been
hired
by
a
local
catch-and-release
campsite
to
find
out
why
all
the
fish
are
dying,
and
come
up
with
solutions
to
fix
the
problem.
Biological,
chemical
and
physical
data
for
locations
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This
is
the
site
of
a
not
for
profit
educational
initiative.
The
site
strives
to
promote
competency
in
literacy
and
mathematics
using
lessons
that
focus
on
an
aquaculture
themes.
These
lessons
include
Understanding
Percents
(through
the
management
of
classroom
fish),
Equivalent
Fractions
(use
food-coloring,
sugar,
and
a
dissolved
oxygen
tests
to
determine
concentrations),
and
Japanese
Garden
(where
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This
site
provides
information
on
the
history
of
the
Salt
River
community,
its
Native
American
Indian
culture,
and
the
impacts
of
water
usage
by
and
for
humans.
Activities
topics
include
energy,
electricity,
and
water
energy,
usage
and
safety.
Historical
references
to
the
Salt
River
valley
are
integrated
into
resource
materials.
Resources
are
available
free
of
charge
for
teachers
and
students
and
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In
this
chapter,
users
take
the
role
of
students
from
a
small
town
in
Colorado,
who
team
up
with
students
from
the
town
of
Churchill,
Manitoba,
to
explore
changing
sea
ice
conditions
in
the
Arctic.
Together
they
examine
an
animation
that
shows
30
years
of
satellite
images
to
see
how
the
extent
of
sea
ice
in
the
Arctic
has
diminished
over
time.
The
chapter
storyline
is
built
around
the
real-life
case
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In
this
activity
guide,
students
use
various
mathematical
skills
in
the
context
of
examining
an
ISS
EarthKAM
image
(ISS
004.ESC1.03221557)
of
farmland
in
Texas
and
New
Mexico.
They
randomly
select
a
sample
region
of
the
image,
count
the
number
of
fields
in
that
region,
and
estimate
how
many
fields
are
in
the
entire
image.
They
check
how
reasonable
their
estimate
is,
compare
estimates,
discuss
differences
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This
user-contributed
tutorial
provides
detailed
instructions
on
how
to
make
Excel
graphs
of
data
that
is
imported
from
the
Internet.
The
tutorial
contains
sample
screen
images
to
assist
in
performing
each
step.
It
involves
importing
a
second
set
of
data
and
adding
it
as
another
series
on
the
original
graph.
The
tutorial
includes
questions
based
on
the
atmospheric
lapse
rates
plotted
for
two
locations.
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This
lesson
plan
uses
NASA
Clouds
and
Earth's
Radiant
Energy
System
(CERES)
instrument
percent
coverage
surface
data
with
a
world
map
to
locate
landmasses
and
bodies
of
water
at
the
Earth's
Equator.
When
using
satellites
to
study
Earth
system
processes,
especially
atmospheric
processes,
it
is
important
to
know
what
is
the
background
that
one
is
seeing
on
the
Earth.
This
lesson
provides
an
introduction
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This
lesson
plan
uses
Clouds
and
Earth's
Radiant
Energy
System
(CERES)
cloud
data
and
a
weather
map
to
explore
cloud
coverage
during
a
winter
storm.
When
atmospheric
scientists,
including
meteorologists,
study
weather
patterns,
they
may
use
several
different
sources
of
information.
For
example,
in
studying
storm
patterns,
they
may
use
a
combination
of
Earth
Observing
Satellite
data,
such
as
from
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