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Uses of Water

Teacher introduces the lesson by presenting students with a container of water and asks students about various ways in which the water can be used. Students will demonstrate their answers.

Rain, Friend or Foe?

This lesson will help students appreciate the complex relationships between various physical processes and the features they help create. It is essential that students understand the physical processes affecting the Earth’s surface and, using that knowledge, make intelligent predictions and decisions.

Splish Splash Water’s Journey to My Glass

What path did this water follow in order to become our drinking water? This lesson will explore the hydrologic cycle and water’s journey to our glass.

Water, Water Everywhere?

This activity will introduce students to the relationship between population growth and water availability, asking them to analyze data and report on the water situation in a developing country with an arid climate.

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