The USGS Water Science School offers many resources to teachers help teach students all about water.
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The Water Cycle
We have a water-cycle for schools section with a diagram and an online, interactive version aimed at three age-levels of students.
- Water-cycle diagram for schools: English | Español | Francais || All 30+ languages
- Interactive online water cycle: Beginner | Intermediate | Advanced
- Water-cycle diagram for adults: English | Español | Francais || All 60+ languages
Water Properties
Learn about what makes water unique and vital to all life on Earth.
Water Education Posters
The Story of Dryville!
Story of YOU going into the desert to start a new town...and how water plays a part every step of the way. Includes a script for a class play.
- The story of Dryville
- Script for a class play (MS Word)
"Water Webquest"!
Activity Center
These surveys show cumulative responses after you take the survey. Responses are shown by State and areas of the world. The results can be used to get class discussions going.
Opinion Surveys
- What will be the world's biggest water problem in the future?
- Vote for your favorite water body.
- How serious are these environmental problems?
- Water Shortage! How would you fix it, Mayor?
Challenge Questions
- How much water falls during a storm?
- How much water does a dripping faucet waste?
- How much water does it take to grow it?
Classroom Teaching Guides
Request Water Science School bookmarks!
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We can send you Water Science School bookmarks for you to hand out to your class. Just send us an email.
Glossary of water terms
Related Content
Below are publications associated with this project.
A primer on water
Ground water and the rural homeowner
A primer on ground water
Related Content
- Multimedia
- Publications
Below are publications associated with this project.
A primer on water
When you open the faucet you expect water to flow. And you expect it to flow night or day, summer or winter, whether you want to fill a glass or water the lawn. It should be clean and pure, without any odor.You have seen or read about places where the water doesn't have these qualities. You may have lived in a city where you were allowed to water the lawn only during a few hours of certain days. WGround water and the rural homeowner
As the salesmen sang in the musical The Music Man, "You gotta know the territory." This saying is also true when planning to buy or build a house. Learn as much as possible about the land, the water supply, and the septic system of the house before buying or building. Do not just look at the construction aspects or the beauty of the home and surroundings. Be sure to consider the environmental condA primer on ground water
Most of us don't have to look for water. We grew up either in big cities where there was a public water supply, or in small towns or on farms where the water came from wells. But there are some people to whom finding a new supply of water is vitally important.