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Teacher's Resources for Water Education

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Water Science Teacher's Resources

Activities, diagrams, quizzes ... we've got it all

Water Education Posters

See the posters!

Water Science School Home

Go HOME!

Water Science Activity Center

Interactive Center

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 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.

 

"Water Webquest"!

File icon Water Webquest - Middle School Learning Tool for Water Education
A middle-school teaching tool (MS Word file) to help students learn about water by investigating the USGS Water Science School website. Courtesy of Tanya Gordon, Earth Science Teacher, West Jr. High, Boise, Idaho.

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

Challenge Questions

Classroom Teaching Guides

Request Water Science School bookmarks!

  • 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 multimedia items associated with this project.

Water Science Photo Gallery
link
Gallery of images related to water properties
link
Water Use Photo Gallery
link
Groundwater photo gallery
link

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. W

Ground 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 cond
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Water Resources

A 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.

Related Content

  • Multimedia

    Below are multimedia items associated with this project.

    Water Science Photo Gallery
    link
    Gallery of images related to water properties
    link
    Water Use Photo Gallery
    link
    Groundwater photo gallery
    link
  • 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. W

    Ground 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 cond
    By
    Water Resources

    A 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.