Introduction

Student Activities

For the Teacher

California Science Content Standards

National Science Standards

Resources

The following is a bookmark list of web sites used in this unit:

USGS' Water Activity Center

USGS' Water Questions and Answers

USGS' Water Galleries (Pictures, Maps)

Ralph Prices' Water PowerPoint

The Importance of Water

Water for Life Gallery (Virtual Field Trip)

USGS' Water Basics

USGS' Earth's Water

USGS' Special Water Topics

The Properties of Water

Glossary: The Importance of Water to Life

Clickable Water Mind Map

Properties of Water: List of Terms (Mind Maps)

Key Concepts About Water

USGS' Water Properties Quiz

Where does our Water Go?

Water Pollution

List of Experiments (by grade level) from the EPA

Testing for Hard and Soft Water

Water Density

Surface Tension of Water

Buoyancy

Hot and Cold Water

Bending Water

Soft Water and Suds

Floating Soap Bubbles

Non point Source Pollution: The Nation's Largest Water Quality Problem

The Quality of Our Nation's Water

Water Drops Web Site

Environmental Protection Agency Information

Watershed Management Program

Give Water a Hand (What you can do in your community)

Water Education from the Environmental Protection Agency

Water Dowsing

Globe Program

Jason Project

I*EARN

Yahooligans Poetry

Water Art Resources

Collections and Museums

Paintings

Yahooligans Museums and Galleries	Marine Art Information Center	Yellowstone Pools and Basins by William Jackson
Yahooligans Painting	Master Prints Gallery	Mark Vinsel's Paintings of His Favorite Fishing Spots
Yahooligans Artists	Art and Ecology	Santa Domingo, by Pizzaro
The Smithsonian Institution Office of Imaging, Printing, and Photographic Services	The National Gallery	Falls of Kaaterskil, by Thomas Cole
Water Art by the Students of Idalina High School in Sao Paulo, Brazil		The Mill, by Rembrandt

 

Where To Next?

The Task	Show Your Stuff
Activities	How'd You Do?
Resources	For the Teacher