Sites (21)
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Artificial Wetlands
In this Science Update, from Science NetLinks, you\'ll hear about how golf courses could be used to treat polluted water. The plants and microbes in the man-made ponds of golf courses filter out a var
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Au River Information
Information on catchement management and water quality. Includes search engine for related issues.
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Bugasaurus Explorus
The NSW Water Bug Survey offers a great opportunity to take science out of the classroom and into the natural environment.
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Catchment Management Issues
Covers a range of issues and problems that are affecting the health of the creeks and rivers.
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Drinking Water and Ground Water Kids\' Stuff
Fun activities related to water.
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Education - Catchment Care
Definition of catchment and catchment management.
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Environmental Kids Club: Water
Learn how to care for this important resource.
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Groundwater: Hidden Resource
Facts about groundwater.
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Lawn Nitrates
In this Science Update, from Science NetLinks, you\'ll hear about how nitrates used as lawn fertilizer can be dangerous to the environment and human health.
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Murray-Darling Education Centre
Students can research topics related to river water quality.
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Stormwater and Catchments: Where Does Pollution Come From?
Information for students about stormwater pollution.
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Stormwater and Drainage - What Goes Around Comes Around
Comprehensive site about stormwater.
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The Adventures of Ollie
Interactive Sustainability resource.
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The Water Down Under
You might not think it, but in a country as dry as Australia many people are literally walking on water.
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Tree Torture
In this Science Update, from Science NetLinks, you\'ll hear about research being done to keep Arizona\'s San Pedro River from drying up due to increased demands for water in the area.
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Trishna and The Dream of Water
Story of the importance of water and protecting the environment.
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Water in The City
Basic Water Science and information about Waterways and activities.
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Water Quality: Murray-Darling
Information on issues such as turbidity, groundwater and nutrients.
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Water School
Inside, you\'ll find information about where water comes from, where it goes and what we do with it. You\'ll also learn important ways to save it.
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Waterwatch Qld
An educational resource on the past, present and future of rivers
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Your Water Supply
Information about saving water, the water cycle and water treatment.
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Lessons (21)
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Boarder Rivers: Gwyder
Here are some activities, lesson plans and teaching packs that can be used in and out of the classroom.
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Catchment Walk
This activity introduces the concept of a catchment in a very practical way. Students gather first hand information about their local waterway and then prepare a catchment map.
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Central Highlands Water Education Program
There are many opportunities for first-hand experience and for the integration of a range of curriculum areas.
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CoastEd Lesson Plans
A series of Coastal Management lesson plans from years 1 to 12.
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COGS Unit: Effects of Growth and Change
Unit on Sandon Point in the Illawarra, NSW.
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COGS Unit: Interconnecting Growth & Change - Resources
A detailed list of links, including rivers, Murray-Darling, Shoalhaven, Indigenous communities, English Unit of work on \'The River\' by Libby Hathorn.
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Ecosystem Services - Water Purification
This lesson teaches students the importance of healthy ecosystems through the investigation of natural water purification.
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How Do We Save 0ur Waterways?
The unit focuses on both conservation of freshwater resources, and protection of freshwater from pollution.
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Living Through a Drought
In this lesson, students practice map-reading skills. Using a drought map of Afghanistan, students learn how to recognize drought, where drought can occur, and how drought affects the people who live
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Oil and Water in the Middle East Region
In this lesson, from Xpeditions, students explore the roles of oil and water in the Middle East, especially in Iraq.
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Reading and Writing About Pollution to Understand Cause and
In this ReadWriteThink lesson, students access prior knowledge about water pollution before exploring the topic further using read-alouds.
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SA Water Teacher and Student Resources
Teacher and student resource brochures.
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Soil Erosion
This Science NetLinks lesson focuses specifically on soil erosion caused by water run off.
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Solutions to Pollution
In this activity students are asked to plan an hypothetical innovative method to prevent stormwater pollution in their local waterway.
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Sound the Alarm: Can Frogs Really Tell Us What\'s Wrong?
In this lesson, students learn about the ways National Geographic Emerging Explorer Tyrone Hayes uses a combination of laboratory and field study to learn about frogs\' developmental changes as they r
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Sydney Water
Activities, games and information on water conservation and waste water.
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The Frog Squad: Atrazine and Frog Populations
In this Xpeditions lesson, students learn about the ways National Geographic Emerging Explorer Tyrone Hayes uses a combination of laboratory and field study to learn about frogs\' developmental change
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Water Fleas
In this Science Update, from Science NetLinks, you\'ll hear about the dangers associated with the introduction of foreign species into local ecosystems.
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Water Science For Schools
Information on many aspects of water, along with pictures, data, maps, and an interactive center where you can give opinions and test your water knowledge.
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Water, Water
In this lesson, from Illuminations, students compare the amount of water they use in daily life with the amount allotted for each person each day on a Space Shuttle.
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Who Pays the Price When a Sea Disappears?
This lesson asks students to learn about the problems in the Aral Sea region and to discover how the sea\'s water loss is affecting specific groups of people, such as babies and fishers.
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