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Water

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Water

Water is one of Earth's most important resources and covers three-quarters of Earth's surface. An appreciation for and understanding of Earth's water is important for students as consumers of this critically important resource. This unit explores the water cycle and the changes water undergoes as it moves through this cycle as well as the effects these changes have on Earth.

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Unit Nonfiction Books

The Water Cycle

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Lesson Resources

Project-Based Learning Packs

PBL Overview

SAZ Journal (5-6)

Teacher Rubric - Individual, 3-6

Teacher Rubric - Team, 3-6

A Working Water Cycle

Process Activities

Process Activity Materials Lists - All 5-6 units

Settling and Sedimentation

Water Collage

Water Cycle Model

FOCUS Books

FOCUS Book Teacher's Guide | Projectable

Water for the People
low

Hailstorms
mid

Life in the Current
mid

The Cryosphere
mid

Tsunami!
high

Supporting Materials

Investigation Packs

I.Files

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Mississippi Watershed
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New

Amazon Watershed
mid

New

Nile Watershed
mid

New

Yangtze Watershed
high

Mystery File

New

Caspian Sea

Science Fair Resources

Science Fair Project Ideas

Debates

Debate Teacher's Guide Intermediate (3-6)

Water Rationing

Science Videos

Video Teaching Guide

In the Zone

Melting Ice (no audio)

Tsunami Strike: Japan

Water, Water, Everywhere!

Career Files

Hydrologist; Irrigation Specialist; Water Treatment Plant Operator

Quick Reads

Dams, Levees, and Dikes
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Dams, Levees, and Dikes
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Dams, Levees, and Dikes
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Glaciers
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Glaciers
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Glaciers
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Groundwater
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Groundwater
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Groundwater
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Ice Sheets and Ice Caps
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Ice Sheets and Ice Caps
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Ice Sheets and Ice Caps
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Icebergs
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Icebergs
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Icebergs
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Rainy Places
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Rainy Places
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Rainy Places
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Water Around the House
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Water Around the House
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Water Around the House
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Water Pollution
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Water Pollution
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Water Pollution
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Fiction Book Teacher's Guide

Molly Q's Adventure
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Molly Q's Adventure
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Molly Q's Adventure
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Learning A-Z Connections - Water

Violent Weather - Level Z

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Science Diagram Teacher's Guide

Cloud Types

Freezing and Boiling Points of Water

The Water Cycle

Types of Precipitation

Water Molecule

Anticipation Set

Water

Activity Sheet

Water Cycle

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Complete Water Game Pack

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Water

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Crossword; Word Search; Fill in the Blank

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