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In this activity, learners explore the different salinities of various sources of water by taste-testing.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity (on pages 29-35), learners examine water pollution and filtration.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners estimate how much water they think can be found in various locations on the Earth in all its states (solid, liquid, and gas) to discover the different water ratios in the Ea

free Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity (on page 2 of the PDF), learners explore surface tension by adding pennies to cups which are "full" of plain water or soapy water.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners simulate nature's water filtration system by devising a system that will filter out both visible and invisible pollutants from water.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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This activity offers learners and their families several ways to raise their awareness together about home water.

free Ages 4 - adult 1 to 7 days
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In this activity, learners consider the water features they might enjoy at a community park--a pond, brook, water playground (or "sprayground"), or pool--and what happens to the water over time.

Over $20 per group Ages 4 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this outdoor water activity, learners explore evaporation by painting with water and tracing puddles. Learners will discover that wet things become dry as the water evaporates.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 6 45 to 60 minutes
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In this water activity, learners discover ways to move water across the water table.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 4 - 6 10 to 30 minutes
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Over the course of several days, learners explore the property of water that helps plants move water from roots to leaves or gives paper towels the capacity to soak up water.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 7 days
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In this activity, learners receive a labeled plastic film canister containing a material representing a pollutant (i.e. pencil shavings = a beaver's wood chips).

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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Why is ocean water sometimes the warmest when the average daily air temperature starts to drop? In this activity, learners explore the differing heat capacities of water and air using real data.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners act as water molecules and travel through parts of the water cycle to discover that it is more complex than just water moving from the ground to the atmosphere.

free Ages 6 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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Water, whether fresh or salty, serves as one of the best electrical conductors on the planet. Does salt effect its conductivity?

free Ages 14 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners make water-walking critters using thin wire, and then test how many paper clips these critters can carry without sinking.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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Dig a hole, line it, fill it with fresh water, and you have a water hole: a good place to study colonization.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 12 months
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In this water pollution activity, learners create pond water cultures and investigate the effects of adding chemicals or natural nutrients.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 7 days
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Learners take a field trip along a local body of water and conduct a visual survey to discover information about local land use and water quality.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 11 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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Water sticks to all kinds of things in nature — flowers, leaves, spider webs - and doesn't stick to others, such as a duck's back.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners conduct an experiment to explore how water flows up from a tree's roots to its leafy crown.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 14 1 to 2 hours