K-12 Resources

There have been many water resources related activities and lesson plans developed for K-12. The following list provides a number of them. It is hoped that bringing them together will help one find what is needed. It should also allow for an easier comparison between similar ones on a specific subject.

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Lesson Plans / Activities

• Acid Rain Lesson Plan (grades 6-8)
• Acid Rain (grades 6-8)
• EPA: Acid Rain (grades 4-8)



• Oil Pollution and Water (grades 2 & 3)
• Water Pollution (grades 1-6)
• Water Quality for Freshwater Organisms (grades 8-12)
• Salt Creek — Stream Monitoring Tests (grades 6-8)
• Testing for Acid Mine Drainage (grades K-8)
• Water Pollution (grades K-6)
• Who Dirtied the Water?: Clean Water (grades 9-12)
• Water Pollution (grades 4-12)

• Down the Drain - Water Use Collaborative Project (grades 4-8)
• Give Water a Hand (all grades)
• Learning to be WaterWise (grades 1-4)
• Water Rights (grades 4-8)
• Classroom Water Audit (grades 1-5)
• Personal Water Audit (grades 9 & 10)
• School Water Audit (grades 11 & 12)
• Are you a Water Waster? (grades K-3)
• Water: To the Last Drop (grades 6-8)

• Snow School (grades 4 & 5)
• Snow Crystals (all grades)
• Glacier (all grades)

• Global Water Sampling (grades 9-12)
• The Weight of Water (grades K-3)
• Water (grades 4-8)
• H20 University (grades 4-8)
• Find Out Why: Water (grades 4-8)
• Water: Here, There, Everywhere —Climate Variability and Change (grades 7-12)
• EPA: Environmental Kids Club (grades K-8 with link to high school site)
• EPA: Student Center (grades K-8 with link to high school site)
• USGS: The Learning Web (all grades)
• Water Science (grades 4-6)
• Science Explorer (grades 1-5)
• Water Lessons (all grades)
• Water and Library Media Skills (grades 2-4)
• Land or Water? (grades 3 & 4)
• Water, Water Everywhere? (grades 6-10)
• The Water Cycle (grades 2-4)
• Water Resources (grades 3-5)
• I am Water! (grades 4-6)
• Let's Explore Water (grades K-2)
• Water Magic (grades K-4)
• Water Cycle (grades 2-4)
• Water Wonder Why (grades 4-6)
• You Are What You Drink (grades K-9)

• Transpiration (grades 5-8)
• Water Those Plants (grades 1-5)
• The Irrigation Dating Game: Finding the Perfect Match for Plants and Water (grades 9 & 10)
• Irrigation Efficiencies (grades 11 & 12)

• The Big Wet (grades 6-8)
• Mississippi River (grades 4-8)
• Wonderful Wetlands (grades 4 & 5)
• Mini-Ecosystems (grades 3 & 4)
• Is Sea Level Rising? (grades 9-12)
• Climate Change and Sea Level (grades 9-12)
• Impacts of Sea Level Rise (grades 8-10)
• Why is the Sea Salty? (grades K-3)
• How Oceans Influence Climate (grades 9-12)
• Life Cycle of Salmon and Steelhead (grades 11 & 12)
• Life Cycle of Salmon and Steelhead (grades 9 & 10)
• Life Cycle of Salmon and Steelhead (grades 1-5)
• Desert Adaptations: Water (grades 4-12)

• Flood! (grades 6-8)
• Landslides (grades 6-8)
• Flooding and Other Disasters (grades 3 & 4)

• Boiling Point Science Education Project (grades 4-8)
• Soda Bottle Hydrology (grades K-8)
• Bubbles (grades K-8)
• Bubbles (grades K-5)
• Bubble-ology and Bernoulli (grades 4-9)
• Introduction to Bernoulli's Principle (grades 10-12)
• Life of a Soap Bubble (grades 11 & 12)
• Erosion (grades K-4)
• Gravity and Erosion (grades 6-8)
• Cartesian Diver (grades 6-8)
• Rainbow on the Wall (grades 6-8)

• Matter and Heat (grades 1-3)
• Diffusion of Molecules (grades 3 & 4)
• The Motion of Molecules in Water: Constant Motion of Molecules (grades 4-7)
• Motion of Molecules in Water (grades 4-7)
• Molecules and Temperature (grades 1-5)
• Hot Air Tissue Paper Balloon (grades 4-12)
• Temperature and Water Density (grades 7-8)
• Pressure, Temperature and Volume of Gas (grades 11 & 12)
• Water Table (grades 3-8)
• Making a Hydrometer (grades 7-9)
• Do You Sink or Float? (grades K-2)
• Density, Buoyancy and Flotation (grades 9-12)
• Pressure in Fluids (grades 9-12)
• Viscosity (grades 6-8)
• Surface Tension (grades 6-8)
• The Pressure of a Liquid (grades 6-8)
• Liquid Pressure (grades 1-5)
• Water Pressure (grades 6-10)
• Temperature and Pressure (grades 6-8)
• Buoyancy Lesson (grades 3-5)
• Surface Tension: Water Sticking Together (grades 4-7)

• Disappearing Water: Evaporation (grades K & 1)
• Density of Liquids (grades 5 & 6)
• Density of Liquids (grades 6-8)
• Fun with Density (grades 5-8)
• Density of Solids and Liquids (grades 6-8)
• Temperature and Water Density (grades 7-8)
• Colored Liquids: Property of Density (grades 4-8)
• Non-compressibility of Water (grades 4-6)
• Non-compressibility of Water (grades 4-12)
• Measurement with Water (grades 1-5)
• Water Sandwich (grades 1-8)
• Mole as a large number (grades 8-12)
• Capillary Action Experiment (grades 6-8)
• Capillary Action in Soil (grades 4-8)
• Fire in the Water (grades 5-8)