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Water quality and contamination
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Contamination can come from many different sources such as garbage, urban runoff, including oil and grease from our roads, domestic or wild animal and human feces, pesticides and nitrates from home or agricultural operations, and environmental disasters etc.
Water Counts
Source Thames Water
Water Counts has been developed through a unique partnership to provide students with an
invaluable opportunity to understand more about water treatment and how maths affects all aspects of daily life. Includes activities for kids(crosswards, games, quizzes), and resources for parents and teachers.
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 Everything you need to know about oil spills
Web kit with information about what oil spills are, experiments and projects you can do at home and in your class room to learn more about oil spills, resources for teachers on teaching about oil spills, and even information to help report writers including photos and information on the history of oil spills.
Language(s) English
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 Kids and Acid Rain
Information and resources for teachers and students on Acid rain including information on measuring acid rain, the affects of acid rain, a poster to print and colour, experiments and additional resources.
Language(s) English, French
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 Take a Dip , September 8 - November 14, 2003
Take A Dip is a collaborative project, comparing the water quality of your local river, stream, lake or pond with other fresh water sources around the world. The focus of the project is:
To assess the quality of water based on physical characteristics and chemical substances.
To Identify and compare organisms in a water sample with other participating classes and assess the quality of water based on macroscopic life found in the water.
To look for relationships, trends, similarities, and differences among the data collected by all project participants
This project is recommended for middle school students (ages 10-14) due to the nature of the tests required for the project however all students are welcome to participate. There is NO fee to participate.
Language(s) English
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 Help Freckles the Frog Now! Source WaterWatch Queensland
Meet Freckles the frog - the newest environmental superhero. In the new Waterwatch Queensland game "Creek Rescue" you can help Freckles save a creek in trouble by learning about what makes a creek healthy. Be quick time is running out!
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 Acid Rain
Acid rain is rain, snow or fog that is polluted by acid in the atmosphere and damages the environment. |
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