- Why is water so important to life?
- How do all living things depend on each other?
- What is the water cycle?
- What is a watershed?
- Where does my drinking water come from?
- Where does my wastewater go?
- What makes water dirty?
- How much water does my family use?
- Who are the other water users in our society?
- Who owns our water?
- What can I do to protect our water?
Do you know anyone who has been interviewed by Scholastic News? Had their picture in Scholastic News? We do! Click here (3.5MB pdf) to see a photo and read an interview with some of our local fourth graders.
Groundwater
http://www.groundwater.org/kc/groundwater_animation.html
Nonpoint Source Pollution
http://www.wef.org/PublicInformation/page.aspx?id=101&ekmensel=c57dfa7b_19_0_101_2
http://www.epa.gov/nps/kids/
Physical and Chemical Properties of Water
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/sc3.html
River
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Games/ActionGames/River-explorer
Wastewater/Grease in Sewers
http://www.sandiego.gov/mwwd/kids/videos/index.shtml
Water Conservation
http://www.savingwater.org/waterbusters
http://epa.gov/watersense/kids/index.html
Water Cycle
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/flash/flash_watercycle.html
http://www.wef.org/flash/aquaventure/aqua.html
Water Footprint
http://www.waterfootprint.org/index.php?page=cal/waterfootprintcalculator_indv_ext
Watershed
http://www.archive.org/details/Adventur1948
