Water

The Energy Water Nexus is an educational film created by the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority that takes a humorous look at the relationship between water and electricity. Intended for students in grades 6 and up, the movie explains some of the connections between water and electricity. A Student Guide is also provided, along with curriculum that takes a more in-depth look at the topic.

Water on the Web (WOW) helps college and high school students understand and solve real-world environmental problems using advanced technology. WOW is a complete package containing two sets of curricula, data from many lakes and rivers nationwide, extensive online primers, data interpretation and Geographic Information System Tools, and additional supporting materials.

NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries is offering classrooms throughout the United States the opportunity to be involved in an exciting and innovative educational program. The Ocean Guardian Classroom is an action-based program for classrooms related to the conservation of local watersheds, the world's ocean and special ocean areas, like marine sanctuaries. The program provides classrooms with activities and other opportunities to become involved in projects in their local community. Registration is required, but it is free.

The NCSE-NASA Interdisciplinary Climate Change Education Team is developing a curricular package on climate change based on a University of California Davis course taught by Professor Arnold Bloom. The curriculum includes modules that cover a wide range of topics relevant to climate change. Data produced by NASA is used to create data-driven modules focusing on ice core and recent climate change observations.

In this lesson plan from National Geographic Xpeditions, students learn the components of a wave, and then discuss the effects of wave height, wavelength and wave period in determining the overall size of a wave. The lesson plan is appropriate for grades 9-12 and adheres to National Geography Standards.

This curriculum guide from Data in the Classroom contains five activities for grades 6-8 that incorporate real data from NOAA. Students learn how to access and interpret sea surface height and tide data. The goal is for students to become experienced with these kinds of data and the tools for accessing them, so that by the end of the module, they can continue to explore data sets driven by their own inquiry. Activities tie to National Education Standards in mathematics, geography and science.

The Gulf of Mexico Deep-Sea Ecosystem Education Materials Collection, developed by NOAA's Office of Exploration and Research, is comprised of an Educators' Guide and 16 lesson plans on deep-sea ecosystems and exploration in the Gulf of Mexico. The lessons in this collection touch on physical science, life science and Earth science topics and offer many opportunities for cross-curricular activities involving social studies, language arts, mathematics and fine arts.

This lesson plan from the BRIDGE DATA Series introduces students to the threat that lost of abandoned crab pots pose to marine life, as they continue to catch animals without letting them go. Students analyze data collected from recovered derelict fishing gear and calculate the loss of potential catch that it causes. Materials and related resources for the lesson plan can be downloaded online. The lesson is appropriate for grades 6-12 and aligns to National Science Standards.

PULSE is an interdisciplinary curriculum. It is designed to improve life science literacy by providing lessons for core high school subjects that address environmental health and biomedical research. These topics are equally relevant and motivating within science classrooms and also in those of geography, language arts, government, world and American history, and mathematics classes.

Voyage From The Sun is a 20-lesson classroom science module designed to introduce 4th-9th grade students to the major ways in which energy is important in living systems. Voyage encourages students to explore the story of Earth's energy. Students examine how they use energy, where it comes from, and how human impact on natural habitats affects the natural energy flow. Voyage From The Sun supports science reform efforts by building bridges between biology, the physical sciences, math and language arts.