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WATER FESTIVAL ACTIVITIES AND
MASSACHUSETTS SCIENCE CURRICULUM FRAMEWORKS
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ACTIVITIES
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DESCRIPTION
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CONCEPTS
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FRAMEWORKS
STRAND
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TOPIC AND STANDARD#
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Model Watershed and Land Use
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Movement of water in a watershed: how land use affects water quality.
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Earth Science
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Earth material #1, #4
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View Demo Soon
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Measure Water Clarity with Secchi Disc
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Impacts of erosion on water chemistry
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SoilES-4
E/T- 1.2
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View Demo Soon
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A delicious model of a groundwater aquifer, well, and contamination plume
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Groundwater vocabulary and basic hydrologic principles.
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Earth Science
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Earth material #1, #4
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Follow a raindrop from sky to well
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Vocabulary and configuration of groundwater on Cape Cod.
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Earth Science
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Earth material #1, #4
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A wearable way to remember the water cycle
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Vocabulary and concepts of the water cycle.
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Earth Science
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Earth material #1
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View Demo Soon
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Water Conservation
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Teams compare personal water use habits
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Earth Science
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Water Cycle #10
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Attack of the Algaer
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View Demo Soon
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Alge compee for oxygen and nutrients in the water.
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Nutrient enrichment, dissolved oxygen, plant growth.
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Life Science
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Organisms are adapted to their habitat #5
Food chains & webs#6
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Test your water knowledge
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Water quality and water use facts.
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Questions cover a wide variety of topics related to water.
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Compete in a watery test of skill.
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Physical properties of water explored.
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Physical Science
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Properties of Matter #2
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See the world from inside a bubble.
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Impact of soap on surface tension.
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Physical Science
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Properties of Matter #2
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Take a chance at harvesting a bounty of clams
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Clam anatomy, aquaculture and pollution impacts
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Life Science
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Organisms are adapted to their habitat #5
Food chains & webs#6
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View Demo Soon
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Choose a card to see if you will live or perish
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Species tolerance to dissolved oxygen levels in water
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Life Science
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Organisms are adapted to their habitat #5
Food chains & webs#6
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Fred takes a sloppy stormwater journey down his favorite river.
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Impacts of water quality on aquatic life.
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Life Science
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Organisms are adapted to their habitat #5
Food chains & webs#6
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View Demo Soon
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Test your knowledge of the phases of water with a bean bag race
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Identify phases of water
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Physical Science
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Properties of Matter #2
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| Flush the Kids |
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Crawl through a giant septic system and out the leach field
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Learn about septic systems and nitrogen levels
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Technology/Engineering |
Design, Produce and Use #2
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| The Flow Below |
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Physical model of wells, lakes, landfills, and leach fields.
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Learn how groundwater flows and contaminants are transport through the aquifer
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Earth Science
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Earth material #1, #4
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Rescue marine birds from an envrionmental disaster
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Learn about how oil spills affect birds.
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Science/ Technology/ Human Affairs
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Organisms are adapted to their habitat #5
Food chains & webs#6
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Learn how to fish for the future
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Students learn about the effects of fishing on fish populations
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Life Science
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Organisms are adapted to their habitat #5
Food chains & webs#6
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| Sea Level Rise |
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How thermal expansion affects water levels |
Examine the impacts of a changing shoreline due to sea level rise |
Earth Science |
Weather |
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| Where Rivers Meet the Sea |
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Saltwater interface experiment |
How freshwater floats on saltwater |
Physical Science |
Properties of Matter #2 |
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