3 M4 - The Role of Freshwater around the World
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Cleaning Polluted Water: Pumped up for PeaceDrinking polluted water can cause many deadly diseases, especially in children of poor countries around the world. We see the crystal-clear water in a flowing Peruvian rainforest river but are amazed to learn that it is unsafe, due to runoff entering the great connected network of tributaries... |
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Drinking Water: Bottle or Tap?A huge bottled-water industry has recently emerged, with the U.S. its largest consumer. But is bottled water actually healthier, safer, or tastier than tap water? A water expert explains that bottled water does not meet the same strict standards in the U.S. as water from the tap, though tap-... |
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Earth's Water CycleWeb page from the Winter 2009 issue of Conservationist for Kids by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. |
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Freshwater Ecosystems"Biomes of the World in Action" is a fun, informative series that takes students on a fast-paced eco-adventure around the world exploring the many characteristics that make these large regions of the world different from one another. From the tundra and rainforest to grasslands and deserts,... |
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Project WetEducate. Empower. Act. The mission of Project WET is to reach children, parents, educators and communities of the world with water education. We invite you to join us in educating children about the most precious resource on the planet — water. |
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Rivers and StreamsRide the rapids with Bill Nye in the “Rivers and Streams” episode. Most rivers start high in mountains or hills. Rain, snow, fog and melting glaciers make little trickles or “rills” of water. The rills come together to make streams, and streams come together to make... |
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Rivers and StreamsA web page about rivers and streams. |
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Surface Water: A Day in the Life of the Rio GrandeThe Rio Grande is one of our longest rivers, its Texas section forming the border between the U.S and Mexico. Competing human claims for it are viewed through the eyes of two young women: a whitewater rafting guide in upstream New Mexico and a teenager downstream near El Paso. We learn that... |
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The Great Lakes: Who Owns the Water?The fair distribution of water has long been a worldwide problem, and it is one that the United States may increasingly experience in the future. The Great Lakes contain 20% of the worlds fresh surface water, but that water is currently available to only a small portion of the U.S population.... |
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The Water CycleWith the help of Luke Warm, a weatherman on the water channel, two young baseball players come to understand why the big game might be rained out as they are introduced to the key elements that make up and affect the water cycle. They discover the amazing process by which the Earth's water... |
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