ArizonaWaterQualityEducationActivitiesforGrades1-12.pdf

ARIZONA WATER QUALITY EDUCATION ACTIVITIES FOR GRADES 1-12 Dr. Kitt Farrell-Poe Water Quality Extension Specialist Agricultural Biosystems Engineering Department The University of Arizona August 2005 The following activities are designed to make learning and demonstrating nonpoint source pollution concepts exciting and fun! These activities can be used alone or to enhance your own water resources education curricula. This material can also be found on the World Wide Web at /waterquality/activitiesindex.html. For more information, please contact: Dr. Kitt Farrell-Poe, State Water Quality Extension Coordinator Yuma Agricultural Center 6425 W. 8th Street Yuma, AZ 85364 (voice) 928-782-3836 (email) kittfp@ Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work, Acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, James A. Christenson, Director, Cooperative Extension, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Arizona. The University of Arizona, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is an equal opportunity employer authorized to provide research, educational information, and other services only to individuals and institutions that function without regard to sex, religion, color, national origin, age, Vietnam era Veteran’s status, or handicapping condition. Table of Contents Page Introductory Activities Water Tasting 1 Acting Out the Water Cycle 3 Water Cycle Relay Race5 How Small is Small? 7 Drinking Water Activities Sources of Drinking Water 9 How Drinking Water is Cleaned 11 Groundwater Activities Mini-Groundwater Models 13 Contamination of an Aquifer 15 Surface Water Activities What is a Watershed? 18 Use Your Head, Protect Your Watershed! . . . . . . . . . . .