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Along a River
Created by Chinese high school students in Singapore, you'll
walk along the banks of the Singapore River and learn about its
formation and the people who live by it.
Aquatic Listening
Device
The following device was designed to listen to aquatic sounds.
It has only been tested in a small freshwater pond. During the
test not much was heard, some rustling about, some snaps and
an occasional click. I suspect that a pond is a pretty quite
place.
Canada's Aquatic
Environments
Learn about the plants, animals, habitats and the affect of human
interactions with the water ways of Canada.
Darby
Duck and the Aquatic Crusaders
Become an Aquatic Crusader and join Darby Duck in the fight against
water pollution!
Desdemona's
Splash
A game about water quality and the environment. Download the
demo for Mac or Windows. From the EPA.
Drinking
Water Kids' Stuff
Games, experiments and activities. Is your water safe to drink?
How can you tell? From the EPA.
The Everglades
Once a healthy eight-million acre "river of grass,"
the Everglades has been reduced to half its original size by
a century of agricultural growth, urban sprawl and unwise water
management.
Fluvarium's
Water Quality Pages
What is water? Why is it important? How to study a stream, its
life forms and chemistry.
Following
the Danube River
Historical memory in the Danube basin is as long as the river
itself. Through history, conflicts between the river civilizations
have often resulted in bloody battle.
Hydro Tours
A virtual walk through an hydroelectric project. Learn how fish
are helped to get around the dam.
Lakes
& Ponds
Join our Road Scholars as they investigate fresh water ecosystems
"Down the Mississippi"! They'll stop to investigate
some real world issues along the way and need your help!
The
Nature of Water
Water is nature's magician. Water is the solvent, the medium
and the participant in most of the chemical reactions occurring
in our environment.
The
Panama Canal
Find out about its history, how it works, and watch ships going
through via a webcam.
Pond
Ecology
While this may appear to be a bit "dry" at first, skim
down to where it talks about how to set up an aquarium for bringing
home pond life so you can observe it better.
Project
Wet
A series of games and stories in pdf format to print out and
play or read. Of interest from preschool through junior high
age.
The Power of Water and the Industrial Revolution
It was the very need for waterpower that made the northern region of the United States the industrial superpower it is today.
The
River Wild: Running the Selway
Join us for a wet and wild ride down the white water of Idahos
Selway River. Choose a boat, brush up on your paddling, listen
to birdcalls, and learn the lingo of river rats.
Rivers
and Coasts
Join us on a field trip down a river and along an ocean's coastline.
Rivers
& Streams
Learn about watersheds and how a stream is formed and becomes
a river.
Rivers
Transforming the Land
Use a model to investigate the movement of water and how it shapes
land.
Save Our Stream
A teen project with information about the ways members of the
Brook Trout's community can preserve and protect the enviornment
around them.
Southeastern
U.S. Rivers and Streams
From its cool-flowing streams in the Appalachian Mountains to
its brackish marshes along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, this
collection of freshwater ecoregions includes a variety of habitats
and some of the most species-rich freshwater systems on the planet.
Test
for Acid Mine Drainage
Science experiments for kids living where creeks are orange,
yellow, or red. From the USGS.
WABO and IP's
Adventures
Pocketed between the clouds, you'll find the neighborhood of
WABO, short for Waterboy, and his family and friends, his best
friend, IP, short for half a drip, is from O-Zone. A "Flashy"
way to learn about the water cycle.
The
Watershed Game
Many things happen in a watershed that affect the quality of
the water we rely upon. What are they? Would you make the best
decisions in managing your watershed?
Wetlands
Nurseries for baby birds, these flooded areas help prevent damaging
floods in populated areas.
What's
It Like Where You Live?
You'll find a wide variety of animal life in or around fresh
water ecosystems...aquatic birds... amphiphians..mammals and
of course, a wide variety of fish.