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Understanding Catchments
Resources
Activities

Key Message 1 - Water is Essential for Life
Understanding Catchments
Resources
Topic of Study - The Water Cycle
 
  • Precipitation, evaporation, transpiration, water vapour, and clouds. What role do they play in the water cycle?
  • How does water move across the landscape before it collects in watercourses (surface water)?
  • How does water move under the ground (groundwater)?
  • How does water move through creeks, rivers, lakes etc (watercourse water)?
  • What is the point where fresh water interacts with seawater (estuaries).
  • What is the role of the oceans in the water cycle?
 
Type
Description
Resources Covering the Topic

Easy

- The Water Cycle.
- Very simple diagram and explanation.
- Earths Water Topics.
- To look carefully at the water cycle you may
  need to go no further than this site.
United States Geological Survey
http://wwwga.usgs.gov/edu/mearthall.html
- The Water Cycle.
- Follow Cloudia Raindrop’s adventures
  through the water cycle.
- Water Wonders - The Water Cycle.
- Comprehensive look at the components of
  the water cycle.
- Water Facts of Life.
- Both fun and serious facts about water.

More Comprehensive

- Water Cycle Resource Sheet.
- Downloadable PDF file for printing.

Queensland Department of Natural Resources
http://www.nrm.qld.gov.au/resourcenet/education/
modules/primary/water_cycles_catchments/
resourcesheet1.html

- Water Science for Schools.
- Comprehensive site with activities, quizzes,
  lessons, and facts in a well organised
  format. Follow a drip through the water cycle.

United States Geological Survey
http://wwwga.usgs.gov/edu/mearth.html

- The water cycle and water treatment.

Gippsland Water
http://www.vicwater.org.au/education/

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Understanding Catchments
Activities
Topic of Study - What Makes a Catchment Healthy?

Band Activity Contact

Early Years

- Extensive resources for Primary Schools in
  water education, including water cycle
  activities.

- The Water Cycle.
- Follow Cloudia Raindrop’s adventures
  through the water cycle.

- Lots of classroom activities that stress the
  limited nature and importance of water in the
  world.
- Water Soaks.
- See how water soaks into different types of
  surfaces and make inferences to the urban
  environment.
KESAB Patawalonga and Torrens Waterwatch
http://www.cwmb.sa.gov.au/kwc/section1/1-15.htm

Primary Years

- Water Wonders - The Water Cycle.
- A comprehensive look at the components of
  the water cycle.
- Extensive resources for Primary Schools in
  water education, including water cycle
  activities.
- Lots of classroom activities that stress the
  limited nature and importance of water in the
  world.
- A series of science experiments that
  demonstrate components of the water cycle.
- A comprehensive site.
Soda Bottle Hydrology
United States Department of Energy, Office of Environmental Management
http://www.em.doe.gov/soda/index.html
- The Water Cycle.
- Follow Cloudia Raindrop’s adventures
  through the water cycle.

Middle Years

- A comprehensive site with activities, quizzes,
  lessons and facts in a well organised format.
- Follow a drip through the water cycle.
Water Science for Schools
United States Geological Survey
http://wwwga.usgs.gov/edu/mearth.html
- Every Drop Counts.
- Extensive resources for Secondary Schools
  in water education, including developing
  plans for dealing with water issues in the
  school.
- A series of science experiments that
  demonstrate components of the water cycle.
- A comprehensive site.
Soda Bottle Hydrology
United States Department of Energy, Office of Environmental Management
http://www.em.doe.gov/soda/index.html

Senior Years

- A comprehensive site with activities, quizzes,
  lessons, facts in a well organised format.
  Follow a drip through the water cycle.
Water science for schools
United States Geological Survey
http://wwwga.usgs.gov/edu/mearth.html
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