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Wetland Curriculum Resource
Unit 2. Water - Activities List

2.1 Too Salty For Me
Purpose: To illustrate the relative abundance of saltwater and freshwater on the earth
Level: 1 : 2 : 8 :

2.2 Water, Water Everywhere
Purpose: To illustrate a simplified water cycle.
Level: 2 : 5 :

2.3 Self A' Steam
Purpose: To observe the recycling of water from a liquid to a gas and back to liquid form.
Level: 3 : 5 :

2.4 I'll Drink To That
Purpose: To observe a water cycle.
Level: 5 : 8 :

2.5 Bigger Than The Both Of Us
Purpose: To observe the change in volume of water as it freezes and to introduce the concept of hibernation in amphibians.
Level: 2 : 5 :

2.6 Raindrops
Purpose: To observe where and why rain settles during a simulated rainfall.
Level: 2 : 3 :

2.7 Cool Change
Purpose: To study the effect of temperature on the rate at which organisms use oxygen.
Level: 10 acad :

2.8 Just A Pinch
Purpose: To observe the effects of excess nutrients on an aquatic ecosystem.
Level: 10 acad : 11 acad :

2.9 Sally Mander's Favourite Place
Purpose: To monitor the water quality conditions that are favourable to amphibians for breeding, and to record sightings of amphibians.
Level: 7 : 8 : 10 acad : 10 appl : 11 appl