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Subtopic: Water Quality

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Resource	Grade Level	Media Type
Acid Rock WebQuest Acid Mine Drainage and Its Impact on Water Quality	9-12	Lesson Plan
Kerri-Ann Richard In this video from Science City, Kerri-Ann Richard, an environmental engineer, describes how she became interested in the field and why it is important to clean up the environment by removing contaminants from soil and ground water.	6-12	MPEG 4 Video
Farm Solutions to Water Pollution In this video from Common Ground and Cleaner Water, Tribby Vice, a Kentucky farmer, talks about the changes he has made on his farm to protect the water quality of the stream running through his property and the watershed in which he lives.	5-12	QuickTime Video
Global Water Distribution How much water on Earth is fresh water? How much of that fresh water is found in icecaps? Lakes? Rivers? This interactive resource uses bar graphs to illustrate the relative distribution of fresh and salt water on Earth. Adapted from Oxford University Press	3-12	Flash Interactive
Oil Spill: Exxon Valdez, 1989 This video segment adapted from NOVA follows the clean-up effort after the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill off the coast of Alaska. Also featured is a marsh where an oil spill occurred 20 years earlier; analysis suggests that environmental damage may last for decades.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Pennsylvania Stream Water Treatment Systems The video asks who will be around to keep water treatment systems going, monitor the quality of streams, and create new initiatives to keep water sources clean. A number of programs address these issues and get young people involved in environmental and conservation activities.	9-12	QuickTime Video
Pollution Along the Rhine River This video segment adapted from Race to Save the Planet discusses the effects of water pollution along the Rhine River and its impact on local wildlife.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Raising the pH Passive Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage	6-8	Lesson Plan
Solar Still Part I: Salt Water In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, cast members assemble a solar still and make fresh water from saltwater, demonstrating two steps of the water cycle, evaporation and condensation.	3-12	QuickTime Video
Solar Still Part II: Juice In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, cast members test their solar still to see if they can make fresh water from orange juice.	3-12	QuickTime Video
Underground Stream Water Treatment Systems Cook’s Run has an underground water treatment program for a particularly high level of acid mine drainage. The technology used in Cook’s Run was transferred to Pennyslvania from Western metal mines and may prove helpful for other parts of the Appalachian coal region. A watershed group member notes the lack of aquatic life in many Pennsylvania streams as a disgrace.	6-8	QuickTime Video
Unique Species of Kentucky's Green River This video from Kentucky's Last Great Places shows how the Green River has remained unusually clean and why it is home to several endangered aquatic species.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Urban Solutions to Water Pollution In this video segment from Louisville Life, high school students in Louisville, Kentucky describe the benefits of creating rain gardens as a solution to non-point source water pollution.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Water Conservation: Israel This video segment adapted from Last Oasis shows how Israel has attempted to meet the challenge of providing enough water for agricultural needs. Featured are two methods: recycled water and drip irrigation.	3-12	QuickTime Video
Watershed Associations Watershed groups have a national impact. The video shows that it is easy to get involved with a watershed group, without committing a lot of time, and to see the effects quickly. An expert points out the cumulative effect of efforts to clean up rivers on the overall health of the nation’s river systems. In Pennsylvania abandoned mine drainage is a challenge for watershed groups.	9-12	QuickTime Video
What Happens When an Oil Spill Occurs? This interactive activity from McDougal Littell/TERC visualizes the effects of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, factors that influence oil spill behavior and impact, and techniques used to contain and clean up oil spills at sea.	6-12	Flash Interactive
What’s in Your Stream? A Survey of Water Quality in Pennsylvania Streams	9-12	Lesson Plan
Who Owns the Water of the Great Lakes? In this video segment from Planet H₂0: Water World, experts and teens inside and outside the Great Lakes watershed provide different perspectives on sharing the water from one of the largest bodies of fresh water in the world.	5-12	QuickTime Video