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Water - Holding Capacity In this task, students will determine how much water various materials can hold. This task includes: |
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Water Cycle The Water Cycle task allows students to describe the water cycle. Students will be given a diagram of the water cycle and asked to explain what is happening in each stage of the cycle. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. Resources required for this task include a diagram of the water cycle. This task is a part of the Material World task series from 2007. |
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Water Mix The Water Mix task allows students to use a thermometer to record water temperatures and mix hot and cold water to achieve a specified temperature range. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. Resources required for this task include a thermometer, three glasses, cold water, hot water (around 50–55 This task is a part of the Physical World task series from 1999. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments. |
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Water Pollution In this task, students will determine the pH of four samples of water and then neutralize them. This task includes: |
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Water Regulation In this task, students will examine graphs about paramecia behavior under various conditions. This task includes: |
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Water Temperature The Water Temperature task is part of the Hydrosphere Unit from Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE). In this task, students will measure the temperature of water. They will construct simple thermometers to understand how and why liquid-in-glass thermometers work. This task includes:
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Water Transparency The Water Transparency task is part of the Hydrosphere Unit from Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE). In this task, students will measure water transparency at their undisturbed study site using a transparency tube or Secchi disk. They will construct a secchi disk to measure water transparency. This task includes:
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Water Vapor The Water Vapor task is part of the Atmosphere Unit from Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE). In this task, students will use a near-infrared sun photometer to measure the amount of sunlight reaching the ground at wavelengths that are correlated to water vapor. This task includes:
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Water Weights The Water Weights task allows students to investigate buoyancy displacement . Students will watch a short video, do an experiment comparing the weight of an object in and out of water, and answer six questions. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. Resources required for this task include a video recording on laptop computer, a mug of water, a weight, and a spring balance. This task is a part of the Physical World task series from 2003. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments. |
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Water-holding capacity of Earth Materials In this task, students will design and conduct an experiment to test the water holding capacity of various materials. This task includes: |
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