Grade 8 Overall Expectations:
Assess the impact of human activities and technologies on the sustainability of water resources.
- New Thinking About Pollution (Book)
- Your Water Footprint: The Shocking Facts About How Much Water We Use To Make Everyday Products (Book)
- Every Last Drop: Bringing Clean Water Home (Book)
- My River: Cleaning up the LaHave River (Book)
- Enough Water? A Guide To What We Have And How We Use It (Book)
- One Well: The Story Of Water On Earth (Book)
- Water Pollution (Database article)
- The Green Economy: Water Systems (Kanopy eVideo)
- Personal Water Footprint (Website)
- Water Calculator (Website)
- Water Systems (Website)
- Average Daily Water Usage (Website)
- Human Impact on Water Quality (Website)
- Water Pollution: Everything You Need to Know (Website)
- Water Resources (Website)
- Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (Website)
- The CEO Water Mandate (Website)
Investigate factors that affect local water quality.
- Science For Kids: Habitats & Life Cycle, Water Cycle, Food Chain. Volume 1 & 2 (DVD)
- Water Wow! An Infographic Exploration (Book)
- The Drop In My Drink: The Story Of Water On Our Planet (Book)
- Watersheds: A Practical Handbook For Healthy Water (Book)
- Rivers And Lakes (Book)
- Freshwater Habitats: Life In Freshwater Ecosystems (Book)
- Water Treatment and Distribution (Kanopy eVideo)
- Water Table (Database article)
- Aquifers (Database article)
- Ice Cap (Database article)
- Drinking Water (Website)
- How Do Water Treatment Plants Work? (YouTube)
- Water Quality Science Projects (Website)
- How to Test Water Quality for a Science Project (Website)
- Water Quality at Windsor Beaches Can Change by the Hour: Study (Website)
- How to Make a Water Filter as a Science Project (Website)
- DIY Simple Water Dispenser Machine (YouTube)
- Origins of Oceans (YouTube)
- What is an Aquifer? (YouTube)
- What if all the Ice Melted on Earth? (YouTube)
- The Arctic (Website)
- Freshwater (Website)
- The Oceans (Website)
- Understanding Environmental Flows (YouTube)
Demonstrate an understanding of the characteristics of the earth’s water systems and the influence of water systems on a specific region.
- Super Science Projects About Earth’s Soil And Water (Book)
- Explore Water! (Book)
- Explore Rivers And Ponds! (Book)
- Water Science Fair Projects: Using Ice Cubes, Super Soakers, And Other Wet Stuff (Book)
- Icebergs & Glaciers (Book)
- Oceans (DVD)
- Ultimate Oceanpedia (Book)
- Ocean: A Visual Encyclopedia (Book)
- Smithsonian Ocean (Website)
- The Water Cycle (YouTube)
- Water: States of Matter (Website)
- Distribution of Water on the Earth’s Surface (Website)
- Water Cycle (Website)
- What is a Watershed? (Website)
- The Watershed Game (Website)
- Water Table (Website)
- Facts about Glaciers (Website)
- Glaciers and Climate Change (Website)
- How Do Large Bodies of Water Affect the Climate of the Coastal Areas? (Website)
- How Does the Ocean Affect Climate and Weather on Land? (Website)
- The Water Cycle (Website)