Sci 8 - Unit E: Fresh & Saltwater Systems by Christine McDonald

Alberta Watershed Student Projects

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Students can make a difference too! If you have a great idea, or see a problem that needs a solution - let's do something about it!

Watershed Detective Games

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Learn about the human impact on water quality!

Ecological Footprint

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Have things improved since you calculated this last?

Water Footprint Calculator

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All about Freshwater

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Access to Fresh Water in Canada

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Reviewing % of Water

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TED-Ed

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"No water, no life. No Blue, no Green." -Slyvia Earle

Don't Do it!!

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It won't do you any good!!

Edmonton Water Reservoir Tour

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Edmonton Water Source

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Local Enoch Reserve's New Water Treatment Plant

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Topic 3: Glacier Vocab

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Lots of cool features that Glaciers create in their wake!

General Water Vocab

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Practice and learn new terms via Quizlet (not all are Grade 8).

Topic 2: Water Quality Vocab

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Practice Flashcards to learn more!

Topic 1: Water on Earth

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Quizizz (24Q) - link will remain open until June 2021

LAS VEGAS and their water conundrum.

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Explained - World's Water Crisis

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Dissolved Oxygen

christine_mcdonald — 2020-09-28 21:54:33 UTC

So much information!! Who knew Water needed Oxygen too!?

pH of Drinking Water

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16 different samples!

Salinity

christine_mcdonald — 2020-09-29 04:50:05 UTC

How do you measure how much salt is in seawater? What affects the salinity of different parts of the oceans?

Topic 2: Water Quality

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Criteria and tests used to measure water quality

The Fashion Industry

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You'd be surprised at how much water is used in creating our clothing. And what happens to our used clothing?? What solutions are there?

Water Testing after Disasters

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Lifesaver Water bottle

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How to make Filthy Water, clean.

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Zac Efron- Down to Earth

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This is a netflix docuseries. There is an episode of him in Paris talking about water availability and treatment. Also discusses the science of proving miracles at Lourdes. (40 min episode, "France")

Polar Ice Caps

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Arctic Sea Ice

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A scientific collection of data graphs to analyze!

Quiz Yourself

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Just for fun!

Chasing Coral

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A great documentary looking at the impact of changes in ocean temperature on the ecosystems that support coral. (Netflix, 2017, 88 min)

"Chasing Ice" Documentary

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Documenting the changes in Glacier Ice as a result of climate change. (2012, 74 min)

How Ice Ages Happen

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A theory...

Glacier Review Quizizz

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3D Glacial Landforms

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Get Involved!

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Yellow Fish Road Program raises awareness for Water Quality and pollution!

What Countries are doing to reduce emissions.

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Track Climate Actions

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How effective are our actions?

World Resources Institute

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Learn more about meeting our needs with the resources we have, and the actions being taken to mitigate Climate Change.

JOURNAL: The role of climate change education on individual lifetime carbon emissions (Feb, 2020)

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Education unto itself plays a huge role in reducing carbon emissions. In 30 years, it could have a similar impact on reductions to replanting our forests!

SO MANY QUESTIONS ANSWERED!!

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Topic 4: Watersheds Vocab

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Desalination - Why not??

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Why can't or SHOULDN'T we just use desalination plants to create freshwater in areas of need?

Water Walk

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DIY Insect Hotel

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Feel like helping out the lady bugs to find a cozy home for the winter??

Plate Tectonics

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Where are all those Tectonic Plates? What happens at boundaries between them?

LifeStraw - water under a microscope

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Virtual Pond Dip

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Explore the microscopic waterworld!

Biological Adaptations - Learning from the Earth!

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Exploring the Environment - Water Quality

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Sacred Relationship

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There is a full documentary (52min) available to view online here.

Interactive - Coastal Flooding

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Permanent (?) Summer Heat Wave Trends

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Patagonia from NASA

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Antarctic Glaciers

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Check out the "Answers to Your Questions!"

Mackenzie River Basin - Connections

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The largest watershed in North America is being monitored by a braiding of both Scientific and Indigenous knowledge to understand the changes in water quality, quantity, aquatic & land wildlife.

Follow the Drop

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Choose your own adventure as you follow a water droplet through a watershed!

Alberta Water & Climate Change

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How will Climate Change affect our river water basins?

https://ozone.unep.org/reset-earth

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RiverApp

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Check out the current flow rates and depths of rivers around the world!

The Ocean Cleanup

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Check out the efforts to remove garbage from the ocean!

The Truth About Toilets

christine_mcdonald — 2026-10-20 02:06:28 UTC

Do toilets in different hemispheres actually flush in "opposite" directions? Find out how the Coriolis Effect plays into this!

Blooket - Topic 1-2

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Choose your game type & Review until the end of the year!

Blooket - Topic E3.1 Rivers, Waves, Tides

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Blooket - All Unit E

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Answer 20 random questions from this set - you choose the game mode! Open until June 24, 2027