Hydromania

This site is home to many hands-on, ready-to-use science lessons and activities, which explore nature and energy. It is aimed at classroom teachers who are more likely to attack one lesson at a time, so the lessons have been rearranged by topic. It includes lesson plans, background knowledge, a materials list, and student handouts. The learning objectives have been tailored to Oregon and Washington curriculum goals. It has many topics: Group Dynamics, Scientific Method, Measurement, Surface tension, Density; Newton's Laws of Motion; States of Matter; Power; Biology, which contains few lessons that familiarize students with hydroponics, microorganisms, and capillary action in plants. Other topics are Bernoulli's Principle; Water, which includes watersheds, ways of testing water quality, water conservation, and the water cycle. Also, topics include Geology, explaining plate tectonics, continental drift, and volcanoes. Ecology explaining types of wildlife, the food web, preservation, plant classification, pollution, recycling, acid rain, and smoking. The site includes Native American philosophies, a summary adapted from the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations Wildlife Curriculum, 1992, that provides an excellent cross-curricular lesson that ties the science to the many issues related to rivers, energy, wildlife, and Native American rights and philosophies. The site contains a glossary of terms that are used throughout these science lessons. Educational levels: Intermediate elementary, Middle school