Water Resources

Water Analysis Background Project Handout - in Word format

Falk School Library:

• Log on to library catalog
  • Username - first initial last name - all lower case - all one word
  • Password - first 3 letters of birth month & number for day - all lower case - all one word
  • See Resource Lists in Library Catalog "Water" - See TABS - Library Materials & Online Resources

General reference books (print): 

• The World Book Encyclopedia. R 031 WOR
• The New Book of Knowledge.  R 031 NEW - available in Grolier Online
• The New Encyclopaedia Britannica.  R 031 NEW - available in The Britannica Online School Edition

• Growing Up With Science.  R 503 GRO
• The New Book of Popular Science.   R 503 NEW 1996 v.3 - available in Grolier Online
• UXL Encyclopedia of Science.  R 503 UXL - available in Gale Virtual Reference Library
• UXL Encyclopedia of Water Science. R 553.7 UXL - available in Gale Virtual Reference Library
• Gale Encyclopedia of Science.  R 503 GAL
• The Grolier Library of Environmental Concepts and Issues: Water: A Finite Resource, volume 3.  R 333.7 GRO v.3
• UXL Encyclopedia of Water Science. R 553.7 UXL  - available in Gale Virtual Reference Library
• UXL Complete Life Science Resource.  R 570 UXL - available in Gale Virtual Reference Library
• Exploring Life Science.  R 570 EXP
  

Online Resources: 

• The Britannica Online School Edition
• Grolier Online
• Gale Student Resource Center
• Gale Virtual Reference Library
  • UXL Encyclopedia of Science
  • UXL Complete Life Science Resource
  • UXL Encyclopedia of Water Science
     
• POWER Library Databases  from School --  POWER Library Databases from Home

Websites:

• *USGS: US Geological Survey: Water Science for Schools - Information about a variety of water topics including activities, pictures, data tables, maps, and a glossary
• USGS: A Primer on Water Quality
• USGS: Ground Water Quality
• EPA and Purdue University: Ground Water Primer - - includes information about contaminants
• Hardwater.org: Hard Water Treatment, What is Hard Water? - verify information
• A Citizen's Guide to Understanding and Monitoring Lakes and Streams: Chapter 3 - Streams: Temperature by Joy Michaud - may be out-of-date, verify
• A Citizen's Guide to Understanding and Monitoring Lakes and Streams: Chapter 3 - Streams: PH by Joy Michaud - may be out-of-date, verify
• USGS: Water Resources - See link to "Ground Water" at left
• USGS: Sustainability of Ground-Water Resources
• USGS: Ground Water and Surface Water A Single Resource
  
• *Environmental Projection Agency, student water links & high school water links. Water is essential for life on earth.  Here you can learn how water is polluted, treated, and protected.
  
• *Franklin Institute Online, Water in the City - Brief information with links to a variety of sites: educational, government agency, commercial.  Consider the source of each linked page. 
• Madras School of Economics, India: Kids Corner: Water
• Environmental Literacy Council: Water
• EPA and Purdue University: Ground Water Primer
• *The Groundwater Foundation
   
• Water on the Web
• Creek Connections at Alleqheny College
• University of Virginia, Department of Environmental Sciences: Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Identification Key
   
• Hach Company's H20 University
  

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