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Water Basics What makes water water? Water is a lot more than just wet -- it has special properties that make it unique and valuable to all life on earth, including you. This section discusses water's properties as well as common measurements of water. You might want to start off taking a water properties True/False quiz. |
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Earth's Water How much water is there on Earth? Where is it located? In what forms does it exist? Find out here. We'll also look at surface water and ground water in their many forms. Find out how we measure the amount of water flowing in streams. You can also investigate water quality and the water/water-use cycles. |
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Special Topics Other water topics of interest are here. Find out if acid rain will turn your hair orange, look at how saline water is used, and examine water-quality issues. Fill out our opinion survey to tell us how you (as the Mayor of a thirsty town) would handle a water-shortage crisis. Also, read the riveting fictional story of how you establish your own town in the desert and how water plays such an important role. |
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Water Use Over the years, the U.S. Geological Survey has compiled a lot of data on how water is used in the United States. We have water-use information by the category of use: public supply, domestic, commercial, industrial, irrigation, mining, electric power, hydroelectric power, livestock, and wastewater treatment. This section offers textual information, data tables, and maps for each category.
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Activity Center You can get interactive here. Try your skill at challenge questions, give us your opinions, and complete surveys. Then see how your answers compare to those of others throughout the country and the world. We have:
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Water Questions and Answers How can a "100-year flood" occur two years in a row? Why does my water smell like rotten eggs? What is "fish farming?" We pose the questions and give the answers in this browsable forum. |
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Picture Gallery We have pictures of scientists playing in the mud, shocking fish, swimming in a creek to service equipment, sinkholes, irrigation systems, water samplers, storm sewers, and more. This ever-growing section is meant for casual browsing. |
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Map Gallery Our set of national maps show how water is used, by State, in the U.S. Maps are organized by category of water use. |
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Data Library Here are data tables of water-use information by state for 1990. I wouldn't call this section "fun", but if you need water-use data for a project or term paper, this is a good place to come. |
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Certificate of Completion After you've investigated the Water Science for Schools site, print out this certificate (in color, if you can) and get your teacher to sign it. Of course, it is "suitable for framing," if you supply the frame. |
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Search This simple and quick search program lets you enter a term and view a list of our pages that offer pertinent information. |
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Help Find out how our site is set up and organized, how to use the cloud-bar menu, and how to adjust your browser for best viewing. |
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NavGuide NavGuide is our Navigation Guide -- it is a list of our topics and subtopics. You can use this page as an alternate way of getting around the Water Science site. Yes, this page is very long, but you might find that it is the easiest way to find what you are looking for. |
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Acknowledgements Who built this site, and who helped? What is the U.S. Geological Survey and how are we involved with water? |
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Links This section lists other Web sites that offer water information. |
U.S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey
URL: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/helptopics.html
Page Contact Information: Howard Perlman
Page Last Modified: Wednesday, 13-Aug-2008 07:19:47 EDT
