Green Teens Toolkit: Water

Exploring Water

What impacts daily water? Who protects local water? How can humans conserve and protect the water? 

Although planet Earth is made up of about 71% water, only a fraction of that is freshwater that humans can access and use for daily living. When you turn on your faucet, it may seem like a simple act, but that water has gone through an adventure from shifting forms in the water cycle to being filtered at the water treatment plant to make it to your home as clean, safe drinking water. Exploring Water to understand Earth's water systems and evaluate human interactions with water can help you protect and conserve the water that all life depends upon.   

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Learn more about Exploring Water below:

Understanding Water:

Earth's Water Budget: Watch this video to understand where the water is on Earth and why.
See the Water Cycle: Watch this video to see how water moves as a system on Earth. 
Water Cycle Webquest: Read information and watch videos to learn about NASA missions to explore water.

Bodies of Freshwater:

Which River Basin do you live in? Use this interactive map to find out.
How River Basins Work: Use this interactive map to see what happens when it rains in your river basin.
 

Local Water Quality:

Discover your water: Use this interactive learning tool to explore the quality conditions of water in your local community, state, and nation. 

 

How is the Water Changing?

Sea Level Rise Viewer: Use this interactive learning tool to see how NC sea levels are predicted to rise in the coming years, based on reputable data. 

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Earn an official Green Teen Certificate:

  1. Sign up to receive your Green Teen Learning Tracker via email.

  2. Explore each category of the Green Teens Toolkit & complete one learning reflection per category.
  3. Submit your Green Teen Learning Tracker to the PEA team.
  4. Receive a certificate!