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Educational Videos With Hands-on Activities

When you think about it, education is bits of information you pick up as you go along.  And at the time, each item doesn't always seem to be a big deal.  But some an, "aha" moment occurs and makes that information pleasing to know.

Along with these videos, take the time and look through the other information on this website.  Hopefully, you will have several "Oh I get it" and "aha" moments.

Properties of Water

This lesson explores a few of the properties of water.  Cohesion, adhesion, surface tension and capillary action.  The lesson relates those properties of water and how it is used in a plant to transport water throughout the plant. The lesson explains how some of these properties allow a ship to float on water.  Or, how water expands when frozen allowing it to float on water.

The lesson includes a handout with instructions to repeat later if a person likes, glossary, and an enlarged image of "How Grass Makes Food For Growth."

Adaptation of the H2Olympics from Project WET.​
 

Exerts from "The Properties of Water" video. 

The Turbidity Test

A lesson with a hands-on activity for students to explore what is turbidity, its effect, compare the turbidity of muddy and clear water; and investigate ways to reduce erosion that leads to turbidity in rivers.

Access handout with instructions, questions, glossary, and turbidity circle scale Here.

​Adaptation of The Big Muddy in Discover a Watershed; The Missouri provided to Shawnee County Conservation District by Kansas Association of Conservation and Environmental Education.

From Soil To The ​Breakfast Table

​Soil, good quality soil, is essential to growing our food. This video relates the soil that grows the corn to producing corn flakes you would eat for breakfast.  Shown in the video is corn being harvested from a field.  A clump of soil being looked at for its quality.  A variety of food grown due to good soil.  And a short discussion of conservation practices that build the quality of the soil.
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  • Home
  • About Us
    • Conservation Priorities
    • History
  • Contact Us
  • Equipment
    • No-Till Drill >
      • No-Till Drill for Rent
      • Drill Use Documents
      • Seed Photos and Information
    • Root Plow
  • Construction
    • Contractors
    • Ponds - Construction, Problems, Repair, Fish >
      • Basic Elements of a Pond Dam (Drawings and Text Version)
      • Pond Dams Build Right - Pictorial Version
      • Pond Management
      • Pond Maintenance
      • Excess Vegetation Management
      • Replacing A Pond Pipe
      • Sealing A Leaky Pond
    • Plugging Abandoned Water Wells 2
  • Partners
    • Other Agencies
  • Natural Resources
    • Conservation Balance
    • Natural Resources
    • Non Point Source Pollution >
      • Non Point Source Pollution
      • Plugging Abandoned Water Wells
      • Septic System Maintenance Links
      • Septic Tank Maintenance
    • Soil >
      • Soil Basics
      • Soil Ecosystem
      • Soil pH
      • Soil Testing
    • Cropland Planting Resources
    • No-Till and Water Infiltration
    • Cover Crops >
      • Cover - Forage Crops
      • Planting - Managing Cover Crops
    • Livestock Water
    • Top 9 BMPS for Nutrient Management
    • Maintain Soil Nutrients
    • Problem Weeds
    • Brush Management
    • Caucasian Bluestem
    • Air Quality
  • Urban and/or Small Acreage
    • Why Urban Conservation
    • Urban/Small Acreage Essentials
    • Country Living Considerations >
      • Country Living
      • Essential Check List
    • Backyard - Projects In Your Own Backyard
    • High Tunnels
    • Urban Hydrology
    • Erosion Control On Construction Sites
    • Preventing Urban Water Pollution
  • Education
    • Request A Presentation
    • What Is A Watershed
    • Outdoor Classrooms
    • Nature's Code of Ethics
    • Student Videos >
      • Student Videos
      • Student - More Info - Turbidity Test Expanded
      • Student - More Info - Properties of Water Expanded
      • Student - More Info - Soils
    • Get Outdoors With Conservation
    • Conservation Word Search Puzzles >
      • Agricultural Puzzle
      • NPS Puzzle
      • What We Can Do Puzzle
    • Photos >
      • Conservation Practice Photo Gallery
      • Livestock Agriculture Photos
      • Pond Photos
      • Prescribed Burning Photos
      • Rural Agriculture Photos
      • Urban Conservation Photos
    • Key Conservation Practices
    • Progress In Conservation
  • Financial Assistance
    • State Cost-Share
    • WRAPS
  • Events (Click Here for Winter Events)
    • District Annual Meeting
    • Envirothon
    • Topeka Water Festival
    • History & Environmental Fair
  • Awards
    • 2021 Grassland Award
    • 2022 Soil Conservation Awards
    • 2021 Outstanding Young Conservation Award
  • NEWSLETTERS