Earth's Water Resources

Issued by Texas State University Continuing Education

Learn about hydrology, Earth's water cycle, and scientific and cultural resources for studying water conservation. From the beginning of human history, oral traditions and written histories of the Earth's civilizations have recorded the importance of water to life on this planet. Examination of these stories provides readers with important insight into the values and beliefs of the culture that produced them. Time Required: 4 hours

Type Learning
Level Foundational
Time Hours
Cost Free

Additional Details

Skills

Earning Criteria

Learn about hydrology, the water cycle, and NASA Explore Earth (Links to an external site.) missions that study the planet's water resources. Familiarize yourself with the USGS's Water Science School (Links to an external site.) and use it to determine water issues in your local area. Identify global and national challenges associated with sustaining this particular natural resource. Explore different cultural perspectives (most notably, those of various Native American tribes) related to water.

Standards

Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)

ESS2-1 Earth's System - Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth's materials and the flow of energy that drives this process. ESS2-2 Earth's System - Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth's surface at varying time and spatial scales.