The LHS water question and answer Web site
Following are questions which have been brainstromed by our classes at Lakeview High School. Our
intent is for students to research, conduct experiments, discuss our findings, and
evaluate these questions or topics. We hope to develop hands on activities to help others
to better understand the topics.
We will use local and worldwide resources. Below you will find the links we have used and
are developing. The non active links will be researched in the future.
We value your input. If you have pertinent information about
one or more of the topics, please let us know by clicking on the instructors email
address. Thanks in advance!
Also if you find errors or anything that should not
be here please email Jay Kuecker at jkuecke@gilligan.esu7.k12.ne.us
Just click on the address to prompt your mailer if you are using a web brouser.
The Water Quality
Research Project. Here are some water tests our agriscience class, in conjuction with
9 other schools in surrounding communities, has done.
General Information & Brainstormed Questions
Where do we get it?
Is water a mineral, a mixture, an atom, a compound or what?
How does it cycle? By Heath Harbour-1997
What's in the water?
Is it alkaline or acidic?
Why can't we burn water?
pH
Is "muddy" water worse than "clear" water?
Where do most cities get their water?
How do nitrates in water
affect us? By Pat Lill-1997
How do nitrates or nitrites get into drinking water?
Why can't we drink sea water?
By Kelly Minchow-1997
What about sodium in water and diets?
What compounds (or elements) are essential to life?
Where are wells drilled?
How do they know where to drill a well?
What is dowsing or water
witching? Does it work? By Sarah Menke -1997
What to do with "old wells"?
Garbage disposal affecting water supply
How does the garbage disposal, in our sinks, affect water treatment?
Water pollution? With what?
Testing water purity
Testing water for hardness
Fe in water
Corrosion and its prevention
Fishing industry and pollution
Recycling water (re-use ponds for industry)
Aeration for sewage disposal, and fish, e.g.
Other countries
How do other countries view the use of water? How do we use it?
Do other countries fertilize their lawns?
"Don't you Dare Drink the Water!" Is this a racial slur or prejudice?
Why did this start?
Legality
What is the legality of water use?
Who owns the water in
Nebraska's rivers and aquifers? By Brianne Barels-1997
Water use: farmer/industry, recreation, ecological/habitat, city, State -who has
first choice?
How do we pay for water use?
Where can we put a dam?
Who pays for water improvements?
Water use in industry, Today
Irrigation By Kristen Schumacher-1997
History of water use
Water conservation: by farmers, city folks, others
Severe water shortage
Rain
Is rain water clean
If rain water is clean, do I need to collect it in plastic?
Rain water to wash my hair
Cistern water collected from the roof of the house
Acid rain By Heather Siefken -1997
Rain after a thunder storm
How much water falls on an acre during an average rain storm?
Why does it rain more in some areas than in others?
Ice bergs-a source of water?
Ocean levels-getting higher?
Flood run-off, hurricanes
% humidity. Is this good or bad?
Filtering, softening, and purifying
Charcoal filter for collecting water from the roof
Water softener, why?
What makes water hard?
How does a water
softener work? By Daryl Eller-1997
With detergents (not soap) don't need soft water
Bath tub ring, what causes it and what can we do about it?
How is water distributed?
Why do we have water
towers? By Lisa Pfeiffer -1997
How can water be purified (on a large scale)?
How can water be purified (on a small scale)?
How can water be purified in a home (beyond what's supplied by the city)?
What is reverse osmosis?
What does distillation do?
By Kelly Karlin-1997
Is the water we drink in a city and the toilet bowl water the same?
Sewage treatment
Just plain Chemistry and general topics
Entropy and structure of ice
Structure of HOH molecules, as a gas; and as ice
H-bonding and unusual properties
Solvation of ions
Polar solvent
Solubility of O2 and CO2 in water
Drowning, What does water do to our stomach acidity?
Water in the lives of non-mammals
Temperature moderation by water bodies
Ocean currents
Heavy water or deuterium oxide
Purification of the blood by the kidneys
Odor of water
Color of water
Mineral water and natural
spas By Desaray Hanak -1997
Artesian wells By David Hergott -1997
Geysers By Jamie Leathers -1997
Hot springs By Ben Neville -1997
Why is the molecule angular?
Does the shape of the molecule affect its properties?
Elements in the sea
Water for space travel
How can spiders walk on
water? By Becky Garbers -1997
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