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HYDROMANIA!

photo of Wahclella Falls, a beautiful waterfall in the Columbia River Gorge, near Bonneville Dam

Welcome to Hydromania, a hands-on, ready-to-use science curriculum exploring nature and energy! This exciting curriculum was designed by teachers for grades 4 through 6, with each lesson matched to relevant Oregon and Washington benchmarks. Your students will love science as they compete in the Metric Olympics, launch their water rockets, build and race boats, make rock candy, create water turbines and electromagnets, and much more. Many of the lessons could also be used for middle school grades as well-- they are simply great, active science lessons. Download what you need for FREE!

Said one teacher who used this curriculum, "The curriculum is a classroom teacher's dream come true-- Hands-On! It has been a long time and many classroom sessions since I have witnessed such excitement, accomplishments and smiles/fun on a child's face while learning.... Every activity was complete and thorough, allowing the students to be successful."


NOTE: Most of the Hydromania curriculum files are in PDF format, which requires the Adobe Acrobat reader to view. The Acrobat Reader program can be downloaded free from the Adobe web site.
link to Introduction page link to list of original goals and objectives of program, containing yet another link to the original schedule for the ten day science camp link to list of curriculum topics covered, with each topic linked to the corresponding lesson plans link to page telling where one can buy the supplies needed to complete the science labs
Introduction/
Acknowledgments		 Goals and
Objectives		 Topic List linked
to Lesson Plans		 Where do I get
lab materials?



link to a lesson plan that a BPA education outreach worker could use if they are invited to share with your classroom the role of BPA link to a page that invites your feedback about this curriculum link to the Oregon Benchmarks that are addressed by each curriculum unit link to the Washington State Essential Academic Learning Requirements that are addressed by each curriculum unit
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matched to Oregon Benchmarks		 Lessons
matched to Washington Essential Learnings