This document outlines 100 different uses of water according to a 3rd grade science project. It discusses how water is essential for all living things including plants, animals, and humans. It provides examples of how water is used for cleaning, cooking, drinking, transportation, recreation, making things, cooling, and more. The document emphasizes that water is vital for survival and serves countless important purposes in our lives and communities.

1. 100 Uses of Water
By Shannon Egan
3rd Grade Science Project
Ms. Opiah

2. All Things Need Water
• Plants
• Animals (That means us
too!)

3. We need water for cleaning:
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Your Dishes
Your Windows
Your Car
To Steam Clean Rugs
To Clean Your Clothes
To Iron Your Clothes
Or you can get rid of wrinkles in your
clothes using a steamer.

4. You need water to cook:
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Poach Salmon
Boil Pasta
Rinse Beans
Soak Beans
Cook Beans
Make Bean Sprouts
Steam Broccoli
Make Tofu
Thaw Frozen Food

5. Water is used to:
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Make Almond Milk
Make Curds and Whey
Refine Sugar
Distill Essential Oils

6. You boil water to make:
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Apple Sauce
Apple Butter
Sugar Syrup (for soda, iced tea)
Maple Syrup (you boil sap from a maple tree)

7. IN FACT, NATIVE AMERICANS RINSED ACORN
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MEAL IN WATER SO THAT IT WOULDN’T BE
BITTER.

8. We Need Water to Drink:
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You need water
Your pets need water
Your chickens need water
Your birds need water
Marine animals needs
water
• ALL LIVING THINGS need
water

9. You need water for your pets:
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Triops live in water. (Prehistoric crustaceans)
You need water to bathe your horses.
You need water to bathe your dog.
You need water (and prayers) to bathe your cat.

10. We need water for Aquariums:
Fish and all marine life live
in water. So do amphibians
(for part of their life).

11. Water Makes Us Beautiful:
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Hair Gel
Shampoo
Conditioner
Soap
Laundry Detergent
And Many Other Things Are Made with water!

12. Your bathroom uses a lot of water….
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To flush the toilet
To brush your teeth
To take a bath
To take a shower
To wash your hands
To wash your face
To wash your hair
To wash your feet
To shave your face

13. Water cleans all kinds of things:
• It purifies the air
• It cleans the street

14. You use water in Medicine to:
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Rinse your mouth out at the Dentist
Take pills
Make Saline Solution
Make Liquid Medicine out of Powder (Reconstitute)

15. HUMIDIFIERS ADD WATER TO THE AIR

16. We Need Water for Safety:
• Fire Extinguishers
• To keep by a campfire to
prevent forest fire.
• To cool down burns if
someone gets too close
to the fire.
• To wash cuts so that they
don’t get infected.

17. You need water for fun:
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Pool
Water Balloons
Slip ‘n Slide
To Fill Water Guns
To Go Boating

18. You Need Water For Transportation:
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Steam Engines In Trains
Steam Boats
Paddle Boats
Paddle Wheel Boats

19. You Need Water To Cut Things:
• Water is used to lubricate
the saw while cutting
tiles
• Water is used to cut rock

20. You need water to drink:
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Coffee
Tea
Lemonade
Water
Juice

21. THANKFULLY, YOU CAN FIND WATER IN
PUBLIC DRINKING FOUNTAINS!

22. You can’t have Ice without Water…..

23. You need Ice for:
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Ice Skating
Ice Packs
Ice Cream (you use ice and salt to freeze it)
Ice Cubes
Snow Cones
Ice Bridge

24. You Need Water to Make Things:
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Water Colors
Tempera Paint
Felting wool
Tye Dye
Paper
Pottery

25. YOU STORE WATER IN WATER TOWERS

26. Water turns turbines:
• To Make Energy like in
Niagara Falls.
• To Grind Grain In A Mill,
• Which Makes Flour

27. Plants Need Water:
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House Plants
Flowers
Lawn
Trees
Fruit Trees
Algae
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Eggplants
Tomatoes
Spinach
Broccoli
Brussels Sprouts
Lettuce
Lima Beans
Peas
Okra

28. YOU CAN COLLECT RAIN TO WATER YOUR
PLANTS IN A RAIN BARREL.

29. You Need Water for Cooling:
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For Cooling in a Nuclear Power Plant
For Cooling Spent Fuel Rods
Cooling The Engine in Your Car
For Cooling Molten Glass
For Cooling Molten Aluminum In A Factory.

30. In Fact:
Did you know our school is heated and cooled by water?
Water is sent 500 feet down into the ground, when it is
brought up again, it is at 52 degrees. This cuts down on
the cost to heat our building in the winter and keeps our
building cool in the summer.