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)
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
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.