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Links on this page are for activities and materials dealing with
issues related to fresh water--preservation of wetlands
and watersheds, pollution, and water quality protection.
You will also find topic-specific information on EE-Link in two other
areas:
Adopt~A~Watershed
Earth Day Detectives Popular!
Environment Canada: The Nature of Water
Exploring Ecosystems Online
Give Water A Hand
Internet Watershed Educational Tool (InterWET)
Kid's Corner - Rainforest Action Network
Lake and River Activity/Curriculum Guides
Lesson Plans - Environmental Issues Forum Workshop Popular!
National Project Learning Tree Popular!
Rivers Project Curriculum Guides
Starfish Reef Builders Ltd.
The Bridge: Ocean Sciences Education Resource Center
Water - BEES Curriculum Enhancers
Water Conservation and Fun for Kids Popular!
Water Matters, Volume 2
Water Wise and Energy Efficient
Adopt-A-Watershed is an integrated, sequential, K-12 science program focused on the local environment and emphasizing service in partnership with the community. Program includes a Leadership Institute, training and other services. Related listserves and information sharing forums coming soon.
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15 elementary-level lesson plans investigating water use and conservation.
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This site provides detailed information about water and its properties, and different types of water systems (groundwater to wetlands). Activities and references can be found in most of the sections, and links to information on water policy are also available.
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An online guide to the Smithsonian Institution's Exploring Marine Ecosystems exhibit ... and a great marine biology/ecology education site in its own right.
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Youth program for local environmental action, with free, downladable guidebook in English and Spanish. A
program of the University of Wisconsin - Environmental Resources
Center.
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"Water resource and watershed education on the Internet with interactive calculators and maps. InterWET can be used as a stand-alone educational resource and as part of larger watershed educational efforts for a variety of people in
many different watersheds."
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Activites, facts, and options for action.
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From the Idaho Environmental Education Association.
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Submitted by teachers at a workshop emphasizing urban EE, lesson plans on
air and water
quality, solid waste, and land use planning. from the Chicago Academy of
Sciences.
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An interdisciplinary EE program for students in PreK through grade 12. PLT uses the forest to help students gain an awareness and knowledge of the natural and built environments.
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Curricula developed by high school teachers, can be used independently or as a river study unit. The site provides descriptions and tables of contents for units on wetlands, groundwater, zebra mussels, and sciences and language arts.
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This project involves schools, non-profits, and dive clubs in restorating marine habitats with artificial reef modules ("reef balls"). One approach uses student's sales of T-shirts to fund reef balls and school projects. Over 40,000 REEF BALLS tm in eight oceans of the world so far.
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The Bridge is a collection of the best K-12 resources for marine science education on-line. It includes resources organized by topic area, a resource pavillion with a variety of informational resources, links to regional collections of information and an e-mail discussion group.
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Information and activities for middle school and up; from Building Environmental Education Solutions.
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Artwork and activities on watersheds, drinking water, marine debris and
other water topics. From US EPA Water Office.
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"Developed by the National Science Teachers' Association (NSTA), Water Matters' posters illustrate navigation, ground water, and water quality. The book develops these topics with clearly-written background information and 12 classroom-ready, hands-on activities, as well as numerous suggestions for other ways your students can learn about water." Grades 3-8.
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An education conservation program developed by the National Energy Foundation for grades 4 -8. The program is implemented through local businesses, usually water or energy utilities.
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