What are the main educational materials included in the 'Guam Water Kids' program for students aged 9-12?

State Water Resources Research Institute Program
Project Id: 2010GU167B
Title: Presenting 'Guam Water Kids': Public School Outreach and Teacher Relations Program
Project Type: Education
Start Date: 3/01/2010
End Date: 2/28/2011
Congressional District: N/A
Focus Categories: Education, Non Point Pollution, Conservation
Keywords: Water resources, aquifer, groundwater, surface water, watershed, Guam, hydrological cycle, ground water, non-source pollution, non-point pollution, conservation.
Principal Investigator: Card, Arretta Ann
Federal Funds: $ 7,685
Non-Federal Matching Funds: $ 0
Abstract: The environmental educational materials for students age 9-12 about fresh water resource issues on Guam have recently been developed. The "Guam Water Kids" materials emphasize the importance of Guam's fresh water as a key resource, explain hydrological concepts, and introduce a sense of stewardship for conserving and protecting Guam's fresh water. These materials include a pre-recorded presentation, teacher's lesson plans and suggested activities, a Chamorro language glossary, and a companion website. The educational materials are correlated to learning standards recognized by the Guam Department of Education and have been approved for use in Guam public schools by the superintendent's office and announced in the GDOE newsletter. The materials were developed, in part, to support outreach efforts by WERI. There is a need to familiarize teachers with the materials and demonstrate the value of incorporating them into curriculum. Working directly with these educators will also increase awareness of WERI as a resource for water related issues and will open opportunities for WERI to engage educators in the future. As materials are employed and as teachers become engaged in water resource issues, an evaluation is needed to assess the effectiveness of the "Guam Water Kids" materials and to explore additional needs teachers may report such as a willingness to participate in water related courses for educators which may be developed in the future.
Specifically, we intend to follow the public schools' chain of approval, schedule a presentation targeted to reaching the 5th graders at each of the 6 elementary schools and follow the presentations with an evaluation by educators involved in teaching subjects related to water resource issues. Procedures include: 1) contact and present materials to the principals at each of the six elementary schools in the Guam public school system for approval at the school level.

Upon principal's approval, contact appropriate head teacher and schedule presentation to all fifth grade sections to be conducted in the spring 2010 and fall 2010 semesters; 2) conduct six team presentations of the "Guam Water Kids" program led by Ann Card and with WERI professionals serving as resource persons. Leave participating teachers with a packet of the educational materials including the CD presentation, printed copies of the two related Lesson Plans and Activities, and WERI contact information as appropriate; 3) conduct a survey of participating educators to evaluate the "Guam Water Kids" presentation and related lesson plans. Include additional questions about needs teachers may have and specifically poll interest in participating in future teacher training courses in water resources, a critical need which has been identified by the advisory council. The survey will be conducted online with an "on paper" option in order to facilitate participation. Contact information will be preserved in order to facilitate future communication with educators; 4) analyze and report survey results; 5) make any appropriate adjustments to existing "Guam Water Kids" materials indicated by educators' assessments.
Progress/Completion Report, 2010, PDF

In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the course
ED355, Language Arts Methods
Division of the School of Education
University of Guam
Dr. Jacqui Cyrus
November 21, 2007
I found a wonderful lesson on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s website, under teacher’s resources “The Quest for Less” that is relevant to current issues and interesting enough to capture the imagination of an eleven-year-old. Armed with a lesson, there were key questions to address. What do I know about my students? What accommodations and modifications will I need to make? What do the students already know that will enable them to complete the lesson? What do I want them to learn? What media and materials will they need to complete the lesson? How will they utilize the media and materials? How will I get them to participate? How will the lesson be evaluated?
I based the hypothetical assumptions about my student’s SES, ethnicity, and gender on the “Tamuning Elementary School’s Annual Report Card” retrieved from the Guam Public School website linked to the Superintendent’s page. The learning styles are hypothetical. After reviewing web-posted Individual Educational Plans examples for an autistic student and a paraplegic student, I specified accommodations and made modifications to the lesson plan to meet the IEP requirements.
To determine the prior knowledge of the students regarding natural resources, environmental issues, conservation, and computer technology I reviewed the Guam Public School System’s Standards. Based on the standards I was able to make certain assumptions about what the students already know.
The overt lesson plan objectives are reflective of the assignment criteria, that is, reading and writing, speaking and listening. This presented a major challenge. While the task of compiling one paragraph of research on a specific topic given the source of the information sounds easy enough to accomplish in a single class period, it did not turn out to be a realistic expectation. In retrospect, having them print, read, rewrite, and recite would have probably been more expedient. However, the research process and collaboration are the real learning experiences, not the regurgitation of given information. . In addition, it was necessary to incorporate technology research tools, in this case, specifically related to the National Educational Technology Standard and Performance Indicators for Teachers (NETS*T) “I.

Educator Publications: Project WET’s award-winning Curriculum and Activity Guide 2.0, and other Educator Guides full of activities about watersheds, water quality, floods and water conservation, plus maps, posters and more.
Books for Students: There are over 40 full-color activity booklets about a range of water-related topics in the Kids in Discovery series plus children’s story books—great classroom resources!
Make a Splash Water Festivals: Make a Splash festivals are a fun way to pack in learning about water. Learn how to host a Make a Splash festival at your school or find a festival near you!
Project WET Educator Training Workshop | Bozeman, MT | April 28, 2018
Maps and Posters: Looking to decorate your classroom with fun, eye-catching educational artwork? Resources like Project WET’s Water Cycle poster or watershed maps are just what you need!
DiscoverWater.org: A free classroom tool to teach kids about water. Interactive activities, quizzes and activities for students, and Science Notebooking pages, printables and resources for teachers. Correlated to Common Core standards.
Water Cycle Game: Play The Blue Traveler and learn how water travels around, above and below the surface of our planet through this fun game!
Online Training: Self-paced, learner-driven online learning options—including a refresher training to upgrade to Guide 2.0.
Water Education Portal: Share ideas, lesson plans and join discussions about activities and water related topics. Project WET national and state standard correlations are available here.
Webinars: Online learning events about a range of water related topics. Attend a live event or view an archived webinar.

Included with purchase:
- Download of the Online Refresher Course
- Copy of the Curriculum and Activity Guide 2.0
- Free access to the Project WET Water Education Portal
In order to provide educators with flexible training opportunities, Project WET now offers an Online Refresher Course for those who have taken a Project WET workshop and would like to obtain the Curriculum and Activity Guide 2.0
. The course is available in both Flash and PDF formats, is self-directed and self-paced, and you can begin the course before your book arrives.
The award-winning, NSTA-recommended Curriculum and Activity Guide 2.0
continues Project WET’s dedication to twenty-first-century, cutting-edge water education. Correlated to the Common Core Standards (preliminary Next Generation Science Standards correlations are in review and coming soon), the Curriculum and Activity Guide 2.0
gives educators of children from kindergarten to twelfth grade the tools they need to integrate water education into every school subject. The guide also includes numerous extensions for using the activities in Pre-K environments. Featuring 64 field-tested activities, more than 500 color photographs and illustrations, and useful appendices with information on teaching methods, assessment strategies and more, this guide is an essential classroom tool.
- Includes activities on topics such as national parks and storm water
- Features fully revised and updated activities from the Curriculum and Activity Guide 1.0
- Includes the very best activities gathered from all of Project WET’s publications
- Is suitable for educators at all levels and subjects, including pre-service teachers
: The Curriculum and Activity Guide 2.0 has been correlated to: Common Core English Language Arts
and Common Core Math.
Preliminary Next Generation Science Standards
correlations in review and coming soon. The guide adheres to the National Science Standards Framework
, STEM Educational Coalition
objectives and NOAA Ocean Literacy Standards.
The complete list of standards has been compiled here
The Curriculum and Activity Guide
was awarded a Gold Medal in 2013 by the Independent Publisher Book Awards,
Education (Workbook / Resource) category.
The National Science Teachers Association
has selected this book as part of their NSTA Recommends
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Moulton Niguel Water District and Orange County Coastkeeper bring water education to MNWD middle schools! In-class presentations and local field trips will teach students the importance of water quality, water efficiency and global sustainability.
In a first-of-its-kind partnership, Moulton Niguel Water District has partnered with Orange County Coastkeeper to launch an innovative water education program that will get kids involved in water conservation and environmental protection. Through Coastkeeper’s W.H.A.L.E.S. program, Orange County middle schoolers will go on field trips to a local watershed in Moulton Niguel’s service area, take part in interactive learning activities and even conduct a water quality test of their own. Coastkeeper’s W.H.A.L.E.S. program, which stands for Watershed Heroes: Actions Linking Education to Stewardship, was conceived as a way to make it easier for students to understand water efficiency and sustainability.
Interested in signing up? Check out the program details below!
- Open to all middle school classes in the Moulton Niguel Water District service area
- Funding covers the in-class presentation, field trips, and busing to and from a local watershed and creek.
- Each field trip can accommodate 40 students, but can accommodate for larger groups over multiple days
- The program is funded by Moulton Niguel Water District and administered by OC Coastkeeper
Each Class Will Receive:
- In-Class Presentation discussing their local watershed, urban runoff, water conservation, global sustainability, and watershed function and health. Additionally, students will learn about the District’s water budget-based rate structure and how it can be used as a tool to indicate whether a household is over-watering their landscape. Students will learn how over-watering contributes to dry-weather runoff, which carries pollutants into storm drains and eventually into local creeks and beaches.
- Two Field Trips:
- Exploring Your Watershed: Field trip entails a guided hike at a local trail with a naturalist. Location Options: Salt Creek Trail, Aliso Creek Trail, and San Juan Creek Trail
- Water Quality Testing: Field trip entails a water quality lesson and tests at a local water body.
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Students and their teachers monitor water quality in their local streams or river twice annually, once in October and once in February. They use kits to test for dissolved oxygen, pH, nitrates and turbidity. Students measure both the air and water temperature and many classes collect sterile samples for bacterial analysis. Students at local high school filter these samples, incubate them and count the fecal coliform colonies after 24 hours. These water quality parameters are important for aquatic organisms and/or have implications for human health.
Water Quality Manual
This manual includes all the details you’ll need for water quality monitoring (including which bottles to use for sampling, directions for collecting your samples and running the tests, data sheets, site surveys, optimal values and much much, more!) It’s a big document, so we separated it into sections to make downloading easier:
Section I: Preparing for Monitoring
Section II: Tools for Monitoring Day
Section III: Understanding Your Monitoring Results
Section IV: Appendix
Section V: The Mulitiple Intelligences Table
Water Quality Monitoring Videos
Click on any of the links below for video instructions for each of the following tests:
(*Note: This video refers to the appearance of a “floc” in after the addition of 8 drops of Alkaline Potassium Iodide Azide, where it is actually a “precipitate”.)
Optimal Water Quality Standards
Click here to download a document about the Optimal Water Quality Standards students keep in mind when collecting data at thier adopted sites.
Material Safety Data Sheets
South Sound GREEN Water Quality Monitoring Sites
Each year over forty sites are monitored by about thirty different classrooms around Thurston county.
Water Quality Data
Students in the South Sound GREEN program have collected data on South Sound streams since the mid-1990’s. Please see below for current and past data:

This place-based stream ecology curriculum draws connections between aquatic life, water quality and the way we live in our watersheds. By studying the life in local streams, secondary students meet myriad small creatures who depend on clean water for life. Understanding their connection to this intricate web of life empowers students to join community efforts to protect water and habitat where they live.
This three-lesson curriculum, suitable for grades 6-12, does not require hours of preparation. On the contrary, Life in Our Watershed: Investigating Streams and Water Quality allows teachers to dive right in with their students!
Splash would love the opportunity to help you teach your students about the streams that flow through the areas where they live and go to school. Check out the links below for more information about our streams program for 6th – 12th grade classes.
Support from the community makes it possible to continue serving the 80+ classes of 4th/5th graders who want to come to Splash. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation today. Splash is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Tax ID #41-2160618.

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In “Just Passing Through! The Water Cycle!,” students use the Forever Earth vessel to begin exploring the importance of Lake Mead by making and recording observations of how water is being used in different ways by plants, animals, and people. Then students view an animated PowerPoint presentation that follows one drop of water through Lake Mead’s water use cycle and then re-create the cycle on a magnet board. Working as scientists, students determine if water is the same in all parts of the lake by comparing water samples from the middle of the lake and from Las Vegas Bay. By examining a number of scenarios, students use scientific reasoning to deduce the major reasons for the current lower lake level. In a culminating activity, students brainstorm ideas for personal actions that they can make to conserve or protect Lake Mead’s water.
These pre-visit activities are designed to prepare students for their Forever Earth experience by introducing them to the water cycle and to some of the factors that affect the cycle.
Hydrologic cycle – Study and teaching (Elementary); Teaching – Aids and devices; United States – Lake Mead; Water – Study and teaching (Elementary)
Curriculum and Instruction | Curriculum and Social Inquiry | Fresh Water Studies | Science and Mathematics Education
Discover Mojave: Forever Earth
Just Passing Through! The Water Cycle! Appear -- Disappear! The Magic of Water! Pre-Visit Lesson (Grade 4).
Available at: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/pli_forever_earth_curriculum_materials/4

Water Quality Extension offers several resources for teachers including training workshops, lesson plans, activities, and materials located in each county.
New Lesson Plans:
- Pave It or Plant It explores the effects of urbanization on storm water runoff. Click here for the lesson plan.
The Stream Side Science curriculum is a set of lesson plans designed to teach watershed
science to grade students K-12. The program is based on the manual "Bugs Don't Bug Me (pdf)" for K-6, and "Stream Side Science (pdf)" for 5-12. The curriculum is aligned to national and state core standards and highlights
some STEM activities.
Dive into water quality coloring pages, activity books, and games designed specifically
to help kids have fun while learning about water quality.
Browse posters, websites, and macroinvertebrate pictures to help you teach about water quality.
Discover the scientist within, using these fun and interactive lesson plans that teach kids and adults of all ages about protecting and maintaining the quality of our water.
Find out what workshops we offer, when we'll be in your city, or request a workshop near you.

By Dana Krejcarek and Jessie Good
In this unit students will be introduced to the GLOBE Program and work specifically with the Hydrology unit. GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) is an international, environmental program where students, teachers, and scientists are able to share information. Students will gain an understanding of the importance of water quality through various hands-on and inquiry-based activities. They will learn how to perform the water quality tests and be able to collect, analyze, and compare their data to the data from other schools. The data will be used to develop a model that can be used as a teaching tool for students to share their findings with their classmates. The presentation will be used as an alternative assessment using a given rubric. Both the modeling project and the presentation will help students understand the connection of water quality to their lives.
- Water chemistry is an important aspect of habitat requirements
- Temperature can affect other water chemistry factors
- Water chemistry affects species diversity
- Instruments can enhance what your senses tell you about what is in water
- Data are used to pose and answer questions
- Graphs and maps are valuable tools for visualizing data
- Accuracy and precision are important when taking measurements
- The soil stores water, and its water content is related to the growth of vegetation
- Where rainfall goes depends on your site characteristics
- Higher temperatures and longer periods of sunshine increase evapotranspiration
- Water flows can change over time
- Water balance can be modeled using temperature, precipitation, and latitude data
- Making observations
- Applying field sampling techniques
- Calibrating scientific equipment
- Following directions in methods and test kits
- Recording and reporting data accurately
- Reading a scale
- Communicating orally
- Communicating in writing
- Asking Questions
- Forming and testing hypotheses
- Designing experiments, tools, and models
- Using water quality measurement equipment
- Using tools to enhance the senses
- Creating and reading graphs
- Calculating averages
- Making comparisons over space and time
- Analyzing data for trends and differences
- Using the GLOBE database
Student and Teacher Background Information:
We do not just drink water; we are water. Water constitutes 50 to 90 percent of the weight of all living organisms. It is one of the most abundant and important substances on the Earth.

Non-point source can be big contributors, and the combined effects of pollution from many small sources can have a huge impact on water quality. Students will design and build their own watershed and learn more about pollution sources. This activity can be adapted to almost any grade level.
- Let It Rain: Rain is a good thing—except when it’s not. Students experience a hands-on demonstration of how different agricultural practices (cover crops, traditional tillage, no-till fields, and pasture) impact water retention, surface water run-off, and erosion. Students conduct the experiment, record their results and reflect on how those
practices impact our waterways.
- Just Passing Through: Students learn about contributing factors to erosion and different techniques to manage erosion. Students can then release some pent-up energy as they role-play becoming raindrops, plant life, and rocks in and around streams and waterways.
- Poison Pump: A killer has swept through the streets of London, and hundreds are dead! Could the accomplice to this crime be something that is used everyday? Through a series of clues, middle & high school students will love a mystery to discover that water can also produce negative effects for people. Students will learn about the cholera outbreak in London.
- Soil Sustainability Sleuths: Students will conduct a variety of hands-on soil tests, including a slake test to determine soil stability, a soil texture test to determine soil components, as well as nutrient content and pH testing.
- What's In My Water? Older elementary through high school students will create their own “stream” right in the classroom! They will then conduct biotic sampling and identify macro invertebrates, perform chemical analysis of water samples, complete a biodiversity index, and reach a conclusion on their stream’s quality.
We are so excited to get these programs out and about in classrooms across the county! Be sure to share these with your favorite teacher or community group and let us get them on their schedule for this school year!
Don't see one of your favorite classroom presentations from years past? Check out our lending library to see if we have those materials available for you to check out and use on your own!
A Holmes County native, Jane joined the Holmes SWCD staff in 2015 after spending 16 years in public relations for a land-grant university. She holds a BS with distinction in agricultural communication from Purdue University and her master's program in mass communication at Purdue focused on science and risk communication.

Materials - Culminating Activity
Per group of 4-6 students:
Optional: 1 CD-R disc and CD-RW burner
- 1 copy of Grading Rubric
- 1 computer with Adobe Premiere editing software
Have students keep a tally count of all organisms found in the water or soil and research their role in the ecosystem. Are they an indicator of good water/soil or pollution?
Have students conduct water quality or soil analysis test on the materials collected and report back the results.
Have the students look at the sea ice coverage currently shown on the Water in the Earth System Web site. Ask them to research what factors affect this figure.
Have students write a press release of their findings and the significance of this information to the local community.
- Encourage students to participate in local watershed education and pollution control programs. Ask them to contact the local river keeper or water authority for more information on water conditions in the local area.
- Ask students to attend a community planning board/zoning meeting. They will need to take notes of any proposed building or zoning changes made at the meeting. Then research how these changes will affect the local aquifer or water supply.

What's in a catchment? What are the differences between the upper, middle and lower regions of a catchment? Students work in teams to construct a giant jigsaw puzzle to study the factors that affect water quality.
Stormwater story (years 3–6)
How does litter and rubbish end up in our rivers and creeks? Students act out a journey down the Yarra River from catchment to coast to see how humans impact stormwater quality.
Water smart city (years 3–10)
Explore stormwater and pollution in the Lego city! Students are introduced to the impacts of stormwater on our waterways and bays. Working with the model, students address stormwater issues and adapt the city to make it water smart.
Water recycling model (years 5–10)
This model helps students better understand where our water comes from and the ways that recycled water can be used in horticulture, agriculture, industry and recreation. Real water flows over the model's catchment landscape with sound effects and track lighting showing different features of the model in action.
Wetland food chain game (years 3–6)
What happens to our food chain when there are too many predators? Students find out through this interactive game, which illustrates the food cycle and energy transfer in our special wetland environments. The game demonstrates the effects of pollution and predators on the transfer of energy between trophic levels.
What goes where? (years 3–7)
Where should household wastes go? What can go onto the compost heap, the recycling bin or the trash? What should go into the sewerage and stormwater systems? In this interactive game, student teams actively debate the answer to these questions.
Micro-organisms at work (years 7–9)
Discover the micro-organisms that play an important role in the biological treatment of wastewater at the Western Treatment Plant. Learn about how different environments in the treatment process are managed to encourage different micro-organisms to go to work.
The Water Discovery Centre brings the water cycle to life for visitors through engaging displays. Visitors can interact with the displays to learn more about:
the urban water cycle
water supply from our protected catchments
what happens to the water we flush down the toilet or pour down the sink
The centre is open by appointment only. Register your interest by calling us on 131 722.

- Make a diagram showing how people obtain water in your state.
- Make a glossary that includes words and pictures and distinguishes different types of bodies of water (e.g., bays, lakes, ponds, oceans, rivers, streams, etc.).
- Make a model of a watershed.
5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th Grade
Tips: The intermediate projects are more challenging that the elementary projects and you may expect students to be able to carry them out with more independence.
- Collect water from different locations (e.g., tap, puddle, pond, lake, ocean, rain), and examine it under the microscope. Identify what you see.
- Make a 2-D or 3-D map of the ocean floor with labels for main features.
- Explain the relationships of bodies of water to weather (e.g., Gulf Stream, lake effect, etc.)
- Diagram the effects of ocean currents.
- Find a tide table here: http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/ and click through to get a plot of tide predictions for a month. Print it and annotate it with data about the phases of the moon and how they related.
- Write a report on what you find to be the three most interesting bottom dwellers in the ocean.
- Create a model of a molecule of water.
- Set an ice cube on a dish. Write 100 observations about it.
- Pretend you don’t know the boiling and freezing points of water. Design experiments to discover them.
- Create a poster to illustrate the erosive effects of water.
9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th Grade
Tips: These projects for high school students can be adapted or extended to fit an advanced curriculum. They can also be altered in mid-stream if the student makes discoveries that suggest reshaping the project would be fruitful. For long projects, plan check-in points to help your student maintain focus.
- Collect water from different locations (e.g., tap, puddle, pond, lake, ocean, rain), and test it to identify its chemical make-up. Create a chart or graph to show your findings.
- Create a project to illustrate the importance of the ocean’s salinity to the world. Consider events such as Gandhi’s Salt Satyagraha as well as food fish, the water cycle, etc.

Water, Water Everywhere!
Through various activities, students get a comprehensive understanding of the cycle of water.
- Grades: 3–5
During this unit, students will write about how the same water has been reused for millions of years while describing the roles precipitation, evaporation, and condensation play in the water cycle. Each student will build a 3-D cloud that includes a labeled diagram of the water cycle, ten important facts about water, the definitions of eight water words, and a writing piece they publish describing how the water cycle works.
- Understand how the same water has been used over and over again through the water cycle
- Develop a list of ten important facts about water
- Define and use words associated with the water cycle
- Write a summary of how the water cycle functions
- Follow step-by-step directions to create a three-dimensional cloud with several components
Lesson Plans for this Unit
Lesson 2: Send in the Clouds
After students have assembled their clouds, hang them around the classroom and hallways for all to enjoy. After seeing our display, many of our staff members stop by each year by to tell the class what a great job they did.

She has provided a valuable primer on hydrology, and a concise overview of the key threats to water quality. She includes lesson plans covering topics such as scarcity and pollution problems abroad, a description of the water cycle, local watersheds, water usage and purification. This is a very well organized unit that will provide students with a basic foundation of knowledge in the field of water resources.
Sharron Solomon-McCarthy teaches sixth grade students in special education and faces exceptional challenges in teaching science to these students with diverse learning disabilities. Her unit, "Kids Conserve…Water Preserved," is designed to be multi-sensory. Students will prepare a PowerPoint presentation that describes a specific water management problem. She will also use anagrams to teach important vocabulary in the field of hydrology and water resources. Each student will also conduct a household survey of water consumption, to help them understand waste and the potential of conservation. This is well-organized, articulate and very thoughtful unit that will surely command the students' interests.
Roberta Mazzucco teaches third grade and designed the unit, "Water: Our Most Important Beverage." With superb organization, Roberta uses a question-based method to teach basic science about global water availability and cycling, the source of local drinking water, treatment options, basic problems of pollution, and the strengths and limits of government attempts to manage water quality. Each section includes relevant activities. She also discusses what the students can do to conserve and protect their water quality. The unit is clearly written and the documentation should help others who wish to strengthen their curricula.
Joanne Pompano teaches science to visually impaired high school students. Her unit, "The New Haven Oyster Industry and Water Quality" includes accurate overviews of hydrology and ecology. Oysters are especially sensitive to some types of pollutants, and since they are commonly eaten raw, they may cause serious illness if contaminated with bacteria or viruses. Joanne reviews the key threats posed by toxic substances and wastes associated with agricultural and industrial activity. She also explores the special hazards posed by sewage treatment plant overflows that commonly occur during storms, flushing microbes and toxic substances into estuarine environments threatening both ecological and human health.
Laura Pringleton teaches fourth and fifth grade general science and designed a unit entitled, "Water Will, Water Way." She believes the marine environment provides a scientific laboratory to search for new pharmaceutical agents that could treat serious human illness.

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$0.99This fun and fact-filled activity booklet features fascinating information and action-packed games about all aspects of the Hudson River. PDF ebook edition. Learn More
Contact Coordinator for PricingThe Project WET Curriculum and Activity Guide 2.0 continues Project WET’s dedication to 21st-century, cutting-edge water education. Now in full color, Guide 2.0 offers new activities on topics such as National Parks and storm water, fully revised and updated activities from the original Guide and the very best activities gathered from all of Project WET’s publications. Learn More
$1.25Children ages eight to twelve explore the fascinating water science of Lake Tahoe in this colorful, engaging, and comprehensive activity booklet. Learn More
In order to provide educators with flexible training opportunities, Project WET now offers an Online Refresher Course for those who have taken a Project WET workshop and would like to obtain our new Curriculum and Activity Guide 2.0. The course is available in both Flash and PDF formats, is self-directed and self-paced, and you can begin the course before your book arrives.Learn More

Water Planet Challenge Workshop: Out the Spout & Down the Drain to b presented by The Character Education Partnership and Earth Echo International, Nov. 1 from 9 a.m. to noon. To reserve a please visit www.character.org/
Teachers will learn how to integrate service-learning and citizen journalism into their academic lessons and how to provide students a comprehensive understanding of local water quality issues. The workshop will empower students to become community leaders to benefit the health of our water planet.
The informative workshop will be taught by Cathy Berger Kaye, renowned author and service learning consultant, and Kyra Kristof of EarthEcho International. During the event, they will highlight:
Out the Spout--- why filtered tap water is always best; find out how you can become part of the Anti-Bottle movement that helps communities kick their plastic water bottle habit while raising money for water-related projects in their own backyard or across the globe.
Down the Drain--- tools you can use to investigate what is going down your drain; develop and implement a plan to defend your drain (and others) from toxins.
Citizen Journalism--- how multi-media documentation of the service-learning process enhances student achievement and gives youth a voice in protecting the environment as citizen journalists.
After completing the event, teachers will have a curriculum they can easily implement, and all attendees will leave feeling energized and ready to take positive action.
The workshop is part of the National Forum on Character Education, held Nov 1-4 at the Renaissance Hotel Washington, DC. For more information about the conference, please visit www.character.org/
This year’s forum will bring together more than 800 educators, researchers, scholars, and business leaders all looking for the latest information on many of education’s hottest topics – including service learning. If you are interested in this workshop, you may also be interested in attending breakout sessions such as “In Youth We Trust,” also led by Kaye and “Fostering Good Character in a Globalized World,” led by Zoe Weil of the Humane Society.
Character Education Partnership (CEP) is a national advocate and leader for the character education movement. Based in Washington, DC, we are a nonprofit, nonpartisan, nonsectarian coalition of organizations and individuals committed to fostering effective character education in our nation’s schools. We provide the vision, leadership and resources for school, families and communities to develop ethical citizens committed to building a just and caring world.

Energy and Water
Suitable for: Upper KS2
These three resource sheets combine to help a school investigate the issues behind energy wastage and include: investigating people's behaviour in the building, interviewing the adults in charge of energy use to discover how the system is managed and an investigation of the hot and cold spots.
Suitable for: Primary and Secondary Schools (KS 2/3)
ActionAid provide 10 lessons, each containing suggested lesson plans and resources around energy saving. There are films online. These could be compressed to fit into one half term, six lessons.
Suitable for: KS2
7 lesson plans for KS2 pupils covering hot and cold spots in the classroom, energy efficiency in the home, energy investigations and story activities.
Suitable for KS 1 - 4
Our planet website provides lesson plans, engaging video clips, quizzes and power points on climate change and renewable energy.
Suitable for KS2 - 4, this renewable energy challenge puts students' competitive spirits to the test.
Students are given minimal materials and asked to design a wind powered machine that can lift a weighted cup off the floor. Teachers instruction sheets, related video clips and even certificates are provided.
Suitable for KS3
An exciting challenge and competition to design and build flood-resistant homes: Flooding due to climate change can have a devastating effect on people's lives. Set on the fictitious island of Watu, pupils explore how STEM skills can be used to help communities be better prepared for flooding.
Suitable for: KS2/3
Working in teams pupils explore issues around renewable energy in the developing world and build their own wind turbines.
Suitable for KS2/3/4
Go to the above link to send for WaterAid's free resource pack.
Suitable for KS2/3
A great exercise for learning about renewable energy.
The Water Crisis lesson plans are available for a variety of ages.
Supporting Materials and Projects
Suitable for: Primary and Secondary
Range of information and newsletters suggesting ways to embed sustainable energy and water in the curriculum.
Suitable for: Primary and Secondary Schools (KS 2 - 4)
Activity cards and accompanying information sheets of various qualities. Good source of short class activities.

As a class, they participate in an activity in which they discover the amount of drinkable water on Earth and are introduced to the water cycle. In groups, they make their own model of an aquifer and experiment with different objects to see the effects of pollution and how water is purified.
Students examine historical sources by analyzing images in a slide-show. In this historical research lesson, students view a PowerPoint presentation of images from the U.S. in pre-Columbian times. Students discuss the imagery among their classmates and analyze the relationship between the Native Americans and the colonists.
Third graders create a KWL chart about water. In this environmental science lesson, 3rd graders demonstrate how much water on Earth is usable. They act out the different stages of the water cycle.
Third graders investigate primary documents to explore the history in Ipswich. In this Ipswich activity, 3rd graders observe the Ebsco mural panels and gather information about Ipswich. Students work in groups of five to explore the panels. Students complete a worksheet on their panel.

It's a dirty job but someone has to do it -- S.K. Worm, the official annelid, or worm, of the Natural Resources Conservation Service helps students explore and learn about soil.
Fun S.K. Worm interactive features and activities
Colorful drawings and cartoon characters make this a hit as you learn about the importance of keeping our hometown water clean and clear. This features characters like Major Mulcher and Not-Till Bill and includes a 10 question water quiz.
Order the Resource Packet
This is a 32-page booklet aimed at a fifth grade audience and is full of fun facts about farmers and ranchers. It explains where food comes from, how it is produced and the benefits of conservation. (2007)
Download the For the Good of the People booklet
The NRCS water cycle poster is back by popular demand.
The newly-designed poster shows the elements of the water cycle through a diverse landscape. The back of the poster includes a variety of information and activities that teachers can use to get students of all ages engaged in water conservation.
Watch animated water cycle on YouTube
Learn more and/or purchase your copy
NRCS provides educational resources to teachers, students and parents. These learning tools feature valuable information and agriculture/conservation resources
Educational links and valuable resources

- why the UK is under water stress, and the effect on resource management and supply and demand security for water supply,
- about the environmental implications of water and sewage treatment in the UK,
- how sustainable drainage solutions and water efficiency strategies link into the UK’s environmental goals,
- the link between hot water and increased CO2 emissions and how personal water choices impact on climate change,
- the three P’s
Initially designed and delivered for Year 10 GCSE Geography students, it has also been adapted in a simpler form for Year 8 and Year 9 students. All pupils receive a shower timer.
A sustainable water cycle (KS3,4)

Clean Watersheds for All Oceania
Founder, Lisa Hinano Rey has been working with non-profits, community partners and schools on Oahu training youth ages 12 to 20 on use of scientific equipment and methods for collecting water quality data since 2014. Students learn about water pollutions, its impacts and scientific methods for measuring water quality. In addition to raising awareness about the importance of clean fresh water resources in vulnerable island communities, the program increases the interest of Oceaniaʻs youth in the disciplines of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM), and to prepare students ages 12-20 for career possibilities. The Program aims to establish long-term, sustainable connections between researchers, public and private sector businesses and community. By using a citizen science approach that includes youth and community participation in the research process, the role of scientists in society and the scientific process can be demystified.
While teaching with the tools and methods of cutting edge Western science, we value and underscore the ancestral knowledge of our tupuna in the Pacific Islands. Without their incredible deep ecological knowledge, our communities and the indigenous peoples of Oceania, would have not thrived in our islands for thousands of years. We make it a priority to center the knowledge of the tupuna in our curriculum by asking questions such as, How did tupuna acquire the knowledge to become good land managers?, How are the tupuna ways similar or different to today’s methods?, and What is the evidence that tupuna were more skilled land managers than we are today?
Co-founder, Vehia Wheeler, has been establishing partnerships with agencies, business partners and community members in Tahiti and Mo’orea, for over a year now, who are excited to extend this program to French Polynesia. Our goal for 2020 and beyond is to serve the communities of French Polynesia educating the next generation of citizen scientists of Oceania using our ancestral knowledge in partnership with STEM methods.
Contributions to this endeavor help SOS MOOREA to purchase the scientific instruments and supplies for rigorous hands on learning.

Request an educational workshop
WaterAid workshops are suitable for Grades 2 - 8. Where possible, activities are curriculum-linked and include educational games, quizzes and exercises to inspire group discussion.
Please use the form below to request a workshop, and we'll do our best to meet your requirements.
As all of our workshops are run from our small New York team, so please allow a minimum of four weeks' notice for us to process your request.
If you'd like to find out more about our workshops, simply email Elena from the Community team.

EVERY DROP COUNTS has been developed by the Alberta Irrigation Projects Association in conjunction with the United Nations Water for Life Decade, Iunctus Geomatics, and Alberta Education. The EVERY DROP COUNTS project includes a complete set of approved curriculum materials and resources for Alberta’s grade 8 teachers and students.
International Development - Check the Youth Zone page on the Canadian government website to learn about support given to a number of water-related projects in developing countries.
Stream to Sea - K to 12 education to understand, respect and protect freshwater, estuarine and marine ecosystems, and to recognize how all humans are linked to these complex environments.
Earth Force - Earth Force engages young people as active citizens who improve the environment and their communities now and in the future. Earth Force works with communities to support young people in finding their voice while assuming leadership roles in solving local environmental problems.
The Water Page - You’re just a kid, what could you possibly do as one person that might make a difference when it comes to saving water . . . visit this site for some ideas to get you started!
City of Edmonton - Offers curriculum-connected Grade 4, 5 and 8 programs that will help teach students about storm water and wastewater drainage systems.
Environment Canada - Freshwater web site - Learn more about Environment Canada’s role in water management, and how the Department is helping to ensure that our water resources are used wisely, both economically and ecologically.
The Groundwater Foundation - Kids Corner - Educational information, games and activities for students and educators on groundwater
Children's Water Education Council - Information on how to host a Children’s Water Festival in your community.
World Water Day – March 22 - The international observance of World Water Day is an initiative that grew out of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro.
Water Conservation Fun and Games for Kids - Move through the house, exploring each room to discover water saving tips and hidden videos
Wetlands (Ducks Unlimited Canada) - Parents - learn about wetland conservation with your family. Educators – action projects, lesson plans, and more for your classrooms.
Save the Water - nonprofit organization dedicated to solving the world water crisis through excellence in water science research.
Storm and Waste Water
Yellow Fish Road Program – Trout Unlimited Canada has proven to be a huge success in getting Canada’s youth involved in coldwater conservation.

Partners & Schools
High School Volunteers
Each May, over one hundred Grade 4, 5 and 6 students from area schools attend the Georgian Bay Water Festival at Killbear Provincial Park, a core area of the GBB. Local elementary schools participate in the festival on a rotating basis, with more than 1,800 students attending the water festival since 2007. The event depends the leadership of 35 to 40 Parry Sound High School volunteers.
The Festival brings students together to spend a fun, educational day learning about water ecology and conservation, including local issues such as invasive species and water pollution. The activities help students become more aware of how water is used in their home, classroom and community. For example, a classic Water Festival activity is called From the Bay and Back Again. Students pretend to be one of twelve specific parts of a water cycle; from rain, to shower, to treatment plant, to Georgian Bay. Students determine the order of their water cycle then come up with a sound and action that represents their word. Once the water cycle is acted out completely, students discuss components of the water cycle, how clean, treated water is delivered to homes, and how water is continually reused.
All Water Festival activities are hands on, examples include: Rolling In The Watershed – a watershed based activity; Murder Handshake – about invasive Phragmites; What a Waste – a water conservation contest; and No Water Off a Duck’s Back – about sustainable development, oil spills and chemical pollutants’ effect on water fowl.
Killbear Provincial Park staff lead a biology station where students learn about algae, plants and invertebrates in the food chain and can observe them in an aquarium. Then kids use nets to collect underwater creatures like water beetles, minnows, and dragonfly larvae. Another station is led by special guests from area First Nations who speak to students about Anishinabek culture and the significance of water.
GBB staff thank all of the partners that help make this event successful, and are extremely grateful for the volunteer time from the Parry Sound High School students and Mr. Graham Poole.
Check out the Parry Sound Water Festival Guide – a ‘how to’ for running your own Water Festival!
Check how much water your family uses and compare it to the Canadian average.

From Sierra Crest to the Coastal Ocean Workshop | Manteca, CA | April 29, 2017
Project WET’s mission is to reach children, parents, teachers and community members of the world with water education that promotes awareness of water and empowers community action to solve complex water issues. We achieve our mission by:
Project WET USA
Launched in North Dakota in 1984, Project WET has developed a nationwide network of organizations and individuals dedicated to providing world-class water education to people of all ages. Our USA Network includes state agencies, municipal utilities, zoos and aquariums, faith-based organizations, colleges and universities and many other organizations with an interest in water and education throughout all 50 states.
Project WET International
Water knows no borders. Because water is by its nature international, we have been working around the world since 1995. We now have partners and host institutions in more than 60 countries, and our materials have been customized, localized and translated for countries ranging from China to Uganda. Just as with our U.S.-based water education efforts, our international work varies by area and topic. Many of these resources are available free of charge thanks to partnerships with international and U.S. organizations such as USAID and UN-HABITAT.
OUR CORE BELIEFS
Our publications, training workshops, global network and community events are grounded in the following core beliefs:
Water connects us all
Water moves through living and nonliving systems and binds them together in a complex web of life.
Water is for all
Water of sufficient quality and quantity is vital for all water users (energy producers, farmers and ranchers, fish and wildlife, manufacturers, recreationists, rural and urban dwellers).
Water must be
Water resources management and education are crucial for providing tomorrow’s children with social and economic stability in a healthy and sustainable environment.
Water depends on
Awareness of and respect for water resources can encourage a personal, lifelong commitment of responsibility and positive community participation.

Water in all its forms is one of the most dramatic of today's arenas in which informed, responsible, and constructive actions are needed. Aquatic WILD uses the simple, successful format of Project WILD activities and professional training workshops but with an emphasis on aquatic wildlife and aquatic ecology.
The Aquatic WILD program and curriculum guide is available to formal and nonformal educators who attend an Aquatic WILD training through our Project WILD state partners. For more information, please click on “Get Training.” If you’re already an Aquatic WILD educator, feel free to browse the many resources found to the right for unit planning, WILD Work, In Step with STEM, field investigations, and more!
What’s New for Aquatic WILD?
Ongoing updates to Project WILD and Aquatic WILD materials build upon developments in wildlife conservation needs as well as advances in instructional methodology in PreK through 12th grade education. A key milestone in the expansion of Project WILD is the new edition of Aquatic WILD K-12 Curriculum & Activity Guide.
Included in the new edition:
Field investigation activities in Aquatic WILD enable students to learn methods and protocol for conducting scientific investigations, including how to formulate a research question, engaging in systematic data collection, and drawing conclusions.
In Step with STEM activity extensions make use of a variety of tools and instruments, from litmus tests to smartphone applications, and involve students in the application of technology, science concepts, and math skills as part of their problem-solving efforts (see the “In Step with STEM” box to the right for more information and resources).
"Working for Wildlife" is a new activity that explores occupations in wildlife conservation through a simulated job fair and interview process.
WILD Work career components are now included to tie real occupations in the fields of wildlife management and conservation with every lesson (see the “WILD Work” box to the right for links to wildlife occupation videos and resources).
Outdoor components have been built into activity procedures and/or extensions to maximize student time outdoors.
Activities on fish conservation and angling include "Gone Fishing," an activity that combines angling and student investigations of local fish species, and "Conservation Messaging," which involves students with video or online media in order to deliver a conservation message about a selected species or issue.
New reference information for educators includes planning for teaching units, methods for conducting site inventories, resource pages, and expanded grade level correlations.

We then, after discussing the foregoing with the teachers or organizers select the sampling site or sites based on these points; collectively we visit the site(s) before the field trip day.
Sect. II: Choosing the Sampling Stations at the Field Trip Site:
The number of stations depends on the number of students participating, and what questions you address with your program. Examples:
- If you want to establish baseline information on the water body’s overall health, select a wide variety of stations to insure random sampling.
- If you know where a discharge source comes into the waterway, set up three sampling stations: one control station above that point, a second one immediately downstream from the discharge, and a third further downstream of the impact where the water has at least partially recovered from the impact.
Sect. III: Choosing Your Project Goals:
Research and obtain (or have the students gather) information about the waterway such as maps and information on the watershed boundaries, geography, geology, recreational uses, fish and wildlife data, water quality data, demographic information, as well as development and employment information.
The more information you have at hand, the easier it is to get a clear picture of the watershed. Based on the information you find about your waterway, brainstorm ideas to determine what project the young people want to address.
Sect. IV: Classroom Presentations Prior Field Trip
The following classroom presentations may assist the teacher or organizer in preparing Sect: III. The teacher or field trip coordinator will present either a printed copy or class room presentation of the following OWLS™ material.
Purpose: Bring awareness prior to field trip on principal purpose of the field study and provide participants with insight of topics that will be covered. The STOKE™ in classroom follow-up program is optional but recommended.
K-4 classroom pre field trip presentation
[Time allotted 30 minutes] Please contact us on form below for entire Free Teachers Aid
Where does our drinking water come from?
The Water Cycle:
TEACHERS NOTE: Field Trip Monitoring Equipment
OWLS™ provide all equipment that is necessary for the children’s water sample collection and analysis lab. Safety is one of our main concerns and all equipment is top of the industry standard when it comes to your child’s safety.
Sect.

US Geological Survey: The Water Cycle The Georgia state office of the USGS provides a very basic and kid-oriented site to explain various aspects of the water cycle, including following a single drop of water through the cycle's main stages.
The Groundwater Foundation Kid's Corner This site includes a vast array of information on both groundwater issues and how groundwater relates to the hydrologic cycle. The site also provides information and activities aimed at both students and educators.
USGS: Science in Your Watershed The US Geological Survey provides a site to help find scientific information of watershed s across the United States. This information includes links to help locate a watershed in your area, science and information related to each watershed, and various data measurements to help learn more and understand a particular watershed.
The Urban Water Cycle This diagram illustrates how humans affect water cycle functions in an urban city setting, and shows the unique features it encompasses, including sewage, irrigation, and water treatment.
DATA & MAPS
EPA: Surf Your Watershed This EPA website has a clickable map of the United States to help locate information about all the watersheds in the nation, with links with additional information regarding the profile and health of each one.
FOR THE CLASSROOM
The Whole Water Cycle This activity, by the University of Washington 's Department of Atmospheric Sciences K-12 pages, allows students ? both young and old ? to perform an experiment using a plant to observe the entire water cycle.
The National Health Museum ? Activities Exchange: Who Dirtied the Water? Middle and high school students will learn about water pollution and filtration in this hands-on activity modified by Carmen Hood from the SEER Water Project and Ginger Hawhee and Sandy McCreight from Omaha North High School. The activity also improves problem-solving skills by having students create their own filtration techniques and discuss possible solutions for water pollution.

Curricula For Teachers
Various classroom curricula focusing on different water issues are available to teachers throughout Santa Barbara County. There is a small fee associated with obtaining most of these materials. Ordering information is listed for each curriculum guide.
Care For Our Earth Grants
K-12 teachers can apply and receive $300 for activities, field trips, or educational supplies that will help you teach your students about water use and conservation, energy efficiency, or traffic reduction. The 2018 Care For Our Earth grant application is simple and easy to apply for. Download the Application here. All applications are due Friday, November 9, 2018. To view projects of previous grant recipients and to apply, visit the County Office of Education website.
Curriculum Workshops and Guides
Project WET and EEI Hands-on Educator Workshop and Teacher Training
Teachers can attend the workshop for free and receive free copies of the Project WET Curriculum & Activity Guide while, EEI- Education & the Environment Initiative curriculum units for your classroom, and curriculum from Department of Water Resources. Project WET Guide 2.0 Contains 65 Complete Lesson Plans of Water. Curriculum is designed to meet State Common Core Content Standards. Curriculum Matrix Helps Educators determine specific skills, topics, and standards. The workshops are taught by trained and certified educators from the CREEC Network. For more info and upcoming workshops, visit the CREEC website.
Lesson Plans from the California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom (K-12)
The California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom (CFAITC) offers a number of lesson plans focusing on various agricultural issues. Lessons and units are correlated to the frameworks for California Public Schools and have been written, field tested and reviewed by educators. Cooperative learning, individual and group problem solving and critical thinking activities encourage students to "construct" their own knowledge about agricultural concepts while developing skills in science, mathematics, English/language arts, history/social science, health/nutrition and the visual and performing arts. For more information, including downloadable lesson plans, or to order print copies, please contact CFAITC at (800) 700-AITC or www.cfaitc.org.
Ground Water Education (7th-12th)
This package offers lesson plans and materials that focus on groundwater, aquifers, and groundwater pollution. Laboratory sessions, classroom activities, reproducible worksheets, overhead masters and background information is included in the Teacher's Guide.

If you are looking for inspiring children through aesthetic materials, Waseca Biomes is always a winner. After having read about the impressive story of water, my 7 year old learner remembered about the “hydrolic” cycle he learned with his primary teacher. They conducted experiments, constructed projects, prepared a dramatization, and sang a song as they danced:
🎶” Water travels in a cycle, yes it does! It goes up as evaporation, forms clouds as accumulation, and goes down as precipitation, yes it does!” 🎶
So here it is, the gorgeous Water Cycle mat from Waseca. It comes, as always, with a teacher’s guide, and several manipulatives. Waseca is also great at displaying in all honesty the content of their materials on the Website (get $15 off code by entering your email).
The guide suggests introducing the materials in this order:
- Water Cycle facts
- Water Cycle work
- Grammar cards
- Weather and Climate
The first presentation on atmosphere contains valuable information such as the etymology of the layers names, distances between each layer, elements, types of man-made devices found in each layer (jets, satellites…), and the sun’s rays effect. My 7 year old can not read the cards and comprehend them as as well his 9 year old sister. You must present the materials and explain what the children might be able to do independently. That is why, I jazzed up the presentation by adding a manipulative from ETC Montessori.
The second presentation invites children to explore the four stages of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, preparation, collection). The Water Cycle mat contains such great details; it is an asset to illustrate each process, and keep learners engaged.
The Water Cycle cards also bring awareness of the scarcity of fresh water. I had the children observe as I was drawing a diagram of the water available for us, based on the information we were reading. We read, 96.5% of the water is in the ocean, 1.7% underground, 1.7% is frozen. What’s left to drink, right?!
For the third presentation, you have arrows to read and place on the mat. The control of error is the picture on the back of each arrow (genius!). There’s also a control of error located at the back of the teacher’s guide.

They have programs for K - 12 that encourage your students to discover the wonder of ocean science without leaving the school grounds.
Game of Life
What does overfishing mean? What are the effects of overfishing on fish stocks? This grade 6-8, standards-based lesson plan tackles these difficult questions.
Learn how to create and see samples of program evaluation plans and an environmental education literature review. There are also tools and techniques for evaluation, examples of objectives and goals, an evaluation glossary and an online resource guide to evaluation.
Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary is located off the coast of Santa Barbara and Ventura counties in California. Download this fun coloring book to discover the sharks and rays of the Channel Islands.
Teach your students the seven essential principles of ocean literacy with these colorful and engaging cards that can be used following the "Each One, Teach One" methodology.
The movie "Nim's Island" tells the fictional story of an adventurous girl named Nim, who lives on a remote island in the South Pacific. Check out the fun educational resources related to this movie.
This activity book teaches students the about the seabirds and shorebirds that live in and migrate to Hawaii (pdf, 3.7MB). You can also visit the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale kid's page to download fun activities and posters.
Learn more about the National Marine Sanctuaries of the West Coast through this downloadable west coast field guide. Explore the habitats, wildlife and culture of these five sanctuaries, and how they are all interconnected by ocean currents. Also discover how to practice daily conservation and get involved.
Check out Jean-Michel Cousteau's "Ocean Adventure" as KQED continues to produce short videos appropriate to bring the ocean into your classroom.
Dive into Education ocean science workshop provides teachers with educational expertise, resources and training to support ocean and climate literacy in the classroom. Workshops have been held in Hawaii, Georgia and American Samoa. Check out the archive to find out more.
Are you interested in learning about rocky intertidal and sandy beach monitoring techniques? Would you like to set up a field monitoring site with your students? If so, check out the professional development opportunities we have available.
The annual Down Under, Out Yonder (DUOY) workshop is for K-12 and college entry educators nationwide.

The ACPWQ offers presentations and lessons about water resources for any school or civic group. These presentations can be either hands-on or lecture format. They can be tailored to water related subject matter that your group would most like to explore. Example topics include: Conserving Water, What's a Watershed? and Green Landscaping.
Contact us for more information or to schedule a presentation.
The City of Fort Wayne offers tours of the Three Rivers Water Filtration Plant and the Water Pollution Control Plant (WPCP). These tours are usually offered to students from third grade level upwards. This is a wonderful way to teach young residents where their drinking water comes from and how wastewater is handled when it leaves their homes.
For more information about:
- the Three Rivers Water Filtration Plant (Drinking Water) tours, call 427-1314
- the Water Pollution Control Plant (Waste water) tours, call 427-2427
The St. Joseph River Watershed Initiative (SJRWI) offers presentations about the St. Joseph River Watershed, the source of Fort Wayne and New Haven drinking water. These presentations are offered to groups of all ages.
For more information about the St. Joseph River Watershed presentations call 484-5848 ext. 120.

Condensation. Precipitation. Evaporation.
Over the past three weeks, Episcopal sixth graders have learned all about water, the water cycle and the science behind this precious natural resource. Science teacher Stacy Hill covered water in the atmosphere, in the ocean and on the surface of planet earth. But this lesson went well beyond science, even including a message of empathy.
challenges created from the lack of water. The stories of these children introduce readers to the fact that not everyone has fresh water at the ready. Each chapter closes with a cliffhanger, whether it’s a character becoming sick as a result of drinking dirty water or a character grappling with dangerous wildlife or armed soldiers. Hill says her students are captivated by the book. Each class period they want her to read more and they want to know what happens to Nya and Salva. They also want to help, and ask questions such as:
The book also helps students connect and relate to today’s events. Hill says after students heard about the recent water shortage in South Africa she received several questions about rationing. Closer to home, students discussed the state of Baton Rouge’s water and the Southern Hills Aquifer it depends upon. In addition, Hill makes use of technology as students use Google Maps to measure the distance from the aquifer to their own home or even Woodland Ridge, and then map the distance to the nearest bottled water supplier. Students were then asked to think about the distance a bottle of water travels and the price tag associated with it, versus simply turning on their Baton Rouge tap. The classes also discussed the importance of water conservation and the saltwater intrusion that is occurring within the Baton Rouge aquifer as the result of the 150 million gallons of water used each day. All of this in a simple lesson on water.
At the end of the lesson, students had the opportunity to take action. Classes constructed water filters using a water bottle and materials such as sand, gravel and coffee filters. They formed a hypothesis as to which material would be best at filtering the water. They wrote lab reports. They measured and learned about turbidity.
Ultimately, students gained new scientific understanding. However, that won’t be all they take away from the experience. Likely, they will remember the importance of having clean water and what it’s like for those who do not. They may also remember that even their own water could one day be at risk.

Students listen to, discuss and reflect on the stories and then create a visual understanding of each.
See IDEAS YouTube: Seven Sacred Grandfather Teachings
Water and the Earth with Chris Rawlings
Grades K to 8 | performance with up to 350 as duo
Science: Life Cycles & Systems, Earth & Space, Energy & Matter / Geography / Citizenship Education
From puddles to pebbles, oceans to mountains, children are surrounded by rocks and water no matter where on the earth they live. Drawing on both original and traditional songs, students sing along with Chris as they learn about the changes that occur when the forces of nature are applied to rocks and water, the significance of water on our ecosystems and ultimately our wellbeing.

Water pollution curriculum, Active citizens curriculum
Imagine a classroom where students are mastering social studies and science content as they:
- create digital public service announcements that educate the local community about how to decrease water pollution.
- propose solutions at town hall meetings to keep Puget Sound healthy.
Water, Science, and Civics engages students in these types of lessons. Not only do students master standards, but they also develop 21st century skills related to digital literacy, media literacy, critical thinking, problem solving, collaboration with peers, and taking multiple perspectives. They become thoughtful leaders who participate in problem-solving activities similar to ones they will encounter as active citizens in the future.
Facing the Future, Western Washington University, "Water, Science, and Civics: Engaging Students with Puget Sound, An Interdisciplinary Curriculum Recommended for Grades 6–8" (2011). Facing the Future Publications. 13.
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The lowest division is aimed at children in pre-kindergarten through second grade. The next is for third through fifth graders. There are also lesson plans for students in middle and high schools.
Hinkle-Sanchez said the program for the youngest children teaches very basic lessons in personal space and the concept of “good touch/bad touch.”
As students get older, Hinkle-Sanchez said, they’ll be exposed to a wider range of topics, such as respecting others’ boundaries and concepts surrounding Internet safety.
“We just wanna create this ability for them to be safe,” she said.
Hinkle-Sanchez added that the program isn’t a sex education class and is focused entirely on promoting safety.
Another key issue in the fight against sexual assault is the issue of disclosure.
For instance, the data available from the Guam Police Department, by its very nature, only includes the number of rapes that are reported to law enforcement.
As a result, it’s unknown exactly how many sexual assaults occur but go unreported.
Not disclosing abuse
A survey by the U.S. Justice Department a couple years ago found that only 28 percent of people who said they had been raped also said they reported the attack to law enforcement.
Hinkle-Sanchez said underreporting is an issue here as well.
“It’s always been an underreported crime because not many victims know where to go to get help, or know what to do or they’re scared to get help,” she said.
In many cases, she added, attacks go unreported because they occur between family members.
“Sometimes they do tell another family member and, because it’s family, they try to do what they can to protect inside without getting law enforcement and the judicial system involved,” she said.
That leads to issues of parents who aren’t effectively protecting children against attackers within the family.
“And so the victim feels hopeless,” she said.
In order to address that as well, the proposed curriculum will also involve the issue of disclosing abuse when it occurs.
“What can you do if something happened to your friend? Who can you go to?” Hinkle-Sanchez said. “What can you do to help your friend?”
Teaching that, she said, would ideally resolve the issues of children finding themselves with nobody to whom they can turn.
“There’s your teachers, there’s your counselors. Develop a list of people you can trust,” she said.
It also instructs teachers on what signs to look for, and how to recognize possible abuse.

Here are some fun ways you can teach your children to be good stewards of this precious resource everyday.
If you’re taking a car trip this summer, kill some time and keep the kids occupied with a fun “I Spy” game for water.
As you drive along, have the kids “spy” people using water. They might see a pool (people playing) or someone washing a car (cleaning).
Sighting water will draw their attention to the many uses of this resource and let them see first hand if the water is being wasted. Count the number of “sightings”
and see who has a better water-eye!
As they spot each use of water, give them an extra point for spotting “water hogs” or those instances where water is being wasted.
Ask them to think of ways that the water could have been saved in that instance – such as shutting off the water hose while soaping up the car.
Have them close their eyes and imagine a globe or a map of the world. Ask them to guess how much water covers Earth. (The answer is 70 percent).
Then ask them how much of that 70 percent we can actually use. They will be surprised to learn that not even one percent is usable freshwater.
At home, try setting up a Water Scavenger Hunt. Count the areas or items in your home that provide or use water (sink, tub, washer,
refrigerator, coffee maker - don’t forget your outdoor sprinklers or spigots).
Then send the children off to identify each item in your home. When their done, count how many items they can match to your list.
They may find items you’ve missed!
Officially proclaim your child the household “Water Detective” and provide them with a kit to do their job.
Put together a bucket that includes a cup that measures ounces, a kitchen timer and food coloring. Have them search for clues that
a “water hog” may be lurking about by checking to see if your sink, toilets, showers, or outdoor spigots have leaks.
If there is a drippy faucet, they can see how much is wasted by placing the measuring cup under the faucet and setting their timer for 10 minutes.
When the timer rings, check the amount of water in the cup. See if they can multiply the number of ounces to illustrate how many gallons are wasted
in a day.

|Down the Drain: Conserving Water By Chris Oxlade
Today, we use water for almost every part of life. Down the Drain is a book for taking action! With the recommendation of a water diary, Oxlade encourages you to put into perspective how much water you use in your daily life in a 24-hour time span. Including why our bodies need water to function.
|A Kid’s Guide to Climate Change and Global Warming: How to Take Action By Cathryn Berger Kaye
Carbon footprints, alternative energies, deforestation, and water conservation are just some of the issues related to climate change and global warming addressed in this book. Kids explore what others in the world have done and are doing to address the problem, find out what their own community needs, and develop a service project. Includes a lot of inspiration to get out there and make a difference!
|Water: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle By Alexandra Fix
Read Water to learn about the importance of water in our lives! Discover how water gets from lakes and rivers to our homes, and where water goes once it is poured down the drain. Learn what happens when water is wasted, and ways to reduce your own water intake.

In addition to the resources you can find here on DrinkTap, below are links to other sites that have information and materials available to
help you learn more about water.*
- Drinking Water Week is celebrated by the American Water Works Association and water providers all across North America during the first full week of May every year. Updated materials are available each January.
- Water's Value AWWA and our partners at the Water Environment Federation have developed a suite of public outreach materials that are available free of charge. The materials, which can be downloaded below, help communicate the value of water and wastewater service and the need for infrastructure investment.
- Free Classroom Lesson Plans from the American Water Works Association include presentations for elementary and high school children, along with lesson plans, handouts and a quiz to assess learning objectives.
- Aquapedia is an online water encyclopedia from the Water Education Foundation.
- Bristol Water’s conservation and education materials.
- The Discovery Channel School offers STEM educational resources, including activities for water.
- EPA's Environmental Education Center offers basic and clear information regarding drinking water and the environment.
- EnviroScape® sells hands-on watershed education products that connect what we do on land to what happens in our rivers, lakes, oceans and groundwater.
- Getwise.org is a conservation education program.
- H2O for Life provides opportunities to young people to raise awareness about the water crisis to provide funds for water, sanitation and hygiene education for a partner school in a developing country.
- H20 University is provided by the Southern Nevada Water Authority.
- Project WET offers classroom-ready teaching aids for water resources awareness.
- Savingwater.org is sponsored by the Saving Water Partnership, a group of local utilities that fund water conservation programs in Seattle and King County.
- SAWS Education is provided by the San Antonio Water System.
- The Water Page offers conservation tips for kids.
- The Water Resources Education Initiative is the U.S. Geological Survey’s educational outreach program.
- WET in the City - Water Education for Teachers - seeks to advance water education and environmental stewardship among urban youth.
- The USGS’s Water Science School is an interactive center focusing on many aspects of water.
If you know of a good water website, please let us know!
*Posting links to these websites does not imply endorsement of their products or services.

For the 2018-19 school year, Community Waters is using the Land and Water Science Kit materials with some additional items added (additional bins, sponge pieces and rain jars).
If the additional materials aren’t provided with your kit, please contact us at firstname.lastname@example.org and we’ll bring them to you at your planning session. We also provide your school specific teacher’s guide and printed color student maps at your planning session.
Materials Used in Each Lesson
Some of the materials provided as a part of the Land and Waters kit aren’t used for this unit. This list of materials is to help you plan for when you will need materials and which items can be left in the bins. We suggest setting aside the materials you won’t need. You could also move the materials you won’t need until lesson 9 into their own bin.
Setting up Stormwater Tubs ASAP
Set up your stormwater tubs before you start the unit so you will have plants growing in three of them by the time you get to lesson 4. This process is described in the “Pre-Unit Prep & Take Home Assignment” section in the teachers manual and there is a teacher training video that walks through the tub set up.
Here is a revised Inventory for the “Land and Water” kit to use when returning your kit (highlighted are the added materials). This year only: please print the sign on the last page of the inventory (or hand write it) and include it with your kit so facilities knows it includes Community Waters materials.
All permanent materials should be cleaned, dried and put in the Land and Water bins before your kit pickup date. This includes the sponges and rain jars but not the soil mix and other things like tin foil that you have used (see inventory list if you are unsure what to include).
The soil mix will clog up sinks! You can disperse the soil mix around bushes in your school’s landscaped area but not in mowed areas as the gravel can be kicked up by lawnmowers. Plants could go in school compost or also outside under bushes. We recommend rinsing materials into buckets to empty outside so the sand doesn’t clog your school’s pipes.

Download Free Curricular Materials to Learn More About Ocean Health
Pacific Science Center has developed a K-8 Teacher’s Guide and an Informal Educator’s Toolkit for you to use in your classrooms, museums, or after school enrichment programs. Lessons and activities in these materials are designed to complement the Around the Americas expedition and enhance student learning about ocean health, including ocean acidification, coral ecology and sustainable fishing.
All lessons are aligned to the Centers for Ocean Science Excellence in Education (COSEE) ocean literacy principles and U.S. and Canadian standards. Activities includes extensions, resources and background, and ideas to adapt the lesson to younger students.
Around the Americas K-8 Teacher’s Guide
The Teacher’s Guide includes six inquiry-based lessons designed for use in the classroom. The lessons target grades 6-8 and include suggestions for teaching younger students.
Click HERE to download the full guide (9 MB .pdf file), or download each lesson (.pdf files) separately by clicking on the links below:
Introduction and Route Map
Lesson 1: Coral, Carbon Dioxide and Calcification
Lesson 2: Inquiry into Ocean Acidification
Lesson 3: Ocean Currents and Marine Debris
Lesson 4: Aerosols and Clouds
Lesson 5: Snapping Shrimp
Lesson 6: Sustainable Fisheries
Recommended Teacher Resources
Around the Americas Informal Educator’s Toolkit
The Informal Educator’s Toolkit includes three activities and is intended for use in museums and after-school programs.
Click HERE to download the full guide (7 MB .pdf file) download each lesson (.pdf files) separately by clicking on the links below:
We invite you to provide feedback on the lessons by emailing firstname.lastname@example.org.

National Assessment of WASH in Schools-Belize
Data from the 2009 assessment of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in Belizean schools are analyzed and presented with regard to the state of WASH facilities, practices and education results from the 2011 evaluation of the “WASH Project” in Southern Belize. The principal challenges for WASH in Belizean schools and elements of effective school WASH administration are also presented.
WASH in Schools Monitoring Package
This package consists of a teacher’s guide and tool set for the monitoring of WASH in Schools by students, including observation checklists, survey questions and special monitoring exercises.The modules are designed to gather key data on all components of WASH such as water, sanitation and handwashing facilities; hygiene knowledge and practices; waste disposal and operation systems.
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Schoolchildren in Emergencies: A Guidebook For Teachers
The guidebook provides the information needed to ensure that every child knows about water, sanitation and hygiene. It provides guidance on safe WASH behaviours that help children, families and teachers stay healthy and avoid lifethreatening diseases. The activities can be adapted based on the country's needs.
Facts For Life
Facts for Life has been developed as a vital resource for those who need it most. It delivers essential information on how to prevent child and maternal deaths, diseases, injuries and violence.
Research Report Series Communication for Development Study: A Culture of Rights
This Communication for Development Study centered on carrying out a study on the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) specific to Children’s Rights that will inform the Communication for Development (C4D) Strategy and that will cut across program sectors in Belize. It aimed at identifying gaps that act as barriers to the full realization of Children’s Rights.
The World Fit for Children
A document that contains the Convention on the Rights of the Child; Optional Protocols, MDG Goals, A World Fit for Us, A World Fit for Children 202 and a World Fit for Children Plus 5.
Samuel Haynes Institute of Excellence: Child-Friendly Space
The Samuel Haynes School of Excellence is an institution where continuous improvements in the academic achievements of its students and the increased participation from community members is common. It serves as one of the few places in Belize City where children can have a safe space to study and to play, the organisation is promoting positive community change and ownership.

Explore, read, play, invent, build and learn — all about water and the rivers and streams in your community
Welcome to River Rangers!
The best way to get kids learning is to build on their curiosity and interests. The River Rangers program is kid-centered with an emphasis on inquiry and creativity.
A 5-day program: adapt it to fit your schedule!
We’ve designed the program to be user-friendly and adaptable. Use the materials each day for five days in a row, or once a week for five weeks (or any other way you like) to add hands-on learning to your summer programming.
River Rangers Toolkit: National Version
This version of River Rangers includes all of the topics, book recommendations, hands-on activities, STEM vocabulary, writing ideas, links to kid-friendly websites and apps, and appendix materials. It does NOT include resources specific to the DC Metro area.
River Rangers Toolkit: DC Metro Version
This version of River Rangers includes all of the topics, book recommendations, hands-on activities, STEM vocabulary, writing ideas, links to kid-friendly websites and apps, and appendix materials.
Bonus! DC Metro connections: You'll find Potomac River and Anacostia River history, news, and other local resources. We've also shared ideas for outings in the DC area, related to the topics you'll be exploring.
Note: Be sure to view and print from Adobe Reader (or an alternative PDF reader), not your web browser.
If you want to choose individual sections of the DC Metro toolkit, just select any of the links below to download and print a PDF.
- Day 1: How rivers are formed
- Day 2: River habitats: who lives here?
- Day 3: People on the river
- Day 4: The water in my cup
- Day 5: Protecting our water
- Water basics (the water cycle and more)
- Facts about water and rivers
- Books about water and rivers
- Water words
- Printable templates
- Reading Rockets tip sheets
Getting yourself ready
- You’ll find an introduction to the concepts covered and recommended books for each day, as well as a list of questions to guide explorations and experiments, and a list of "water words" that kids might not be familiar with.
- Start by gathering books from the list provided from your library.
- Choose fiction and nonfiction books from the list provided.

Safe Water School
Welcome to the Safe Water School
Almost half of the population in developing countries is currently suffering from water-borne diseases. The burden is extremely high: about two million people die annually,mostly young children.The Safe Water School aims to improve this situation by collaborating with schools in the
with an active knowledge transfer to the community.This manual, developed for primary schools in developing countries, is a working tool for teachers, school directors and school staff to turn schools step-by-step into Safe Water Schools. It is designed jointly by SODIS and the Antenna Technologies Foundation and isbased on extensive experience with school programmes in Bolivia and Nepal.We recommend the following use of the manual:
prepare and conduct the lessons is provided at the beginning of the chapter “SchoolLessons”.
For a comprehensive understanding of the Safe Water School, we recommendschool directors and school staff to read entirely the chapters “Safe Water School”,“Infrastructure”, “Application” and “From School to Community” and also the back-ground information in chapter “School lessons”.On our websitewww.sodis.ch/safewaterschool

Educating Young People About Water (EYPAW) guides and water curricula database provide assistance for developing a community-based, youth water education program. These resources target youth and link educators to key community members to build partnerships to meet common water education goals.
Although last revised in 1995, EYPAW resources still offer helpful strategies for planning and evaluating youth water programs in the 21st century, including checklists, references, partner lists, and community action education materials.
Find and select water education curricula.
Use the Educating Young People About Water database to find a curriculum that is appropriate for learners. Curricula listings include education topics and goals, and other unique resources useful in creating a water education opportunity or event.
Work in partnership with local experts.
See A Guide to Program Planning and Evaluation. Use this guide to create a water education program that directly related information and skills to community water issues and inspires personal action to address community needs. Learn to forge links with community partners and identify community or school-ground natural settings where students can practices and reinforces skills taught in the classroom.
Develop a program strategy appropriate to your situation.
See A Guide to Unique Program Strategies. This guide provides brief case studies of 30 unique water education programs that have occurred around the country in a variety of settings including after-school clubs, summer programs, museums, nature center, festivals, and campaigns.
Set goals and find materials to match your program plan.
See A Guide to Unique Program Strategies with an emphasis on nonformal and school enrichment settings. This guide offers a checklist of goals for youth programs that will lead to their understanding of key water concepts.

The Clean Water Program contract with excellent environmental education organizations to provide free programs to schools within Alameda County. Listed below are the providers selected for school year 2017/18 and summaries of their programs.
The Storm Drain Rangers Program educates 3rd through 5th grade students in Alameda county about reducing storm water pollution. Through hands-on investigations, students learn about watersheds, neighborhood-creek-bay-ocean connections, urban runoff pollution and storm water pollution prevention. The Storm Drain Rangers Program consists of three classroom lessons in which students are taught environmental concepts that address California State Science and Social Science Standards. Hands-on activities include creating a clay model of the Bay-Delta Estuary ecosystem, conducting a neighborhood storm drain pollution survey and clean-up, and creating colorful informational posters to teach others about storm drain pollution.
Your K-3 students loved Froggy’s earlier adventures in Froggy to the Rescue, Froggy Takes a Vacation and last year’s Froggy Talk Radio. His campaign to keep Alameda County’s water nice and clean continues in The Froggy Report.
The number of programs offered is limited, and slots are allocated by area on a first come first served basis. If you would like to sign up for a program for school year 2017/2018, please reach out to the provider or contact us.

Resources and Planning
Educational Resource Packs and Teaching Aids
The underwater world supports learning across various subjects headings within the curriculum, including Science, Geography and Art and provides a fantastic opportunity for cross curricular learning in an inspiring environment.
Our NEW, fresh, fun and interactive resource packs provide teacher guidelines and student worksheets. Download the packs and print one copy for each chaperone. The last two pages of the document contain the student explorer sheet that students can complete during (or after) their self-guided journey at the aquarium.
Before your visit to SEA LIFE Arizona, download our classroom teaching aids. These PowerPoint slides aim to inform, encourage discussion and develop your students’ natural interest in the underwater world.
All of our educational materials are based on activities and projects that your class can do before, during and after your visit.
All education programs and resource packs meet the Arizona State Science Standards and are adapted to the student's grade level. Following the lesson, the class embarks on a self-guided tour of the aquarium where they come face-to-face with thousands of sea creatures in displays that recreate their natural habitats.

Nutrition and Water
In Guatemala, 24% of children under five are underweight and 46% suffer stunted growth caused by chronic malnutrition. Many of our students receive little food at home, so healthy and nutritious school meals are vital to their wellbeing ; not only do they help with physical development, they also help them stay focused at school throughout the day.
Prior to our water filter campaign, none of the families we work with had access to safe water. The water they drank and cooked with was dirty and dangerously contaminated and, as a result, the children were frequently ill and absent from classes.
Now, 95% of our families have water filters at home and we'll continue providing them to new ones.

The “2010 Census in Schools: It’s About Us” program was introduced to kindergarten through 12th grade principals in the United States, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands in a letter in April.
The program is designed to provide students in grades K-12 with information about the importance of the 2010 Census.
The Census Bureau hopes students will share this information with their adult household members and they, in turn, will answer the census questionnaire.
The federal government conducts a census every 10 years to collect information about the people and housing of the United States.
The Census Bureau will send Census in Schools program brochures to all grade 9 through 12 principals, social studies department chairs and school service coordinators this summer.
The Census in Schools program will offer:
- Age-specific educational materials, which include maps displaying population counts and other demographic information, and lesson plans grouped by grade and correlated to national standards for math, geography and language arts.
- Kits for principals, containing maps, a program brochure, information about online lessons, mini-teaching guides and family take-home kits.
- Online resources for teachers, including lesson plans, family take-home kits, event ideas and census data to teach students and their families about the census’ role in American history, current events and more.
The interactive, user-friendly Census in Schools Web site features memory games, word finds, state facts, coloring pages and research project ideas.
All “2010 Census in Schools: It’s All About Us” program materials will be available online for educators, students, parents and the public in August.

This database of water-related educational materials contains information on 160 nationally reviewed curricula for grades K-12. The database can be searched alphabetically, by grade level, or by topic and/or instructional format. The information provided includes a detailed description, costs (if any), and contact information for obtaining a desired curriculum.
This description of a site outside SERC has not been vetted by SERC staff and may be incomplete or incorrect. If you
have information we can use to flesh out or correct this record let us know.
Subject: Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Biology, Geoscience:Hydrology Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity Grade Level: Middle (6-8), Intermediate (3-5), Primary (K-2), High School (9-12) Topics: Hydrosphere/Cryosphere, Human Dimensions/Resources, Chemistry/Physics/Mathematics, Biosphere
CMS authors: link to this resource in your page using [resource $master_id]

Judges Award for ‘Education across waters’
WINNER: Global Action Plan
Water Explorer is a fun, web-based educational programme that inspires 8-14-year-olds to learn about water issues and develop the confidence to act on them. Delivered in 11 countries, students work together to save their virtual reservoirs by completing a series of innovative Challenges organised into four themes:
Water Explorer has already inspired 79,000 children to complete a Challenge and saved over 1.3 million cubic metres of water. Through links to international research, it also aims to strengthen and track the changes in intrinsic values such as care for the environment.

Toolkits are for interactive presentations on environmental topics. They work well for schools, non-profits, scouts, churches and other community groups. Content is designed for youth ages 5-12, but can be adjusted for groups of any age. When a kit is reserved, you will also receive a presentation outline geared toward your group.
Learn how home composting works and use props to show what can and can't be composted in a backyard bin.
Household Hazardous Waste
Products that say CAUTION, WARNING, DANGER or POISON on the label are hazardous and don't belong in the trash. Learn how to safely use, store and dispose of household hazardous waste.
Learn which materials you can compost through our organics recycling program. This toolkit is a display that includes rigid posters, size 18” by 24” or 24” by 36”.
Learn what the items you put in the recycling bin turn into after they’re recycled. This kit has a few examples of products made from recycled materials.
Learn to reduce waste and save money by making wise choices when grocery shopping. Samples of food packages are used to conduct activities. Suitable for middle elementary grade students and older.
Learn where your trash goes after it’s collected. This kit includes lesson plans, hands-on activities, books and videos. After borrowing a Trash Trunk, tour Resource Recovery Facility in Newport for a well-rounded educational experience.

04 March, 2013
A Sanitation Activity for Kids
Teaching children about personal hygiene and sanitation not only helps to keep them from getting sick, it also increases their understanding of how much water they use everyday. As the world's poorest communities struggle to find clean water, it's integral to teach your children why it's so important to conserve this ever-dwindling resource.
The Germ Game
Teach your child about basic sanitation and hygiene with the “Germ Game.” Divide the children into two groups: the humans and the dreaded germs. Lead the humans to one side of the room and the “germs” to the other. Help differentiate the two groups by providing the "germs" with red T-shirts. Ask the children age-appropriate questions about germs and sanitation. For instance, ask the children if they should wash their hands after blowing their nose. If the children answer correctly with a “yes,” the germs stay where they are. Each time the children answer incorrectly, one of the germs invades. Any subsequent correct answers send the germs away. Complete a round of eight to 10 questions and count the number of “germs” mixed in with the “humans.” Explain to the children that proper hygiene and sanitation measures were able to keep the germs that make humans sick away.
Tracking Water Usage
Help children understand the importance of water conservation, and how saving water begins at home. Instruct them to track their family's consumption. Provide your child with a simple chart featuring the average amount of water necessary to perform everyday tasks. According to the Utah Division of Water Resources, the average American uses three gallons of water to brush his teeth. Each time the child performs a task, help him write it down on the chart. After one week, discuss how much water was used, and come up with practical ways to cut down on consumption, such as installing low-flow shower heads or cutting back on lawn waterings.
Scrub Your Hands
Use glitter to show children the importance of washing hands. The Columbus Public Health Administration's website highlights an enjoyable game called “Glitter Germs.” Pour some glitter on each child's hands. Then divide the children into two groups: soap and water users and plain water users. Instruct the children to wash their hands and point out how using soap and water is more effective to remove the glitter germs than water alone.

Presented with a field notebook full of tasks and provided with scientific tools (such as thermometers, study plots and field guides) students will work as a group exploring their schoolyard to find the answer to several ecological questions, such as comparing temperature differences, , notating species diversity, and identifying plant organisms. (Grades 5+)
Ecology Takes the Stage (Assembly)
Looking for a fun, interactive way to introduce your students to science concepts? How about one that is designed to teach, meet, and assess curriculum goals and standards? Students will learn about the ABCs of Ecology®, marine habitats, forest ecosystems, sustainability, and much more. Grades 2-6
Habitat, Habitat! (Classroom Program or Assembly)
This assembly program is designed to introduce the concept of habitats to our younger audiences. Students will come along on a journey through several ecosystems, from a forest, through a farm, pond, salt marsh and finally to the beach. ( Grades K-3.)
Plants Around Us (Classroom Program)
This program, designed for our younger students, is an excellent introduction to plants: their parts (roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits and seeds) and what they need to grow (sun, soil, water and air). Students will use their sense of touch to explore various plant parts, play an interactive game to learn what plants need to grow and then make their very own FrankenPlant. (Grades 1 & 2)
World Within Your Watershed (Classroom Program)
Join Little Susie and the Blue-Bellied Fleeber Flobber on their journey through the watershed! In this program, students learn the Water Cycle Boogie song, make clouds and test salinity using scientific tools. (Grades 2-4)

The Groundwater University is accepting applications for its 2003 session through May 9. Groundwater University will be held June 24-26, 2003 at Platte River State Park located near Lincoln, Neb.
This educational summer camp is directed at youth between the ages of 12 and 15. Sponsored annually by The Groundwater Foundation, the purpose of the camp is to provide students with the opportunity to learn about ground water and other environmental issues through fun and interesting activities, presentations, experiments and field trips. Groundwater University gives participants the chance to experience ground water first-hand, outside of traditional classroom walls.
Students will complete water quality tests, construct mini-ground water flow models and experiment with Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) technology. In addition, students will be exposed to various career opportunities in the water industry through a variety of presentations and tours. Also included will be a workshop for community educators who have the desire to sponsor a Groundwater University event locally. Please contact The Groundwater Foundation for more information on this training workshop.
For a free brochure and application form, please contact The Groundwater Foundation at 800-858-4844 or email@example.com. Online applications now are available at http://www.groundwater.org/ProgEvent/GU.htm.

|Water Science for Schools|
This United States Geological Survey site focuses on water and its properties. The site contains activities for teachers and students, along with pictures, data, maps, and an interactive center where users can give opinions and test their water knowledge. Unique aspects of this site include the sections that contain student work and a picture gallery. There are links to other resources for students, teachers and the general public. A Spanish translation is available.
Intended for grade levels:
Type of resource:
No specific technical requirements, just a browser required
Cost / Copyright:
Information presented on this website is considered public information and may be distributed or copied. Use of appropriate byline/photo/image credit is requested.
DLESE Catalog ID: DWEL-000-000-000-005
Resource contact / Creator / Publisher:
Contact: H. Perlman
USGS Water Resources

|GEF Institute offers affordable, online sustainability courses eligible for professional development or academic credit.
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|One Well: The Story of Water on Earth By Rochelle Strauss
Our planet is made up of about 70% water. All the water on Earth is connected—a raindrop, lake, groundwater, and glacier are all part of the single global well. This book will teach children the importance of water and how we treat it will affect every species on the planet. One Well encourages children to do their part as a good citizen and conserve water.
|Saving Water (Green Kids) By Neil Morris
This is a fantastic new series introducing children to environmental issues facing the world today. Informative and visually exciting, these titles encourage a positive approach to becoming more 'green'.
|Turn Off the Water and Lights! By Joy Wilt Berry
Turning Off the Water and Lights! Discusses the need for water and electricity conservation and offers tips for saving energy inside and outside the home.
|The Big Green Book of the Big Blue Sea By Helaine Becker
Based on the idea that knowledge is power, The Big Green Book of the Big Blue Sea shows how the ocean works and why this immense ecosystem needs our protection. Experiments using everyday materials help explain scientific concepts, such as why the ocean is salty, how temperature affects water density and why fish don't get waterlogged. The Big Green Book of the Big Blue Sea is an essential part of any science library.
| Our World of Water By Beatrice Hollyer
Wherever we live in this world, water is vital to our survival on this planet. This book follows the daily lives of children in Peru, Mauritania, the United States, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Tajikistan, and explores what water means to them. Where does it come from? How do they use it?
|A Drop of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder By Walter Wick
Filled with stop-action and close-up photography, an early scientific book features such images as a single snowflake and a falling drop of water, accompanied by introductions to such concepts as evaporation and condensation.
|Don’t Drink the Water (Without Reading This Book) By Lono Kahuna Kupua A’o
This book encourages intelligent decisions about the safety and treatment of our water. Along with a plethora of information and resources, it contains an assisting tool in becoming active in water conservation.

The inside unfolds into a full-length poster of our water cycle.
Download the Facilitator’s Guide for more suggestions on how to use the brochure, a list of action steps, and facilitator notes for a group activity.
- Download the Brochure:
Check out the accompanying workshop “The New Wave: Greening our Water Infrastructure” »
And while you’re at it:
Plant a Rain Garden!
This is a great way to beautify your neighborhood and take some of the burden off your water treatment system. A rain garden slows runoff from big rainstorms so that the sewage system is not overloaded. The deep-rooted plants also act as a natural initial filtration system.
Check out this unique model that aims to address the triple bottom line of people, planet and profit. Philadelphia’s Healthy Corner Store Initiative proposes a viable solution to both unequal food access and economic underdevelopment in our communities. How can you replicate this model in your own community?
This versatile, easy to use multi-disciplinary curriculum uses innovative, non-traditional learning approaches to increase people’s understanding of environmental issues and the green economy, while simultaneously strengthening their academic and labor market skills. No other curriculum on the market provides all of this in one, accessible, affordable package. It is being used in job training programs, high schools, community colleges, universities, re-entry programs, prisons, and jails in 32 states in the US and in Puerto Rico to prepare youth and adults for good green jobs and to advocate for environmental and public health improvements in their communities. It is available in English and Spanish. Download the Roots of Success Brochure to pass out. Also download the One-page Curriculum Description for more details on the curriculum.
Roots of Success is a nine-module curriculum, including (external links):
To teach the curriculum, instructors need to be trained and licensed. This entails attending a one-day Train-the-Instructor training where instructors are introduced to the curriculum and licensed to use Roots of Success teaching materials. Instructors leave the training with an Instructor’s Manualand multimedia DVD, which includes all of the videos and visuals needed to teach the course in both English and Spanish. When teaching Roots of Success, programs must provide each student with a Student Workbook, which includes all of the handouts, exercises, activities, quizzes, and resource materials needed for the course.

We all use water in many ways that include drinking, bathing, washing and watering our lawns, but water is a limited resource. That is why it is important that we all find ways to conserve water every day in every way. Kids play an important role in making sure that every drop counts and there are things you can do to help your family save water. If everyone saves a little we can save a lot!
What is water? Water is many things. It can come in the form of a raindrop or be as big as the ocean. When frozen, water can be a soft snowflake or as hard as ice. Water can be fresh, salty, boiling, freezing, dirty, clean, refreshing, plentiful, and scarce. Depending on where you live, water can be all around you or very hard to find.
Where does the water go? When you flush the toilet, or the water drains out of the clothes washer or the shower or the sink, where does it go? Pipes in your house carry the water into pipes under the ground and streets called sewer pipes, which carry the wastewater to the wastewater treatment plants.
Why should we conserve water? Even if your community is not experiencing a water shortage today, it may in the future. Getting into the water conservation habit today is a good idea to prepare for tomorrow.
Why do we need water? We need water everyday to stay healthy, to grow food, for transportation, irrigation, and industry. We need it for animals, plants, for changing colors and seasons.
Where can we find water? Over 70 percent of the Earth's surface is covered with water. There is the same amount of water on Earth now as there was when the planet first cooled enough to let the first great rains fall billions of years ago. It keeps moving in an endless cycle called the water cycle.
Education Spotlight Ashley Brown, member of Girl Scout Troop 753, has attained the highest Girl Scout honor! Ashley was awarded the Girl Scout Gold Award for her educational campaign showing Laguna Beach residents how to reduce their carbon footprint by creating an eco-friendly garden. Using the experience she gained from her internship at Bluebird Canyon Farms, Ashley created five informational brochures covering the topics: Greenhouse, Composting, Aquaponics/Hydroponics, Poultry Keeping, and Beekeeping. The District has copies of the brochures in our Resource Center. Check them out the next time you're here!

The California Ground Water poster is also included. $25.00; 1995, package format. To order, please call (916) 444-6240 or order it at the Water Education Foundation.
Turning the Tide on Trash: Marine Debris Curriculum
This learning guide on marine debris from the EPA presents a "How to use...," section, matrices of activities by learning skill and by subject, and a litter survey called "Let's Talk Trash." Each unit has several activities included, each with a subject activity, an objective, vocabulary list, materials needed, learning skills to be developed by the activity, and an estimated time to complete the activity.

"Water, water, everywhere...
but not a drop to drink?"
- All 12 points – Deep blue sea!
- 7 to11 points – Mighty river!
- 3 to 6 points – Tumbling stream!
- 0 to 2 points – Small pond
"EcoFriendlyKids was formed to offer a unique reference point on having kids and helping the environment. EcoFriendlyKids is all about kids and their environment. Containing a wealth of information, tips, quizzes and fun games for children, this site is ideal for parents who want to share in their kids' adventures as they start to explore the natural world, and to guide them towards a more in-depth understanding of ecological issues as they grow older. At the same time, the resources on this site are equally suitable for use by schools as a basis for classroom lessons, project work and eco club activities."
"Topics you will find on the EcoFriendlyKids website include: recycling at home and at school; litter; pollution; biodiversity; climate change; saving energy; renewable energy sources and much more. There are also downloadable activity sheets and puzzles suitable for ages 3 and upwards - all with an environmental theme."
"EcoFriendlyKids is a website you and your kids will want to come back to time after time because it contains so much information on such a wide variety of topics, all presented in a way designed to stimulate youngsters' imagination, encouraging them to take an interest in their environment and what they personally can do to protect it."

I chose photos that showed the type of toilets, wells and catchment systems that were being built by the people of Nicaragua with the help of WaterAid America.
We talked about how diseases can spread if people don’t have a clean and sanitary place to go to the bathroom or if you don’t practice good hygiene. We talked about the need to build more wells and systems so that women and girls could spend their days working and going to school instead of walking for miles to fetch water. We talked about how unsafe water can make people very sick and how water filtration systems could help.
I also showed photos of kids in school and swimming, baseball players, toothbrushes and children’s artwork. We talked about how while the kids might live differently in Nicaragua, they were still very much like them. They laughed and played and enjoyed things like baseball and drawing. The fourth graders smartly wondered if they could use the wind, water and sun to help power the communities I had visited. They quickly understood that developing countries might not have enough money and resources to replicate what we have in America. In both classrooms, we talked about how if we know about the problems in the world and we already are living with solutions, we could share that knowledge with others and help.
Even elementary schools kids can be global citizens.
This is an original post written for World Moms Blog by Jennifer Iacovelli of Anotherjennifer.
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- World Water Week: Schoolwide Global Learning and Action led by Noah Zeichner
- Student Panel: Redefining the Global Age featuring Isabel Cruz & Zak Malamed
- Student-Led Conferences: Turn the Tables led by Christine Kha, Jessica Evangelista & Komal Achhnani
- Develop Global Citizens in the Facebook Era led by Zak Ringelstein
- Knowledge to Action: Global Ed and Youth Leadership Outside the Classroom led by Amy Westby & Daniel Carlton

Popular Educational Resource Marks Third Anniversary
The California Section of the WateReuse Association joined forces with the Water Education Foundation to produce a full-color, 16-page booklet about recycled water for upper elementary students. Now, in its third year of availability, this popular educational tool has been ordered by water agencies and recycled water educators from across the nation.
The booklet correlates to the California State Science Standards for upper elementary grade levels; however, its use is not limited to California. A Teacher's Guide was produced in 2007 as a companion piece for classroom educators and is available via the Internet. The booklet can be used in classrooms, as a handout at water agency events, and on treatment plant tours.
The comic book layout and activity-filled format explain the process to produce recycled water in terminology understandable by young students and adults alike, using whimsical, appealing artwork. The many uses of recycled water and its importance as a water supply for communities are emphasized throughout the booklet.
Packed with puzzles, mazes, Internet resources, and science-based approaches, students will stay focused on learning about recycled water from the engaging cover to the activity answers on the back page.
The publication was initiated by a volunteer committee of California recycled water experts and water educators. It was published by the Water Education Foundation and the WateReuse Association, California Section.

Water truly is amazing. But how much do you know about it? Do you know where it comes from? Or how it gets to your tap? What about how we make water safe to drink? Or the best ways to conserve it?
We've put together a wealth of interesting information and resources to help you discover the vital role water plays in our everyday lives. It's all linked to the national curriculum, and has been developed with educational experts to stimulate and educate curious minds.
Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water is committed to continuously improving, whether it’s replacing pipes, protecting the environment or looking for new innovative ways of doing things. We think it’s fair to share this knowledge that’s why we want to inspire younger generations by working with schools and teaching them about the value of water.
Our ambition is to educate and inform as many children as possible across our operational area about water, good water practice and the role of Welsh Water.
Our education team include seconded teachers from local schools who are passionate in supporting schools to deliver the curriculum through experiential hands on learning activities. Our lessons are linked to the National curriculum and support the National Literacy and Numeracy framework.
We continually develop our resources by expanding the variety of activities we offer, and ensuring they link to the curriculum across all key stages

SM BEACH ‚Äî As part of a state-mandated program to promote environmental literacy in California, Heal the Bay and National Geographic on Tuesday unveiled teacher resources that the groups hope will be adopted by school districts statewide.
The Santa Monica-based nonprofit and global education giant are now making environmental literacy guides that cover the topics of fresh water, ocean, energy and climate change available at no cost to all K-8 classrooms throughout California.
Heal the Bay and National Geographic Education announced the result of their partnership during Heal the Bay‚Äôs eighth annual Coastal Cleanup Education Day, a lead up event to the upcoming Coastal Cleanup Day on Sept. 15.
Approximately 700 elementary students from underserved communities arrived at the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium for environmentally-focused games, lessons and activities. These future environmental stewards ‚Äî many of whom had never visited the ocean before ‚Äî explored the coast, got up close and personal with the living species in the aquarium touch tanks and cleaned up the beach, organizers said.
Heal the Bay sponsored the Education and the Environment Initiative (EEI), a state law enacted in 2003 that requires instructional materials for kindergarten through 12th grade to integrate various environmental principles and concepts with traditional academic standards. The California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA) now manages the program.
Heal the Bay contracted with National Geographic Education to create teacher guides and videos that provide third- to eighth-grade educators with background knowledge and curriculum on topics from feedback loops in global cycling systems and ocean currents to alternative energy solutions and sustainable fisheries.
“These extraordinary professional development guides fill a large void in California‚Äôs Environmental Education Initiative,” said Mark Gold, former president of Heal the Bay and the guiding force behind their creation. “Thanks to this unusual public-private partnership, there are now visually compelling, teacher-friendly, comprehensive guides on oceans, water, energy and climate change.”
The guides have been tested in classrooms in California and Washington, D.C., and were used as the basis for a successful pilot EEI professional development project with teachers in the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District and middle schools in the Venice family of the Los Angeles Unified School District. The pilot program was funded by Annenberg Learner, Heal the Bay and National Geographic and with the help of Google and USC Sea Grant education professionals.
As part of the One Ocean Program, Santa Monica-Malibu teachers worked collaboratively to develop environmentally focused lesson plans.

Living Waters for the World (LWW), a ministry of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Synod of Living Waters, has produced a Vacation Bible School curriculum that repackages many of the key concepts from the ministry into child-friendly learning units and activities. “Water All Around the World” is the latest LWW effort at spreading the message that clean water is an essential component of health and human development.
“As the name suggests,” says curriculum director Joanie Lukins, “this Bible school takes our children around the world to visit children in other countries to see how they live and how they deal with limited access to safe water.”
Lukins has a long history with LWW, traveling to Mexico with the organization’s founder, Wil Howie, in 2002 to investigate the installation of a water system at a school she’d help construct the previous year. Since then, Lukins has been a key participant in curriculum development and “Clean Water U” instruction.
Each day of the 5-day curriculum focuses attention on a single country. The curriculum journeys to Honduras, Cuba, Mexico, Haiti and Ghana with stories of children in each country to set the stage for understanding the specific clean water needs they have. Bible study, mission stories, crafts, games and songs all combine to shed light on the mission needs and opportunities of the day’s country.
“At the end of the day, the children have a time for reflection,” says Lukins. “It’s not meant just to entertain, but it asks children to reflect on what they learned that day. Children are capable of deep thoughts, particularly as it relates to children in other cultures.
Designed to be inexpensive and to use the creativity of the people in the church teaching Bible school, Lukins says the curriculum is “impactful and respectful of children.”
A music CD is included with the printed materials, along with a flash drive containing the entire VBS in electronic form in addition to several PowerPoint presentations with photos and maps.
Lukins says the group’s previous VBS curriculum, titled "Clean Water for All God's Children," will still be available and draws attention to the basics of the world water crisis where “Waters Around the World” focuses on the stories of children in other cultures affected by clean water insecurity.
The curriculum costs $49 and is available for order at the Living Water for the World website and at this link.

You could almost feel the change in the air as parents across Holmes County breathed a sigh of relief and possibly shed a couple of tears as they've sent their little (and not-so-little) ones back into the school-day routines this month. And with those sighs, Holmes County teachers closed their eyes, took a deep breath, and asked for patience, wisdom and a little bit of help.
Now I'm not professing our office has a limitless supply of patience or wisdom (like anywhere else, some days are better than others), but I am saying we're here to help in the classroom. Once again, Holmes SWCD will be offering a variety of in-classroom educational programs at no cost to Holmes County teachers and community groups.
As I shared last month, we are excited that our Holmes SWCD Board has identified two key priority areas for our staff to focus on for the next two years: soil health and water quality. We're using those priorities to refine our educational programs, too. In addition to some old favorites like the Incredible Journey (focusing on the water cycle) and Soil Scientists (including rock rubbings, soil smudges, and soil layers), we're excited to add NINE new in-classroom program options for the 2017-18 school year! Here's a quick look at what's new:
- 8-4-2-1 for All: Upper elementary through high school students will learn about 8 water users, 4 common water needs, and how 1 river serves them all. Students will play the part of different water users and safely carry their water "downstream" while navigating 4 simulated water management challenges to reach the next community of water users on the same "river."
- Ask the Bugs: Benthic bugs (posing as paperclips, buttons & beads) provide clues to assess stream health. Elementary students conduct a simulated bio assessment of a stream by sampling aquatic macro invertebrates (represented by ordinary materials). By learning the process by which macro invertebrates are assessed, results are recorded & Pollution Tolerance Indexes are determined.
- Feeding the World: How can we feed 9 billion people? What are the limits to food production? Middle & high school social studies students will examine factors limiting population growth the the impact agriculture has on population trends and vice versa.
- Garbage Bag Watershed: We all live in a watershed where pollution originates from many different sources.

One of the key products of all of hard work is the 63-page Waterway Protection toolkit document full of inspiring ideas, engaging activities, and salient advice for school teachers, college students, and prospective environmental educators working with students between the ages of 10 and 15. The toolkit offers communal education activities, and splits them into three categories of engagement: Explore, Identify, and Act. Activities grouped under Explore are “about discovered the beauty and diversity of your local environment.” Identify encourages one to “[delve] deeper into the science of waterway protection.” Act comprises a series of activities about “becoming civically engaged – taking action – from hands-on protection of resources to speaking up for the environment in public forums.”
The earlier scenario with the children bearing dipnets is a potential scene from the “Underwater Living” module taken from the Identify section of the toolkit. Because many benthic macroinvertebrates are particularly sensitive to water quality, their presence (or absence) is particularly useful for determining the health of a given body of water. While snails, leeches, and beetles are more tolerant of pollution, crayfish and stoneflies only live in healthy waters, and so searching for macroinvertebrates is a valuable exercise for demonstrating the effects of human meddling on the environment.
An activity from the Explore category might have the schoolchildren building 3D topographical maps of the watershed using cardboard, or visualizing the water cycle using a Bunsen burner and a beaker. Exploring could be as simple as taking a walk by a local stream and soaking in the sights! The Act category is more hands on – it could be direct action like planting trees, cleaning up plastic trash, or having students identify and remove problematic invasive species from local river habitats in the “Stop the Invaders!” activity. Another Act project encourage students to write letters-to-the-editor and to pursue similar advocacy.
Siira Rieschl drives home the importance of collaborative development of the toolkit: “Understanding the differences in our approaches has been incredibly valuable for me to fully grasp our own drive behind our programs. Our biggest connection, besides our passion for river ecology and watershed health, is a determination to spread knowledge and passion about these very important topics.

Water for Health was the topic of the day at St Peter’s Primary School in Moy when NI Water’s education team recently paid a visit.
NI Water’s educational programme, H2O and the Wonderful World of Water, teaches children about the importance of drinking water and how to identify the symptoms and effects of dehydration.
The children were introduced to H 2 0, a water drop figure and mascot for the programme.
They also took part in practical demonstrations and games to explain how much water children should drink each day and how much of the body is made up of water. After discussing both tap and bottled water, pupils took part in a taste test to see if they could tell the difference. Each pupil received a re-usable NI Water bottle.
NI Water’s Environmental Education Manager, Jane Jackson said: “NI Water places great importance on educating young people in the vital role water plays in our lives. H 2 O is a fun way for children to learn about why water is essential for good health and how they can help to conserve this precious resource.
“We are delighted with the positive feedback we have received from schools who have participated in our education programme. It’s a fantastic way for us to work within the local community and educate future generations of water users!”
The programme is aimed at Key Stage 2 and designed to complement a key element of the Northern Ireland Primary Curriculum – the ‘World Around Us’.
A teachers’ learning pack, with further classroom activities is available to download from

Engaging Latino Youth and Families in Water Resource Issues
It has been shown that Latinos are generally interested in environmental issues, and that they are particularly concerned about the health impact of a polluted environment. However, because of language and cultural issues, they are often not engaged in water protection activities.
What Has ANR Done?Agua Pura (Pure Water), began in 1999 as a partnership of the University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension's Give Water A Hand, Santa Barbara County UCCE 4-H Youth Development Program and Santa Barbara City College. Its goal was better understanding of how community educators and youth leaders can involve Latino youth and the Latino community in watershed protection and adaptation of resources to meet the community's needs and interests.
Agua Pura has been sustained by the Santa Barbara County 4-H Youth Development Program. It is assisting the county in meeting best practices under NPDES (National Pollution Discharge Elimination System) guidelines.
Latino leadership developed around local watershed issuesAgua Pura has significantly contributed to engaging the Latino community in watershed resource issues:
--A six-week, hands-on after-school watershed education program that has graduated over 560 Latino children.
--Incorporation of watershed education into a nine-week summer day camp for over 1,200 Latino children from low-income families.
--The local Housing Authority, whose leadership is primarily Latino, has led in development and delivery of the ongoing "Splash to Trash" watershed education program. Sixty-two Latino young people from public housing have graduated from the program.
--Publication of the Agua Pura Leadership Institute Planning Manual (available on line at: http://www.uwex.edu/erc/apsummary.html).
Agua Pura has served as a model for Latino leadership development involving watershed resource issues at national conferences (Coastal Zone '99, NAAEE '01 and '02) and in professional journal articles.
Supporting Unit: Santa Barbara CountyMichael Marzolla, 4-H Youth Development Advisor, Santa Barbara County UCCE,305 Camino del Remedio, Santa Barbara, CA 93110.

Kid Power Programs
Kid Power Programs offers 2 GREAT shows designed to help children develop the skills and behaviors necessary to make health-enhancing choices. Both shows are highly interactive, packed with characters, puppets, clever visuals, and audience participation.
Show #1: Nutrition & Exercise -
"Kid Power’s Operation Lunch Line" (in 3D)- is a highly interactive 50-minute musical show designed to help children in grades K-6 learn the value of good nutrition and exercise. (Children love the souvenir 3D glasses included.)
Kid Power is the leader of Operation Lunch Line. He believes kids have the power to FEEL GREAT by eating healthy foods and exercising daily. His base of operations is Mission Control which is uniquely powered solely from audience participation. Today’s operation: Help a child feel great. Using spectacular visual effects in 3D, the entire audience miniaturizes, joining Kid Power on an amazing journey inside the human body of a boy named Max, who feels lousy because he doesn't eat or move properly. The operation, aided by anatomical sidekicks, such as the brain and heart, monitors Max’s inactive behaviors and poor food choices in the school lunch line day after day. Through audience participation the kids not only educate and motivate Max, but in doing so, learn they too are special, filled with all the "kid power" needed to develop the knowledge, skills, and behaviors necessary to make health-enhancing choices and FEEL GREAT.
Show #2: Environmental Conservation -
“Kid Power & the Planet Protectors” is a highly interactive, 50-minute musical show, designed to help children, in grades K-6, learn about our natural environment and the actions they can take to help protect it.
Kid Power is an environmental crusader here to recruit his team of Planet Protectors. Through participation the kids earn “99 Green Points” to become members of the team. Throughout the performance, kids learn they must do three things to become exemplary Planet Protectors:
1. LEARN - about the environment and conservation.
2. DO - specific actions every day to help the environment.
3. TEACH - others about the Earth and how to help preserve it.
The show addresses each of these three elements in the three areas of the environment:
1. WATER - the Hydrosphere: Water Cycle, available water percentages, finding and stopping water leaks, simple ways to reduce water usage.
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Students are taught skills and given information to help them make healthy and positive choices.
Components of the H & W program include guest speakers who are experts in their field, interactive workshops and assemblies, lessons and activities that are embedded into the curriculum, opportunities for education and training, and student-centered clubs.
The H & W program covers a variety of topics that are developmentally age appropriate including, but not limited to healthy eating habits/nutrition, substance abuse prevention, adolescent and sex education, bullying/cyberbullying, diversity & inclusion, and stress management.

The Tampa Water Department joins the American Water Association in recognizing the importance of investing in students for the future of our communities and of the drinking water industry.
AWWA Scholarships for Water Industry Students
AWWA Drop Savers Poster Contest
Local Grants for Teachers
- Tampa Bay Estuary Program Mini-Grant Program
- Splash! Mini-Grants from Southwest Florida Water Management District
From the Tampa Water Department
- Take a Virtual Tour of Tampa's Water Treatment Facility
- Classroom Materials
- Classroom Projects
- History Slideshow
Other Materials Available to Teachers
"Water You Waiting For?" is a 12-minute video from the United States Environmental Protection Agency showcasing the water profession for high school and/or vocational technical school students. This video highlights the water profession in four areas -the value of water, job responsibilities, career successes, and environmental contribution. The video is designed so that each of these chapters can either be viewed separately, appealing to that student's curiosity, or can be viewed in it's entirety.

Once again children across the country are going back to school! If you are a teacher, parent, scout leader, or other educator, The Groundwater Foundation has some great educational items for you! Here are just a couple of items from our catalog—go to www.groundwater.org to check out more fun items!
Also, be sure and check out our new Water1der app! Water1der is a free groundwater awareness trivia game app from The Groundwater Foundation. Players are challenged in different areas of groundwater/water basics knowledge through various fun and educational playing formats.
Go here to download the app: http://www.groundwater.org/get-informed/opportunities/water1der.html

The URL is: http://www.safeclimate.net/
Includes a database of University and K-12 school projects nationwide and internationally. As well as resources for starting your own project. A project of Interstate Renewable Energy Council's PV for YOU Program.
The URL is: http://irecusa.org/schools/
This software package is designed to meet National Science standards and teach grades 8-14, through simulations and real experiments, about the science of global warming and it's abstractions. Purchase information from Seeds Software available. (Mac and PC compatible).
The URL is: http://www.seeds2lrn.com/greenLessons.html
A combined textbook and workbook that focuses on ecological concepts and the interrelationships of living things and their environments. Students examine current environmental problems such as acid rain, toxic waste, tropical deforestation, and destruction of the ozone layer. Grades 8+.
The URL is: http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/rtmss/3.31.ht...
New Hippoworks.com program designed to teach kids about global warming with activities, lesson plans and printable materials for teachers, and a carbon calculator to help students figure their global footprint.
The URL is: http://www.hippoworks.com/animalsearth/
The colorful, extremely basic text defines the Air Quality Index, discusses what makes air dirty and which people are most at risk for getting sick from air pollution. From the US EPA Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards. For ages 7-10.
The URL is: http://www.epa.gov/airnow/aqikids/
How much does your car pollute? Calculate how much carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide your vehicle emits each year, compared to the national average. Learn why it matters and what you can do to help.
The URL is: http://www.environmentaldefense.org/tool.cfm?tool=...
Series of educational climate animations for grades 5-9 entitled "Global Warming and Earth Processes," feature illustrated moving scenes of how global warming occurs, the carbon cycle and global warming, and the water cycle and global warming designed to break down complex processes into a series of easy-to-understand components accessible to the intermediate grades.
The URL is: http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/kids/animations.h...
For students and teachers in grades 9-12, exercises are adaptable to grade levels.

If COVID-19 policies are preventing you from having guests in your classroom, we can also visit virtually via your preferred online platform. We are adapting our popular in-person NGSS-aligned lessons and making them meaningful for virtual visits. You tell us what you want to accomplish and we'll give you a few options to choose from. (OR...keep it simple and we'll choose for you!)
As guidelines permit, our educators are still eager to visit your students at your school! Weather-permitting, our preferred method is to meet you on your playground or sports field where our tried and true activities will be very similar to our traditional lessons taught at the Water Resource Center.
Choose your grade to review our recommended activities. We can adjust our lessons to fit your needs so don’t hesitate to ask us for something specific.

Water has been and continues to be the vehicle that transports the metals across the landscape to the ocean. And water is the solvent that makes these persistent elements available to move up the marine food chain, to the Viequenses' dinner tables, and into their bodies.
Nine teachers participated in this seminar where we considered cases just described, while they designed the curriculum units presented in this volume. A brief review of their contents may help guide other teachers to topics relevant to their interests.
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Joanna Ali developed a unit that explores the history of science and policy regarding acid precipitation for students in eleventh and twelfth grade. Her unit, "Acid Rain: Causes, Effects and Possible Solutions," includes a history of the scientific evidence that led to key federal regulations of power plant emissions. She summarizes the science with precision, and includes a series of laboratory exercises that will certainly engage students. She also designed and created a pollution trading rights game, with a board similar to Monopoly to allow students to trade sulfur dioxide rights in response to federal regulations. This is an exceptionally creative product and students will certainly enjoy playing the game while learning about one of the more complex areas of air quality science and law.
Ray Brooks teaches independent studies to grades 5-8, and specializes in helping students develop science fair projects. He designed a unit, entitled "Think Before You Drink," that explores the source, movement and fate of New Haven's drinking water. He provides a critical review of well water vulnerability to pollution from surface activities, and also includes a section critical of bottled water standards. His unit includes extraordinary documentation and websites that will benefit anyone hoping to strengthen science curriculum in the area of water resources.
Wendy Hughes teaches seventh grade science, and prepared the unit, "The Journey of New Haven Water." She developed excellent descriptions of the water cycle, an overview of chemical threats to drinking water (microbes, radionuclides and pollution), treatment options, a comparison of point vs. non-point source pollution, and concludes with practical advice to students and teachers regarding what they can do to conserve water and protect its quality. Students will realize the lengthy journey that water has taken before pouring from their taps, and gain a strong understanding of the problems government faces in its efforts to assure a healthy supply.
Deborah James created a unit entitled, "Water, Water Everywhere, Not a Drop to Drink," for fifth and sixth grade science classes.

For older children (10 and above) the Santa Clara Valley Water District provides public tours of its Purification Center where anyone can witness state-of-the-art water purification techniques in action. The Purification Center can be found at 4190 Zanker Road, San Jose, CA but be sure to sign up in advance for a slot on the tour at http://purewater4u.org/tour-schedule.
Larger groups or entire classrooms might also be interested in the appointment-only water education opportunities in the area.
- The Alamitos Groundwater Recharging Facility offers insight into the natural processes that create clean fresh water. Learn how human intervention can harness these natural processes to create a steady supply of fresh water for thousands of people (5750 Almaden Expressway, San Jose).
- Coyote Creek Outdoor Classroom (791 Williams Street, San Jose) and Morley Park Outdoor Classroom (615 Campbell Technology Parkway, Campbell) both offer great programming for larger groups focusing on the natural beauty, danger, and utility of natural waterways and systems.
No matter how you decide to engage the kids in your life about water issues, the important thing is the get the conversation started. The earlier kids begin conserving water, the stronger their habits will be over their entire lives. It will add up to a more sustainable world as well as a more tenable water future. To stay on top of the latest water conservation and education news, follow the San Jose Water Twitter account.

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This poster features NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission. The front features an image of the GPM Core Observatory satellite along with the constellation of satellites that will accompany it. Background information is provided on... (View More) the reverse side of the poster, including an overview of the mission, details of the satellite, the science and applications of the mission, and information on the constellation missions with which GPM will partner. Also included on the back is a multi-age educational activity on freshwater availability. See Related & Supplemental Resources to download a PDF of the poster. (View Less)
The total amount of water on Earth, the places in which it is found and the percentages of fresh vs. salt are examined in this lesson. A short demonstration allows students to visualize the percentage differences and a coloring exercise illustrates... (View More) locations. This lesson uses the 5E instructional model. All background information, student worksheets and images/photographs/data are included in these downloadable sections: Teacher's Guide, Student Capture Sheet and PowerPoint Presentation. (View Less)
Intended for use prior to viewing the Science on a Sphere film "Water Falls," this lesson introduces students to Earth's water cycle and the importance of freshwater resources.
This activity allows participants to build a paper model of the GPM Core Observatory and learn about the technology the satellite uses to measure precipitation from space. Directions explain how to cut, fold and glue the individual pieces together... (View More) to make the model. The accompanying information sheet has details about the systems in the satellite including the Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR), the GPM Microwave Imager (GMI), the High Gain Antenna, avionics and star trackers, propulsion system and solar array, as well as a math connection and additional engineering challenges. (View Less)
These guides showcase education and public outreach resources from across more than 20 NASA astrophysics missions and programs. The twelve guides - one for each month - contain a science topic, an interpretive story, a sky object to view with... (View More) finding charts, hands-on activities, and connections to NASA science. The guides are modular, so that educators can use the portions that are the most useful for their audiences/events.

Planning for the Future: Water Education for Colorado's Youth
When it comes to water, Colorado’s kids can expect to face a challenging future; a growing population and increasing demand may mean difficult trade-offs. That’s one reason educators and policy-makers say it’s critical to teach young people about water management.
On a breezy spring morning in south Denver, a line of about 30 teenagers snakes down a hill at Overland Pond, a little urban park next to the South Platte River. The kids are passing golf balls to each other really fast, and dropping many of them.
The Greenway Foundation, a Denver-based river conservation group, organized the outing. Mary Palumbo is the group’s youth development director.
“We have students up a hill representing the headwaters, and they’re passing little golf balls at different paces, depending on what season we’re representing,” said Palumbo.
When lots of golf balls were “flying everywhere,” Palumbo said that represented flooding. In the summertime, Palumbo said, they pass the balls a little slower. “We’re using this tool to talk about the variables in water, and how it’s not always consistently available to us.”
It’s a lesson in stream flow dynamics, and makes high school senior Marcos Morales think of a waterslide.
“Because [of] how the river moves in different directions and turns a lot of corners,” said Morales. “The sides of the water slide are actually bigger and more protected, so you don’t fall out.”
Palumbo says it’s important that students like Morales can make that kind of connection between their own lives and the water-oriented activities.
“Kids want something that is relevant to their lives,” said Palumbo. “Just getting them out to a place that feels like nature, even though we’re city kids and we live in the middle of highways, we still have a connection to nature.”
Eighty miles west of Denver, another group of kids is getting ready for a different water lesson at the Keystone Science School, near Breckenridge. Students come from all over the state for an overnight stay and outdoor study experience in and around the school’s 23-acre campus.
Dave Miller, the director of school programs, says they teach students that water is a finite resource. “It’s something that has to be treated with care,” said Miller.

We are Leslie and Colleen Smith--We have homeschooled 5 children over the course of more than twenty years. We have studied and sampled a huge variety of curricula, programs and strategies, so we can assist you in finding what is best for your family.
The Guam Homeschool Resource Center is an independent resource center for anyone on Guam who is homeschooling, plans to homeschool in the future, or is trying to decide what to do. Our goal is to be an additional source of help to people who are exploring their educational choices.
We are a library, a free internet cafe, and a listening and compassionate ear. We have an extensive array of catalogs, books and other printed material, as well as on-line resources that we have collected over the years. Our 20 years of personal experience with home education is another resource that younger families often find helpful.
Guam has three local homeschool support groups. Two for the military - The Guam Military Christian Homeschoolers Support Group (Formerly Navy Homeschoolers) and the Andersen Homeschool Group - and the local Guam Homeschool Association. All homeschoolers are welcome to utilize our resource center. We will offer support, encouragement and input to help you in your decision-making with regards to teaching your kids at home on Guam.
You are invited to stop by our modest little resort oasis in the heart of Downtown East Agana. We have a fine, sandy beach to play on or to just relax. We have bathroom and showers, air conditioning and good, hot coffee. We also have computer stations with Wi-Fi connection.
My children are a bit shy, but they are not mean, or bullies. They like to play with other nice kids, and they don't care if the other kids are a bit older or younger. And of course we have age-appropriate activities for all children.
Our business pays the rent, so please be patient if we are taking care of customers. Other than that, we don't have a lot of rules. We will be collecting information about what people (you) want or need to have happen for us to assist you. Are you looking for group activities? Are you looking for support? Want to find the best website for teaching math?
We are here to help.

The Secrets of Soil VIDEO INTERACTIVE for middle school and up (2004, Smithsonian), and Adventures of Herman the Worm, below, for younger kids.
Ocean: The Basics - 'Outline of an introductory course in Oceanography... with material for complementing existing courses.' Covers beaches, coral reefs & atolls, the Gulf Stream, deep sea, global warming & the ocean, ocean creatures, and more; chapters are in PDF format. For advanced middle school students / high school and up (2007, Dr. Wolf Berger, Professor of Oceanography, University of California). Marine Life includes education resources on Aquatic Food Webs, Coral Ecosystems, Life in an Estuary, Marine Mammals, and Sea Turtles (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration). Ocean Topics offers up-to-date articles on climate change, coastal science, ocean life, marine pollution, polar research, and other subjects (2013, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution).
Rainforest Resources - Pictures, stories, facts, fun projects, and other resources on rainforest plants and animals; age level varies (Rainforest Alliance).
Rivers AUDIO - Learn all about the basics of rivers, how they are formed, and how they change over time. For elementary and middle school students. (University of Illinois Extension)
Tides and Water Levels - Explains what tides are, what causes them, tidal frequencies, variations & cycles, measurements & monitoring, and more. High school and up. (2008, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
Water Cycle for Kids INTERACTIVE - An interactive diagram showing how water is cycled through our environment; choose beginner, intermediate, or advanced version, and click on a label to explore any phase of the cycle. See also The Water Cycle for high school and up (2015, U.S. Geological Survey). Thirstin's Water Cycle INTERACTIVE is an animated interactive lesson on the water cycle; for elementary school students (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency). For information on many aspects of water, along with pictures, data, maps, and activities, see Water Science School; age level varies (U.S. Geological Survey). What Is a Watershed? explains watershed basics, including the water cycle, groundwater, stormwater, conservation and more (Borough of South Plainfield and New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection).

Make your field trip a learning expedition by using the following downloadable educational materials.
This guide is designed to help prepare your class for their field trip and help you lead your group as they explore the exhibits in the Aquarium.
Chaperone Guides for Inquiry
These guides are designed to help groups meet certain learning goals by guiding chaperones to ask students critical questions during the self-guided tour. Have suggestions for how to improve these guides or want to request new topics? Email email@example.com!
Turn your field trip to the Aquarium into a scavenger hunt! Not only will AquaQuest enhance your students’ learning experience, but they will have fun discovering all the answers. Choose the appropriate grade level below and print a copy of the pdf. Please keep in mind, writing against the exhibits or graphic panels may scratch the acrylic so please provide each student with something to write on such as a notebook or clipboard and a pencil.
|AquaQuest Pre K - K||Pre K - K AquaQuest Answers|
|1st - 2nd AquaQuest||1st - 2nd AquaQuest Answers|
|3rd - 5th AquaQuest||3rd - 5th AquaQuest Answers|
|6th - 8th AquaQuest||6th - 8th AquaQuest Answers|
|9th - 12th AquaQuest||9th - 12th AquaQuest Answers|
Dichotomous Keys and Food Web Activities
This food web will help you understand the diverse and complicated world of the Delta Swamp in River Journey.
|Delta Swamp Web of Life||Delta Swamp Web of Life Instructions|
|Delta Swamp Web of Life Answers||Delta Swamp Web of Life|
These dichotomous keys will help you identify the fish in the Gulf of Mexico and Nickajack Lake exhibits in River Journey and the Secret Reef exhibit in Ocean Journey. Use the blank dichotomous key to make your own.
The Ocean we want to know
Find out how much rain falls in a given area using one of these student work sheets for measuring runoff:
IMAX Movies & Educator Guides
Our exciting IMAX movies offer students an additional learning experience. Click here to see current film schedules. Click the following links to find the educator's guide for our current films:
Educational supplements are available for visually impaired guests. Each sensory bag consists of a duffel bag (one for Ocean Journey and one for River Journey) which has hands-on props and printed information for dictation.

If you have any questions, feel free to email or fix a Skype Q&A session. The activities you need to complete are under the "Homework" section of parts 1, 2 and 3. More resources are outlined after each part if you wish to learn more about those topics. In order to obtain your attendance certificate for the current course, you will need to submit your answers by March 17th.
Juan Manuel GARCIA ARCOS (website, homework, evaluation, extended resources), Sonia AGUERA (videos, illustrations, factsheets, presentations), Maria Luisa SERRANO ORTIZ (factsheets, water treatment), Forum SHAH (factsheets)
Before starting the course: complete the questionnaire below
The objective of this questionnaire is to assess your initial knowledge before the course, please do not research on the answers. Adapted from "The status on the level of environmental awareness in the concept of sustainable development amongst secondary school students" (Arba’atHassan et al.) and the Environmental Literacy report card from Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance (https://www.pca.state.mn.us/sites/default/files/p-ee5-06.pdf)
Objectives of the course
More than a yer ago, we started an exciting collaboration with the teachers belonging to the high school science program SWIS (science work in schools). Since then, we have improved and developed some materials and hardware for their students available here: http://openscienceschool.org/scienceinschools
This course aims at completing the materials we have done previously, so that the teachers have more background and are able to conduct this activities independently. More importantly, it also aims at giving teacher tips for conducting a science activity in their classroom, from a pedagogical point of view, and also practical.
Part 1: How much water do we use every day?
Water is essential for all sorts of life on Earth, from bacteria to humans. We are 70% of water, and are able to survive just 3 days without drinking. How much water do you think we use per day? The numbers may surprise you. The water footprint of an individual, is defined as the total volume of fresh water used to produce the goods and services consumed by the individual. Water use is measured in water volume consumed (evaporated) and/or polluted per unit of time. Many situations yield liters of water which are polluted, like agriculture.

Earth Science Course
ES.3 – characteristics of Earth and the solar system (including
sun-Earth-moon relationships, tides, and history of space exploration).
ES.6 – renewable vs. non-renewable resources (including energy resources).
ES.10 – ocean processes, interactions, and policies.
PH.7 – energy transfer, transformations, and capacity to do work.
2015 Social Studies SOLs
United States History: 1865-to-Present Course
USII.8 – economic, social, and political transformation of the United States and the world after World War II.
USII.9 – domestic and international issues during the second half of the 20th Century and the early 21st Century.
Civics and Economics Course
CE.6 – government at the national level.
CE.10 – public policy at local, state, and national levels.
Virginia and United States History Course
VUS.13 – changes in the United States in the second half of the 20th Century.
GOVT.7 – national government organization and powers.
GOVT.9 – public policy process at local, state, and national levels.
Virginia’s SOLs are available from the Virginia Department of Education, online at http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/.
Following are links to Water Radio episodes (various topics) designed especially for certain K-12 grade levels.
Episode 250, 1-26-15 – on boiling, for kindergarten through 3rd grade.
Episode 255, 3-2-15 – on density, for 5th and 6th grade.
Episode 282, 9-21-15 – on living vs. non-living, for kindergarten.
Episode 309, 3-28-16 – on temperature regulation in animals, for kindergarten through 12th grade.
Episode 333, 9-12-16 – on dissolved gases, especially dissolved oxygen in aquatic habitats, for 5th grade.
Episode 403, 1-15-18 – on freezing and ice, for kindergarten through 3rd grade.
Episode 404, 1-22-18 – on ice on ponds and lakes, for 4th through 8th grade.
Episode 406, 2-5-18 – on ice on rivers, for middle school.
Episode 407, 2-12-18 – on snow chemistry and physics, for high school.

In addition to achieving a heightened awareness of environmental stewardship, the PCEP introduces effective communication techniques, initiates thoughts of new and exciting future career paths in the marine, health, or social science employment arenas, and fosters a lifelong interest in science and quality of self, family, and home.
CONTACT: Lynn Whitley, Education Coordinator, USC Sea Grant, (O) 213-740-1964,
Interesting and useful information abounds on Hawaii Sea Grant's award-winning Sea Squirt website. First, visitors learn that "after finding a suitable rock or place to call home, juvenile red sea squirts no longer need their brains, so they eat them." Look further into the site, and Sea Squirt offers resources for children and teachers alike.
On one page, Shaka the shark doles out advice for kids visiting the beach. "Don't stand on coral reef," and "Use the restroom, not the ocean," are two of his points. Downloads include a marine activity workbook, several coloring and activity books and marine life icons for your computer. Links for teachers, kids and parents, a quiz to test knowledge of Hawaiian sea life and a virtual aquarium are more features on the site. To visit the Sea Squirt website: http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/SEAGRANT/kids/indexkids.html
CONTACT: Priscilla Billig, Hawaii Sea Grant Communicator, (O) 808-956-7410, Email: email@example.com
THE CASE OF THE WET INVADERS
Oregon Sea Grant education specialists, along with Sea Grant programs in California and Washington and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, want West Coast residents to be on the lookout for aquatic invasive species like zebra mussels, European green crabs, smooth cord grass and Chinese mitten crabs. To achieve their goal, the team is creating Aquatic Nuisance Species Education Boxes that can travel to middle and high school teachers throughout the Pacific Northwest. The project is based on successful educational tools used in the Midwest, such as Minnesota Sea Grant's "Exotic Aquatics" trunk and Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant's "Zebra Mussel Mania" traveling trunk.
The trunks will provide teachers with curriculum and activities for incorporating aquatic invasive species into their science lesson plans. Written materials, slides, video and specimens will all be part of the effort to teach young people what to look for when they visit a lake, beach or river.

"This is a great age, the kids are really interested," said Marnie Hoolahan, the mother of a first-grader and a school council member. "I think the concept is basic enough for them to understand, and the younger you start the more influence it can have."
Hoolahan, who works as a corporate development director at Genzyme, came up with the idea for the stormwater initiative program and worked with teachers, local advocates and the school council to implement the idea. "If you teach children early enough, it's something they can embrace for the future," she said.
The program is being funded by various grants, including $2,000 from the Southborough Arts Council, $1,500 from the Southborough Organization of Schools and $500 from the Southborough Education Foundation.
Each first-grade student and teacher will receive a copy of Morrison's "A Drop of Water." A copy will also be given to the school library.
(Abby Jordan can be reached at 508-490-7461 or email@example.com.)

When asked about where he and his team came up with the idea for their project, Camacho said, “We thought about what would help people the most, and we realized that people without water would need an affordable way to access clean water.”
This year’s STEMi winners are as follows:
K-2ND GRADE DIVISION:
1st, Kennani Villagomez “Gummy Bear,”
2nd, Jadine Pangelinan “Rust Chemistry”
3rd, Isabella Demapan “Pendulum Art”
3RD-5TH GRADE DIVISION:
1st, Tomamitsu Aldan “Brine to Beverage”, Maui Silva “Test Your Honey”, and Leah Lansangan and Naomi Matsumoto “Penny Drops”
1st, Brent Ortizo “Black Sheep”
2nd, Yuri Sasamoto “Paper from Plants”
3rd, Brissa Hunter “Burning Calories”
9th-12th grade division:
1st, Tommy Cayetano “Video Games & Blood Pressure”
2nd, Brandee Hunter and Mikee Mendoza “Is Your Bottled Water Really Alkaline?”
3rd, Kalea Borja “Installation of Water Tank”
1st, Aldwin Batusin, Ivy Leong, Joanie Paraiso, and Reica Ramirez “CaisNO or Yes”
2nd, Amy Cabanting and Mild Sripraset “Working Hard or Hardly Working?”
3rd, Louisa Han, Hoo Lim Cho, and Seoyone Lee “Population Registered”
1st, Gary Camacho, Jan Bobadilla, and Matt Moran “This Idea is Tubig”
2nd, Alvin Palacios “Smart Road”
3rd, William Blake Deleon Guerrero and Steven Li “Reflex Suit”
Of the students that placed, the following qualified to compete in the CNMI-wide STEM Fair: Kenanni Villagomez, Tomamitsu Aldan, Brent Ortizo, Tommy Cayetano, and Aldwin Batusin.

Water Campaign Launches in 35 Cities and 8 Countries!
The RISE by Grades of Green 2018 Water Campaign has officially launched in 35 cities in 8 countries across the globe! The Water Campaign is Grades of Green’s largest ever semester-long virtual program that gives students the leadership tools and resources that they need to launch a community wide water solution. Starting in September and ending in December 2018, 250+ students will receive customized mentorship, leadership training, a library of water protection resources, and the opportunity to win $500 Eco Grants and one $1,000 grand prize to fund their water solution. Through their efforts, Water Campaign eco-leaders will involve over 100,000 community members in their water protection Campaigns.
The Water Campaign has 4 Phases that guide students towards creating and sharing their solution:
- Phase 1: Research and Discover
- Research your local water resources, identify key water issues and solutions, and meet your Campaign Partner Team!
- Phase 2: Water Action
- Track your personal water use and take action to conserve water or to protect water quality, calculate your gallons of water saved, and use what you learned to select a local water solution to share with your community.
- Phase 3: Awareness
- Create a Campaign Video showcasing your local water issue, your solution, and your call to action; then spread awareness by sharing your video with your community.
- Phase 4: Civic Engagement
- Launch your community event or presentation to local leadership, compile your Water Campaign results, submit your Final Results Survey to Grades of Green, and celebrate our success!
This week, Campaign Teams are launching Phase 1: Research and Discover. Our Campaign Teams are researching their local water resources and interviewing experts to identify a water conservation or water quality issue to focus on.
Here are a few highlights from our Campaign Teams so far:
1. Grades of Green Youth Environmental Award Winner and Water Campaign alumnus Younes is joining the Water Campaign as the adult lead for the George Washington Academy Green Council in Morocco
2. PAUD Cemara Kasih, a Campaign Team in Bali, Indonesia, virtually met with their Grades of Green Mentor and brainstormed ways to re-use greywater for their school vegetable garden
3. The Campaign Team at Thomas Starr King Elementary School in Los Angeles, CA set the goal of increasing drinking water quality at school fountains and decreasing plastic bottle consumption
Follow @gradesofgreen for more student stories and Campaign updates!

Most of the science curriculum is guided by the selections in Reading Wonders. Teachers use a variety of texts and resources such as Mystery Science and BrainPOP.
SCIENCE Grade 6 During the fall semester, the focus is on the Challenger Center, and for the remainder of the year, students use a variety of texts and resources to learn different topics.
SOCIAL STUDIES Kindergarten - Grade 3 The World Around Us (MacMillan/McGraw Hill © 1995) is an activity/text-based program. It offers solid instruction in history and geography, with strong emphasis on citizenship,thinking skills and economics, a lively connection to the humanities, and an infusion of multicultural perspectives.
SOCIAL STUDIES Grade 4 The curriculum is focused on Hawaiian Studies present and past via handouts and Hawaiians of Old (© 2002).
SOCIAL STUDIES Grades 5 (Houghton Mifflin, © 1994). America Will Be presents a chronological and in-depth study of U.S. history from its beginnings through the significant events of the Civil War, with concluding material through the present.
SOCIAL STUDIES Grade 6 A Message of Ancient Days explores the ancient world from the beginnings' of time through early and classical civilizations up to the decline of the Roman Empire. Students also use National Geographic World History's Great Civilizations.
Eligible students receive Special Education services in different environments: inclusion, pull out resource
The English Learner Program helps ensure that students from different language and cultural backgrounds have equal access to all educational opportunities at our school. The EL Program's Mission is that students will meet state standards and develop English language proficiency in an environment where a student and his/her family's language and culture are recognized as valuable resources to learning.
Tutoring is provided before, during, and after school to students who do not receive services from other programs. Teachers work with small groups of students on reading foundation skills.
Palisades Elementary's Resource schedule runs on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. Students attend classes in computer education, Hawaiiana, STEM, library, physical education, and ukulele. Grade levels attend these classes on a rotational basis.
Students who meet program requirements also attend Math Enrichment Program.
COMPUTER EDUCATION In the computer lab, students learn to be ethical users of technology through projects, games, and exercise.