Water Education Web Sites

This page lists links to sites that offer teachers and children information about water, water education and pollution prevention.

A Note About the Links...
These links are provided as a service by NSD. These links provide additional information that may be useful or interesting to educators.

NSD cannot attest to the accuracy of information provided by these links or any other linked site. Providing a link to a site does not constitute an endorsement of the sponsors of the site or the information or products presented on the site by NSD or any of its employees.

• Adopt Your Watershed
  http://www.epa.gov/adopt/education.html
  This site has links to material suitable for students and teachers.

• The Aquatic Outreach Institute
  www.aoinstitute.org/index.html
  The Aquatic Outreach Institute is involved in outreach programs on creeks, wetlands, and watersheds in the San Francisco Bay area.
  

• Educating Young People About Water
  http://www.uwex.edu/erc/eypaw/
  This site provides materials can help you develop a community-based, youth water education program that targets youth and links key community members in partnerships--all working toward common water education goals.

• EPA's Environmental Education Center
  http://www.epa.gov/teachers/
  Would you like to teach about the environment, but feel that you don't have the technical background? This site provides a collection of fact sheets, brochures, and web pages that you can use to explain environmental issues.

• EPA's Student Center
  http://www.epa.gov/students/
  This site provides a place for middle and high school students to explore a wide range of environmental issues and get help with water science-related homework and get ideas for science projects
  

• Explorer's Club for Water:
  www.epa.gov/kids/water.htm
  This site provides a way for children to virtually visit different water ecosystems and learn about the plants and animals that make the water their home.

• Pollution Prevention Toolbox
  http://www.epa.gov/region5/p2/toolbox.html
  This site has a "toolbox" of activities and lesson plans to teach children about preventing pollution.

• Project WET
  http://www.montana.edu/wwwwet/
  Project WET is a nonprofit water education program for educators and young people, grades K-12, located on the Montana State University campus in Bozeman, Montana. This site offers lesson plans, course materials, and current information about national water education trends.

• The Quest for Less
  http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/kids/quest/index.htm
  A teacher's guide to reducing, reusing and recycling from the Office of Solid Waste.

• Recycle City
  http://www.epa.gov/recyclecity/
  This site provides information about recycling for teachers and kids. There is an interactive game that requires a Shockwave plugin to operate but worth the effort.

• Rivers & Coasts Field Trip
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/landmarks/riversandcoasts/index.shtml
  The Rivers and Coasts website provides a virtual tour of lessons on both rivers and coasts. The site also has printable worksheets use either in conjunction with the website or as extension activities in the classroom. This site provides a text-only version for children with visual impairment.

• USGS Water Resources
  http://water.usgs.gov/outreach/OutReach.html
  This site offers posters with age-appropriate activities. The posters are available in either color, or black and white for coloring.

• USGS Water Science for Schools
  http://wwwga.usgs.gov/edu/
  This site offers information on many aspects of water, along with pictures, data, maps, and an interactive center where you can give opinions and test your water knowledge

• Water Education Foundation
  http://www.water-ed.org/schoolprograms.asp
  The Water Education Foundation offers a variety of programs to teach students, our future voters and leaders, about one of the most critical issues – water. The programs teach students about the history, geography and science of water. Students also learn about the difficult political and policy decisions surrounding this complex issue. Foundation programs are suitable for students in grades K-14.

• Water on the Web
  http://wow.nrri.umn.edu/wow/index.html
  Water on the Web (WOW) offers unique opportunities for high school and first year college students to learn basic science through hands-on science activities, in the lab and in the field, and by working with state-of-the-art technologies accessible through a free web site. This site provides lesson plans for both teachers and students.

• Water Source Books
  http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/wsb/
  The Water Sourcebooks contain activities for grades K-12. This environmental education program explains the water management cycle using a balanced approach showing how it affects all aspects of the environment. All activities contain hands-on investigations, fact sheets, reference materials, and a glossary of terms.
  

• World in Our Backyard: A Wetlands Education and Stewardship Program
  http://www.epa.gov/region01/students/teacher/world.html
  Suggests ways to study wetland characteristics, why wetlands are important, and how students and teachers can help protect a local wetland.