Site-Wide resources

Information

Groundwater

• Ground-water Resources of the Mojave River Basin
• Groundwater Surface water Interactions

Watersheds

• Hydrogeology of the Mojave Desert Preserve
• California Watershed Portal
  • http://cwp.resources.ca.gov/
• Science in Your Watershed (USGS)
  • Educational Resources
• What is a Watershed (avi's and related resources)
• Understanding Watersheds.pdf
• Introduction to Watershed Ecology (EPA online course)
• Sustaining Healthy Freshwater Ecosystems (ESA)
• Master Watershed Steward (An Arizona Program)
  

Stream and Rivers

• Stream Corridor Structure (EPA)
• American Rivers Project
• GREEN-Global Rivers Environmental Education Network *

Wetlands

• Wetlands Functions and Values (EPA)

Lakes and Ponds

• Understanding Lakes (EPA)

Resources

U.S. Federal Agencies

• Water Education Posters (USGS) for K-12 classrooms covering multiple themes (groundwater, watershed, wetlands etc.)

U.S. National Water Institutes

State Water Agencies: CALIFORNIA

• California Department of Health Services' Drinking Water Program
• California State Water Resources Control Board
• California Delta Protection Commission
• California Environmental Resources Evaluation System
• California Public Utilities Commission

State Government Resources

• Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS)
  • California (NRCS)
• California Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Associations

• Fish Base A Global information system on fishes

Awards, Grants, Scholarships

• Awards
  • The Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes
  • Envirothon
  • NASA Student Involvement Program  
  • President's Environmental Youth Awards
  • Young Eco-Hero Awards
• Grants
  • Nature of Learning Grants Program to Support Environmental Education from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
  • EE-Link Environmental Education Grants Resources
  • EPA Environmental Education Grant Program
    • EPA Grant-Writing Tutorial
  • Toshiba Environmental Science Grant
• Scholarships
  • State Waterboard Support
  • Water Scholar Program
    

Water Study

• Community Service Ideas
  • Adopt Your Watershed
  • Agua Pura-An Institute Planning for Latino Communities
  • Backyard Conservation
  • Center for Global Environmental Education Watershed Plan
  • Educating Young People About Water
  • EE Link Local Organizations Environmental Inquiry Water a Hand
  • Linking Girls to the Land
  • Monitoring Water Quality: Volunteer Monitoring
  NASA Student Involvement Program
  • National Environmental Education Week
  • Schoolyard habitat, USFWS
  • Service-Learning: Education Beyond the Classroom
  • Volunteer for Change
  • Watershed Information Network - How to start a watershed team
  • World Water Monitoring Day
  • Resources for Field Study
    • Western Wetland Flora Guide
  • GIS Resources
    • GIS Data from the USGS

Water Education

• Conferences and Workschops
  • Project Learning Tree
  • Environmental Concern
  • Environmental Education Calendar
  • Environmental Health Science Education
  • EPA Environmental Educator Training
  • The Fragile Fringe
  • The GLOBE Program
  • Education and Public Outreach
• California Water Education Foundation (WEF)State Water Resources Control Board (CEPA)
• • School Programs (WEF)
  • Water Leader's Class (WEF)
  • California Project Wet Training (WEF)
• Fun "Kid Friendly" Links
• http://www.acwf.org/kids/funlinks.html
• On-line Publications For Kids...
  • http://www.acwf.org/education/pubs.html

Water Quality

• Clean Water Team Citizen Monitoring Program
• Groundwater Quality Basics

Activities

• 2nd week in March is 'National Ground Water Awarness Week"
• May is "Water Awareness Month"
  • California Water Awareness Campaign
    • Educational Resources and Flash Animations... (Aquifer, Water Use, Water Cycle, Molecular Cycle, Water Sources of California, Consumptive Water Use of Food Production)
• May is "Watershed Awareness Month"
  • California Watershed Network
• Water Celebration! A Handbook A water celebration is a one-to three-day event to entertain and educate a community, a school, or a single class about the importance of water. Schedules, funding suggestions, sample letters, flyers, press releases, and ideas for games, exhibits, and presentations are compiled in this single source.
• EE Water Activities (NAAEE) *
• Virtual School Wetlands Network study manual
• Water Treatment Decision Path Interactive. Students treat water pollution.
• Games and Activities (EPA)
  • http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/gamesandactivies.html
  • http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/flash/flash_matching.html

Groundwater

• Groundwater Introduction and Demonstration (NGWA)
• Make your own groundwater model (NGWA)
• Virtual Museum of Groundwater History (NGWA)

Aquifers

• Amazing Aquifers * (a good idea to modify into a school or grade level wide event)
• How does water flow in aquifers?
• Make an aquifer model
• Measuring water storage in aquifers
• Usability of aquifer water

Wetlands

• What is a wetland?
• The importance of wetlands
• Types of wetlands
• Building a wetland filter
• Building a fen

Curriculum

• Educating Young People about Water
  • Website with 140 different Water related curricula on all topics ranging from ecosystems to sources of pollution to protection and the role of government.
• Water Wiser: Water Educational Program Search
• Project Wet (Water Education for Teachers)
  • WET Correlations to California Science Standards (WEF)
• Water on the Web (WOW) helps college and high school students understand and solve real-world environmental problems using advanced technology.
• Education and Outreach (WEF) *
• Healthy Water Healthy People *
• Educating Young People about Water
• Jiminy Cricket's Environmentality Challenge! (5th Grade)
• Square of Life: Studies in Local and Global Environments (elementary grades)
• World of Fresh Water (grades 4-6)
• World in Our Backyard (grades 6-8)
• Pollution Prevention Toolbox (grades 6-8)
• Give Water A Hand: Leader Guidebook and Action Guide
• Project Globe
• Adopt-A-Watershed , CREEC Contact
• Project WET
• Save Our Streams Tools
• Earth Force/GREEN/.
• Groundwater Foundation?s Kids? Corner
• Water Education Foundation
• Project Wild & Wild Aquatic
• Project Learning Tree (PLT)
• WOW!...The Wonders Of Wetlands
• The Water Sourcebook series
• Home A Syst
• EarthWater Stencils
• Take a Dip... The Water in our lives
• Bucket Buddies (pond study for grades 1-5)
• Watershare: Teacher Resources (DOI)
• Backyard Conservation Lesson Plans A series of lesson plans to teach students about Backyard Conservation through hands-on studies that promote field investigation and action. (grades 3-5, 6-8 & 9-12)
  • California Connections
• Water Fit For A Bug
• Field Guide for Freshwater Invertebrates
  • The Stream Study
  • Rapid Bioassessment Protocols (RBPs) for use in Streams and Wadeable Rivers.
  • Freshwater Benthic Ecology and Aquatic Entomology Homepage
  • Macroinvertebrates and Habitats (EPA)
  • Simple Aquatic Insect Identification
  • Major Stream Invertebrates
• Water Science Project (UK, Ages 13-14)
• Conservation Connection
  • Conservation Connection - Teacher Guide
  • Conservation Connection - Student Book
• Let's Not Take Water For Granted (gr. 5-7)
  • Canadian Resource
• The Topic: Water (42Explore)

Kid Links

• National Drinking Water Edaucation... for Kids
• American Water Works Association... for Kids

Kiosk / Wildlands

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Opportunities

• Groundwater Educational Minigrant (LCER/MWA)

Curriculum

• Curriculum & Activity Support Files