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A World of Education Links
Other water-related educational websites include:
25 Facts about Water - AWWA
"Access to Safe Drinking Water" -Peace Corps World Wise Schools education module
Along a River - interactive game.
Animated Water Cycle - This page is an fun, animated look at the water cyle from the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontanio. Special emphasis is placed on groundwater.
Annenberg/ CPB Learner.org project - online video resources for K-12 teachers
ARIC Global Climate Change for Students - This British website provides a very thorough understanding of the complexity and intricacy of global climate change. An extremely complete and detailed accounting of information on climate and factors that influence it.
Bucket Buddies - Compare water-based organisms from local sources with others from around the world.
Build Your Own Aquifer
Building Environmental Education Solutions (BEES)- Water
California Department of Water Resources Water Education Page
Campaign for Environmental Literacy
CIA World Factbook - information on precipitation and climate of other countries.
Colorado Correlations - links state education standards to environmental curricula.
Colorado Digitization Project - Educator Resources
Colorado Foundation for Water Education - The Colorado Foundation for Water Education is a newly formed organization chartered to lead a statewide effort to educate Coloradans about their water resources. The CFWE will be a clearinghouse of water education materials and other water-related information.
Colorado River Main Page - CU Denver
Colorado River Watch - Stream monitoring network for schoolchildren.
Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education (CAEE)
Colorado Water Knowledge - CSU
Destination Earth: Water and Energy Cycle - NASA affiliated earth sciences site.
Digital Library for Earth System Education - database of on-line earth sciences resources.
Drinking H2O.Com - Public Education
Drinking Water 101 - This website, entitled offers a primer on where your drinking water comes from and what it takes to get from the source to your tap.
Drought for Kids - This site, hosted by Eduscapes, provides a wealth of information and activities for kids and teachers to learn about drought.
Earth Revealed - earth science on-line videos, includes groundwater, rivers and other goelogic properties.
Earthtrends - Environmental Information Portal.
Educating Young People About Water - The University of Wisconsin operates this site entitled, "Educating Young People About Water." Educators will find this a valuable resource for curricula and other resources.
Educator Digital Assets Page - Teachers (and students) can download images, .mpeg files, .pdf and other files about natural phenomena, including many involving water.
Eduscapes - Drought for Kids
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse - 39 lessons about water.
Environmental Education on the Internet
Environmental Inquiry - Scientific Research for High School students from Cornell University, featuring modules about water.
Environmental Literacy Council - Water page
EPA - Environmental Education The Environmental Protection Agency is a source of water quality and environmental education information.
Enviroscapes - watershed protection models.
Evolution of the Colorado River
Exploring Earth - Natural sciences website with vizualizations, investigations and other materials.
Exploratorium - Exploratorium is an extraordinary resource for all teachers and students on all science topics. Search any water-related topic from this site and open up worlds of information. There is even a section on climate change.
Federal Resources for Excellence in Education (FREE) - long list of lesson plans and curriculum ideas.
Fedstats - database of statistics for over 100 federal agencies.
Funzone - The Louisville Water Company provides this water education site with fun activities for kids curriculum ideas for teachers.
Game-based Learning for the Geosciences
Global Rivers Environmental Eduction Network
Global Warming for Kids - EPA site.
Global Water Newswatch - current news about water from around the world for students.
GLOBE measuring protocols - shows teachers and students protocols for measuring water, climate, hyrdology and other earth science indicators.
Glossary of Water Terms - Municipal Water District of Orange County, CA.
Groundwater for Kids
GROW -Geotechnical, rock and water resources library This site has a wealth of classroom expiriments demonstrating principles about water. Great for students and teachers.
Growing Your Future - Colorado Foundation for Agriculture education site.
H2O - The Mystery, Art and Science of Water
H2OU - This page has a host of water experiments for students.
h2ouse.org - H2ouse.org is a cooperative venture to show where water is used the home, how much is used and what you can do to conserve water in everyday household settings.
Hard Bargain Farm - Potomac River-based site with teacher and student resources on watersheds and rivers.
Healthy Water, Healthy People
High School Environmental Center - EPA
Hydrologic Cycle
Hydrology Lab - Calculations and experiments.
Hydrology Web - Links for Kids
Infomine - Scholarly internet search resource.
Internet Watershed Educational Tool (Interwet)
Interactive Watersheds
International Water Conditions - ActionBioscience program.
It's all in the Watershed - Smithsonian Institute site.
Journey of the Keepers - Colorado Springs Utilities interactive water education page.
kids.thelinks.com - Links to over a dozen educational sites that cover a variety of topics for all grade levels. Links include Bill Nye-the Science Guy, Newton's Apple and more.
La Ciencia del Agua para Escuelas - Spanish version of the USGS "Water Science for Schools' website.
Land Use History of the Colorado Plateau
Learning to be Water Wise - This site strives to give understanding about the nature and science of water.
Learning Zone - Severn Trent Water - Teaching guides and other water use information is provided by this British website.
Librarian's Index to the Internet - Research tool.
Life Cycle of a Glacier
Marco Polo - standards-based internet education content for K-12 teachers and students.
Montana Watercourse
Moving Waters: The Colorado River and the West
NASA SCIence Files - Educators Home Page.
National Environmental Education and Training Foundation
National Geographic Education pages
National Library for the Environment - part of the Congressional Research Service.
National Science Digital Library - This links transports you to what will soon be the largest website of science information on the internet. The National Science Foundation operates this portal to science information for students, teachers and the public alike to answer any science-related questions, including those about water.
National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)- science teacher resources.
Natural Inquirer - A USDA site that offers games, lesson plans and other aids for both students and teachers for learning and teaching about natural resources topics.
News@Nature.com - Earth and Environment
Ocean Facts and Statistics
Our Changing Planet - Freshwater page
www.ourwater.org - The League of Women Voters sponsors this site that deals with the problem
of non-point source pollution. Non-point source pollution, which everyone contributes to in part, is a great threat to the health of rivers and the safety of drinking water.
Phoenix Water Game - Play the Phoenix Water Game! This site is a semi-interactive look at the problems, constraints and possible solutions applicable to the city of Phoenix, Arizona's water supply. Best for older students able to understand percentages, graphs and complex problems.
Project WET - Water Education for Teachers - Water Education for Teachers is what Project WET is all about. Project WET offers instruction about water for school grades K-12. WET is a sister program to two other very successful natural science education protocols: Project WILD and Project Learning Tree.
Project WET Colorado River Student Activity Guides
Project WET Colorado River Water Education Curriculum Guide
Project WET Sample Colorado River Lesson Plans
Polluted Runoff - EPA non-point source pollution page.
Poudre Learning Center - water education in the Cache La Poudre River Corridor.
Quintessential Instructional Archive (QUIA) - "Water, Water Everywhere"
Resources for Earth Science and Geography Instruction - database of weblinks covering a multitude of earth science topics, including water-related topics.
River and Water Facts - National Park Service
River of Words - Water education for kids through poetry, art and imagination.
"Robocow" - Agricultural Non-point source pollution animation.
Science Gems - Frank Potter's Science Gems features thousands of pages of curriculum, lesson aids and more. Materials available for K-12.
Science Guides - Website for teachers devoted to science education curricula by the NSTA.
Science in Your Watershed - USGS
Science Netlinks - Educational materials for K-12 education.
Sea World Water Site Sea World provides a site to teach the basics of water for K-12 students.
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Soda Bottle Hydrologic Cycle - Can a soda bottle show you how the hydrologic cycle works? Click on this site to see a fun and easy demonstration of the water cycle.
Stormwater Coalition - Education about stormwater pollution with online videos.
Student Water Investigators Showing How - Community Science Action Guide.
TeachEarth.com - teaches interconnection of earth, air, water and life.
Teacher Resources for Introducing Urban Stormwater Quality Concepts to the Classroom
Terraserver - Aerial mapping and imaging resources.
The World's Water
Thinkquest - Oceans Lakes and Water exercises.
UNESCO water site - The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has a site devoted to worldwide water issues offering international perspectives about this scarce resource.
Universities Water Information Network
USGS Acid Rain Page
USGS Water Page - The United States Geological Survey's site of water sources in the U.S. It includes information on current and historic flows as well as water quality information.
Virtual Pond
Vital Water Graphics - UN Environment Programme
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