Educational Materials
- Adopt-A-Watershed
Website that offers curriculum for grades K 12. Activities include Significance of Trees (1st Grade) to Wade into Watersheds (4th Grade) to Watershed Physics (High School).
www.adopt-a-watershed.org/ - American Heritage Rivers Services
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Catalog of services available to those working to improve the health of rivers across the nation.
www.epa.gov/rivers/services/ - Drinking Water and Human Health
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Information regarding research, education, and extension activities related to drinking water and human health.
www.usawaterquality.org/themes/health/ - Drinking Water for Kids
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Offers sections on Games & Activities, Classroom Activities & Experiments and Kids Health.
www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/index.html - Environmental Education Programs
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Website that highlighting Project WET (Water Education for Teachers), contains links to Project WILD (Wildlife Educational for Teachers) and Project Learning Tree (Forestry Education for Teachers). All materials/activities are correlated to the Illinois State Goals for Learning Standards and meet National Science Standards.
dnr.state.il.us/lands/education/classrm/wild/intro.htm - Minnesota Stormwater Manual
The Minnesota Stormwater Manual is a valuable tool for stormwater managers; it helps professionals and newcomers manage stormwater in a way that conserves, enhances, and restores high-quality water in our lakes, rivers, streams, wetlands, and ground water, ensuring a high quality of life for all Minnesotans.
www.pca.state.mn.us/water/stormwater/stormwater-manual.html - Online Eco-Games
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Website that provides an online Watershed Game for students and adults!
www.bellmuseum.org/mnideals/watershed/watershed.html - Water Science for Schools
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Provides information on water and water use plus offers activities and a picture gallery.
ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/ - Wetlands, Oceans, & Watersheds Kids' Page
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Offers online watershed games, experiments and curriculum. Also touches upon the subjects of wetlands, estuaries and non-point source pollution.
www.epa.gov/owow/kids.html