The U.S. EPA provides a web page entitled Drinking Water Activities for Teachers and Students that offers games for children and curriculum for teachers.    

The Environment Department of Canada's Water Website offers a number of publications on water efficiency for both students and teachers. Teacher's Corner includes publications and online resources for teaching children in primary through secondary grades about water and water quality through various activities.

Give Water a Hand is a program of the University of Wisconsin to help young people learn about water resources in their community and what they can do to protect them. Downloadable Action Guide and Leader Guidebook.

Global Rivers Environmental Education Network (GREEN) is an action-oriented approach to education, based on an interdisciplinary watershed educational model. Resources include curriculum guides and monitoring equipment and handbooks.

Learning to be Water Wise and Energy Efficient is an education conservation program developed by the nonprofit National Energy Foundation for grades 4 - 8.

The Rivers Project includes teacher training sessions each summer and a Rivers Curriculum for high school students with units on biology, earth sciences, geography, language arts and mathematics, applicable to any river in the world. Curriculum Guides are available, and water quality data may be submitted to the project. A student-authored publication called "Meanderings" is also produced by the project.

The Soil and Water Conservation Society offers a range of educational resources related to water, including a wetlands activity guide and a series of Environmental Adventures booklets for ages 8-11 with teachers guides, including one entitled "Water in Your Hands," also available in Spanish.

Utah Nonpoint Source Pollution Education Activities (PDF format) compiled by Utah State University Extension lists NPS materials for both young and adults including curricula, activities, books, videos, pamphlets, and fact sheets. 

The Bureau of Reclamation Mid Pacific Region's Watershare website, a virtual water conservation center, features water conservation educational resources and online lesson plans for teachers of K-12 students.

The Water Education Foundation develops and implements education programs leading to a broader understanding of water issues and to resolution of water problems. 

Water Education for Teachers (WET) is a project to facilitate and promote awareness, appreciation, knowledge, and stewardship of water resources through the development and dissemination of classroom-ready teaching aids and through the establishment of state and internationally sponsored Project WET programs. 

Last updated: February 3, 2005

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