Watershed Education Resources:
Local organizations
Delaware River Basin Commission Ed. Web
Educational resources about our watershed, the Delaware River Basin, and about water quality issues in general. It includes field trip suggestions, maps, data sets, links, and upcoming opportunities. This site is a great jumping off point!
http://www.state.nj.us/drbc/edweb/edweb.htm
http://www.state.nj.us/drbc/watershedgroups.htm (find a group in your neighborhood to assist you in conducting water quality investigations)
Fairmount Waterworks
School field trip programs and other resources
http://www.fairmountwaterworks.com/
Stroud Water Research Center
Field trip programs, teacher training workshops, and online and print materials
http://www.stroudcenter.org/education/index.htm
Other websites
EPA Surf Your Watershed
An abundance of educational resources for teachers and students
http://www.epa.gov/surf/
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/wsb/ (Water Sourcebook series‹324 activities for a range of grade levels. All of these are available online)
Project WET (Water Education for Teachers)
This foundation sells teacher training materials and conducts workshops for watershed education.
http://www.projectwet.org/index.html
United States Geologic Survey (USGS) Water Science for Schools page
Includes fact sheets, activities, and plenty of other good resources
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/
A Child¹s Place in the Environment (ACPE)
K-6 curriculum units correlated to California¹s Language Arts and Science standards. Unit 4 addresses aquatic systems.
http://www.acpe.lake.k12.ca.us/
Educating Young People About Water
A comprehensive database of over 100 curriculum resources and activity guides for water education. Some are no longer in print. Many are available at low or no cost.
http://www.uwex.edu/erc/eypaw/
Global Rivers Environmental Education Network (GREEN)
This organization provides a central location for watershed monitoring groups from around the globe to share their data. Their section on data collection protocols is very useful.
http://www.green.org/
Print Resources
Muhlenberg College. Aquatic Ecology: An Environmental
Study Unit for 5th 8th Graders. (Contact Environmental Education Outreach at MC for a
copy)
Springer, Mark. Watershed: A Successful Voyage into Integrative Learning. National Middle School Association: Westerville, OH, 1994.
Springer, Mark. The Watershed Whole-Learning Activities Book. National Middle School Association: Westerville, OH, 1998.
Stone, Michael K. and Zenobia Barlow, Eds. Ecological Literacy: Educating our Children for a Sustainable World. San Francisco: Sierra Club, 2003