Public Education - Resources
Water Sourcebook CD-Rom K-12
Order No: ZC1100
Publisher: Water Environment Federation (WEF)
The Water Sourcebook CD-ROM K-12, is a comprehensive guide for use by teachers and water quality professionals. Designed for use by teachers and water quality professionals, the activities teach youth through experimental learning methods the importance of preserving and enhancing water resources. Chapters on drinking water, wastewater treatment, groundwater, surface water, and wetlands, offer a wide variety of hands-on activities that teach about virtually any water quality or quantity issue. Activities from all four grade level version of The Water Sourcebook are combined on this CD-ROM version with correlations to U.S. educational standards in science, geography and social studies. One activity of entire chapters can be printed. Requires Windows 95 or above, 16 mb of RAM, 10 mb of available hard disk space and 386 or Pentium processor-based or similar personal computer. List Price: $10.00
Healthy Watersheds
“Healthy Watersheds” presentation is a tool to assist members, teachers, and water professionals, in educating our youth and the general public about watershed issues. The focus is on the Great Lakes as a resource, with a unique Michigan perspective. The information provided encourages people to get involved in their watersheds because everyone lives in, works in, plays in, and impacts watersheds. It describes the benefits of healthy watersheds and the problems with unhealthy ones. The disc includes pre- and post-evaluations to determine the effectiveness of the presentation and also includes a list of ten things that individuals can do around their home to keep their watershed healthy. Cost: $7.00.
MWEA / P.O. Box 397 / Bath, MI 48808
TX: 517-641-7377
FAX: 517-641-7388
Email: mwea@mi-wea.org
Habitat Earth: H20
We all use water everyday—in fact, we all depend on it for our survival—but without always understanding where it comes from. This educational video follows water on it’s journey through the water cycle, from moisture condensing in the sky to clouds creating the rains that fall to the earth to the collection of water in streams, rivers and lakes to the vast supplies of underground reservoirs. Habitat Earth: H2O takes young viewers on a journey to discover how humans contribute to the chain of events that impact water quality for all of the Earth’s inhabitants. Closed Captioned. $22.95 each (includes shipping, handling and tax)Teacher's Guide included via e-mail upon request.
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Interactive Resources
Go With the Flow
http://www.wef.org/wefstudents/GoWithFlow/index.htm
Be in the Know ...Go with the Flow is a map that allows the water curious to walk step-by-step through the wastewater treatment process. The Clean Water Plant has been divided into 15 components represented by icons. When clicked on, each component's icon comes up with a one paragraph, non-technical narrative description written for the "average bear." Viewers can follow the path step-by-step, or jump around to locate a particular area of interest.
AquaVenturer Online
http://www.aquaventurer.org/
For kids of all ages, Aqua Venturer tells the story of water, its treatment and use throughout history, and its importance to life on Earth. Visitors discover what the water environment was like in ancient Rome or on the other side of the globe centuries later. AquaVenturer highlights the vital role of clean water in the development of civilizations. Download a Teacher Guide and access a wealth of resources on the water environment.
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