Subject: Environment:Water Wonders

Link: http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/earth/groundwater/index.htm

Description: This resource focuses on environmental education for kids, particularly younger children and their teachers (K-3). Topics include the water cycle, groundwater and water facts, and conservation tips. There are also word searches and quizzes, which provide excellent vocabulary exercises.

Grade level: Elementary School

Resource Type: Classroom Activity, Assessment/Evaluation

Subject: Environment: Curriculum Materials: Hands-On Activities from The Water Sourcebook

Link: http://www.wef.org/LearnAboutWater/ForEducators/CurriculumMaterials/

Description: The activities, arranged by grade level, range from construction of a big book about water in the life of a fish for younger students to the exploration of the physics of artesian flow for older learners. Topics include the water cycle, conservation, consumption, contamination, ...

Grade level: Elementary School, Middle School, High School

Resource Type: Classroom Activity, Lab Activity, Guide for Instructor

Subject: Water Management: Colorado's Decision Support Systems: Map Viewer

Link: http://cdss.state.co.us/DNN/MapViewer/tabid/62/Default.aspx

Description: This map viewer lets users access hydrologic data for the State of Colorado, provided by the Colorado Division of Water Resources (CDWR). The map features switchable layers that display rivers, lakes and reservoirs, aquifers, watershed basins, water management districts, as well as cities, townships, county and district lines.

Grade level: High School, College, Graduate, Professional

Resource Type: For the Classroom: Computer Activity

Subject: Environment: Water Purification, Hydrology

Link: http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/activity_grades_4-8_waterpurification.html

Description: This demonstration illustrates how the water cycle helps to purify water. Students are introduced to the key terms like evaporation and condensation. Follow up questions are also included to encourage discussion.

Grade level: Elementary School

Resource Type: Classroom Activity, Classroom Presentation

Subject: Agriculture/Irrigation: Water Those Plants

Link: http://www.usbr.gov/mp/watershare/resources/lessonplans/aw-elementary.html

Description: This lesson plan develops the concept of irrigation for elementary school level kids. The lesson plan provides two activities involving role playing. Using the role playing activities and labs, elementary students should acquire the critical thinking skills necessary to draw conclusions about various aspects of irrigation

Grade level: Elementary School

Resource Type: Lab Activity, Lesson Plan

Subject: Agriculture/Soil: GLOBE 2003 Teacher's Guide: Soil Chapter

Link: http://www.globe.gov/tctg/tgchapter.jsp?sectionId=86

Description: The Soil Chapter of the GLOBE 2003 Teacher's Guide presents information on how to characterize soil profiles and measure soil moisture and temperature

Grade level: Elementary School, Middle School, High School

Resource Type: Classroom Activity, Computer Activity, Field Activity, Lab Activity, Module/Unit

Subject: Carbon: Carbon Tracker

Link: http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ccgg/carbontracker/

Description: A system to keep track of carbon dioxide uptake and release at the Earth's surface over time. Carbon Tracker produces model predictions of atmospheric CO2 mole fractions, to be compared with the observed atmospheric CO2 mole fractions. Materials available at the site include CO2 flux maps, flux time series graphs, carbon 'weather' maps, and CO2 concentration time series graphs

Grade level: High School, College, Graduate

Resource Type: Portal

Subject: Invasive Species

Link: http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/resources/educk12.shtml

Description: Links to educational tools useful for teaching K-12 students about invasive aquatic species, organized by type of organization.

Grade level: Elementary School, Middle School, High School

Resource Type: USDA Site - General Educational Resources

Subject: Coastal Management: Coral Literature, Education and Outreach (CLEO) Program

Link: http://www.coral.noaa.gov/cleo/coral_spawning.shtml

Description: The CLEO Program offers educational modules that consist of three segments: background information of the science behind the instrument, a classroom experiment, and a teacher's section.

Grade level: Middle School, High School

Resource Type: Classroom Activity

Subject: Disaster Management

Link: http://science.hq.nasa.gov/earth-sun/applications/theme7.htm

Description: This website will give a brief discussion on how organizations respond to disasters. Links to related satellite missions are also provided.

Grade level: High School

Resource Type: Reference Material