Education Materials

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October 12, 2008

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Water Education
Education Materials

The following education resources are available free of charge to any teacher at a public, private or home school within the IRWD service area. Due to budget limitations, we are unable to accommodate requests from outside of the area we serve.

Many of these items (appropriate to grade level) are included in the leave-behind packet given to all teachers who request an IRWD water education classroom program. However, if you'd prefer to do the teaching yourself, we are happy to make these items available to you on request. SELECT THE CHECK BOXES OF THE ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE. ONCE FINISHED, CLICK "REQUEST MATERIALS". COMPLETE THE FORM AND FILL OUT THE QUANTITY OF ITEMS REQUESTED.

Several child-oriented water education videos are available to teachers or parents within the IRWD service area for a free two-week loan. Check out the Video Lending Library section of our web site for more information. Many brochures on topics such as water conservation, desalination, and pollution prevention are also available. See the Free Brochures section of our web site for information.

TITLE	GRADE	DESCRIPTION	QTY
Give Water A Second Chance: Recycle It!	4-8	Learn how water that goes down the drain is cleaned so that it can be used again to irrigate parks, golf courses and more!
Water Cycle Poster	2-6	A color poster illustrating evaporation, transpiration, condensation, precipitation, and percolation. One per teacher.
Groundwater: The Hidden Resource Poster from the U.S. Geological Survey	2-8	Color poster illustrating percolation, groundwater, aquifers and wells. The back of the poster features classroom activities and lesson suggestions. One per teacher.
The Story of Drinking Water student workbooks and teacher guide from the American Water Works Assn.	3-5	Colorful student workbooks provide games and information on the chemical properties of water, the water cycle, water supply, treatment, distribution, costs and conservation. One per student.
Water Quality: Potential Sources of Pollution Poster from the U.S. Geological Survey	2-8	Color poster illustrating point source and non-point source pollution issues. The back of the poster features classroom activities and lesson suggestions. One per teacher.
Admiral Splash water education program from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California	4	This kit includes a teacher's guide, a color student workbook for each child, pre- and post-tests, stickers and a video. Requires a brief teacher inservice. One kit per teacher.
Watersheds: Where We Live Poster from the U.S. Geological Survey.	4-8	The importance of watersheds to plants and animals. Planned vs. unplanned watersheds. The back of the poster features classroom activities and lesson suggestions. One per teacher.
The Water Laundry teacher guide for a mini-unit on water reclamation	5-6	This teacher's guide accompanies classroom programs on the topic of water reclamation, but is also designed to be a stand-alone mini-unit. Five lessons include "Settling," "Microbe Search," "Filtering," "Disinfecting," and "Parts per Million." Includes masters for overheads and student activity sheets. One per teacher.
Kleen-Up Kops brochures	5-6	These color brochures accompany IRWD classroom program on the topic of water pollution prevention. Teaches students about hazardous materials and how they can pollute groundwater or ocean water through improper disposal. One per student.
Water Ways social studies supplement from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California	5	The importance of water to Native Americans, in the settling of the Colonies and the westward movement. Kit contains a teacher guide and student booklets.
Captain Hydro Water Conservation Workbook	5-6	A water conservation super-hero does combat against water waste.Kit includes one teacher guide and student booklets.
Cleaning Up Our Act pollution prevention sliders from the Water Education Foundation	5-12	Sliding fact card lets students take a pollution quiz and learn about proper disposal and non-hazardous alternatives for things like antifreeze, drain cleaners, pesticides and herbicides. Up to five per classroom.
Water Saving Guide sliders from the Water Education Foundation	1-12	Sliding fact card lets students learn about water conservation inside and outside the home. Up to five per classroom.
Water Quality from Metropolitan Water District	7-12	Hands-on laboratory for physical science, chemistry or biology classes. Brief teacher inservice is required. One kit per teacher.
Water Politics from the Metropolitan Water District	7-12	A notebook-style resource kit for economics, government and environmental science classes dealing with role-playing and decision-making based on actual California water case studies. Brief inservice required. One kit per teacher.
Groundwater Education Program from the Water Education Foundation.	7-12	Kit includes a teacher resource guide, maps and more. One per teacher.
Water Works from the Metropolitan Water District	7-12	Interactive program on careers in the water industry, such as engineering, chemistry, biology, geographic information systems (GIS), customer service, etc. Includes interactive CD-ROM and video. Requires brief inservice. One per school.
Water for Everything Poster from U.S.G.S.	4-6	Colorful poster from the U.S. Geological Survey on the many ways water is used in a community.