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- Classroom Curriculum Guides (K-12)
A number of K-12 curriculum guides are available, including A-Way With Waste, Discover Wetlands, The Estuary Guide, Project Wet, and Healthy Water, Healthy People (water quality monitoring).
- Teacher Workshops - Dates and Locations
This is a calendar of workshops, conferences, and other events oriented toward environmental educators.
- Volunteer Opportunities and Action Projects
Learn about opportunities for volunteer work in your community or action projects you and others can do.
- Research & Reference Resources
Ecology and numerous other organizations provide extensive resources that are available to environmental educators and students. These may be helpful for student research assignments and reports on environmental issues.
- Grant Opportunities
Funding is available for a variety of projects sponsored by public agencies and non-profit groups.
- Contacts
Who's who for Environmental Education
- The Learning Web - A portion of the USGS website dedicated to K-12 education and life-long learning. Explore things on, in, around and about the Earth such as land, water, plants and animals, and maps.
- Water Science for Schools - Information on many aspects of water, along with pictures, data, maps, and an interactive center where you can give opinions and test your water knowledge
- National Atlas of the United States - Make interactive maps within your web browser!
- Ground Water Atlas of the United States - Describes the location, the extent, and the geologic and hydrologic characteristics of the major aquifers of the Nation
- Science in Your Watershed - Find information about your watershed
- Water Education Posters - Cartoon posters for grades K-12 on subjects of wetlands, water use, wastewater, navigation, ground water, and water quality
- Aquifer Basics
- Water Basics Glossary of Terms
- USGS Library - The largest earth science library in the world... providing information to other organizations and individuals in the areas of geology, hydrology, cartography, biology, and related fields.
- Other USGS Educational Resources - Links to additional earth science information on biology, geology, cartography, hydrology, and related fields
- Career Opportunities In Water Resources -- prepared by John E. Hubbard, Chair of Universities Council on Water Resources Education Committee, as an extension task of the NSF/USGS Water Workshop Project.
- Hydrology -- The Study of Water and Water Problems A Challenge for Tomorrow -- a publication of the Universities Council on Water Resources.
- What is a Watershed? -- a primer provided by the Conservation Technology Information Center
- Learn About Groundwater -- from the Groundwater Foundation you'll find materials on the hydrologic cycle, groundwater contamination and protection, how wells work, and the "Top 10" ways you can help groundwater.
- What Is Groundwater? -- a primer for kids provided by The Groundwater Foundation
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