Activity Web sites
(Clicking on these Web sites will open a new browser window)

These activities introduce the topics of global warming (The Earth has a Fever!) and the origin of our drinking water (Our Melting Ice Cube) to a kindergarten level, with tips on how students and their families can help protect the earth. The lessons are described on the webpage and fully downloadable as PDFs.

Find them here: http://www.coastal.ca.gov/publiced/directory/global_k.html, and find other free resources by visiting us at www.coastforyou.org and clicking on “Free Resources for Educators.” 

Water science for schools from U.S. Geological Survey

Engineer Girl - Encourages girls to consider engineering, from the National Academy of Engineering

The Watershed Game - An on-line quiz from Bell LIVE!

Drinking water activities and games for kids - from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Emergency preparedness activites for kids - from the Federal Emergency Management Agency

Fact about ecosystems and biomes - MBGnet

River stories and activities from the Bonneville Power Administration

Air, water and recycling activites from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Exporer Club

Learn about the ocean from the "Year of the Ocean" organization

Water wizard quiz from the Colorado River Water Conservation District

"Building Big" dams - an interactive learning site all about dams from PBS based on its "Building Big" series.

'Robin Whirlybird on her Rotorcraft Adventures' is NASA's online, interactive multimedia storybook that explains aeronautics and rotorcraft research to young children.

Water education books for California 4th and 5th graders from the California Water Awareness Campaign

Educational Web sites

Ag in the classroom at
www.cfaitc.org

Current weather and products at
www.nws.noaa.gov/data.html

Encyclopedia Smithsonian at
www.si.edu/resource/faq/

Environmental Education Link at
www.nceet.snre.umich.edu

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's "High School Environmental Center" Web site for teens
http://www.epa.gov/highschool/

Exploratorium at
www.exploratorium.edu

Explore the Globe Program at
globe.fsl.noaa.gov

Global Rivers Environmental Education Network (GREEN) catalog at www.earthforce.org/catalog/

Interactive NASA projects at
Quest.arc.nasa.gov/interactive/index.html

Kids Source on line at
www.kidsource.com/kidsource/

The National Ground Water Association's educator resources at
www.ngwa.org/educator/educator.html

Renewable Energy Policy Project's environment page at
solstice.crest.org/energyenvironment/index.htm

The Water Education Water Awareness Committee at
UseWaterWisely.com

Quotations about water, gathered by
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation