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Teacher materials
All educational materials listed below are free to teachers
in Santa Clara County. Call the district's Education Coordinator Kathy
Machado, at (408) 265-2607, ext. 2331, to find out how you can obtain
these items.
Curricula
Topical single-sheet lessons
Teachers - for answer keys, send an e-mail request to Water Awareness & Education Coordinator Kathy Machado.
Water Junction, Grades 2 and 3
Available in English and Spanish, Water Junction offers an integrated
water curriculum and includes student workbooks, science journals, and a teacher’s guide.
Santa Clara Valley Water District History
- A teacher's activity guide, Grades 4 through high school
This activity guide includes activities and resources focusing on the
history of water in the Santa Clara Valley. The guide is also available
on-line.
Songs and lessons, Grades
3 to 8
Six songs sung to familiar tunes teach about local watersheds and the
water cycle. Song sheets are available to download as a printable PDF
file:
- Guadalupe Watershed Song (cassette available)
- Water Cycle Boogie Song (cassette available)
- San Tomas Watershed Song [PDF
66 KB]
- Coyote Watershed Song [PDF 250 KB]
- Santa Clara County Watersheds Song [PDF
73 KB]
- Permanente Watershed Song [PDF 965 KB]
Project Water Science, Grades 7 to
10
Developed by the Water Education Foundation, this series of 10 laboratory
exercises is suitable for either physical or earth science classes.
The labs explore the chemical nature of water and its role in the ecosystem.
Games, puzzles and magic
- Water Walk Game, Grades 3+
Preventing pollution of local creeks and rivers.
Presentations
Groundwater
Presentation to Educators, June 7, 2002 by Tracy Hemmeter and Cris
Tulloch (PDF)
Videos
The district requires a refundable deposit of $10 per video or CD. Contact
Kathy Machado at (408) 265-2607 ext. 2331 to reserve these for your
classrooms.
- Adopt-A-Creek
Program, All ages, six minutes.
An overview of the district’s Adopt-a-Creek program.
- Cadillac Desert, a four part series,
Grades 9+, 250 min.
Chronicles the growth of a thriving civilization in the great American
desert; the sometimes violent resistance to this achievement; the
abundance it has brought; and the risk it has created at home and
abroad.
- Down the Drain, Grades 1-8, 40 minuntes.
All aspects of water including the water cycle and water quality.
- Eyewitness Weather, narrated by Martin
Sheen, Grades 5+, 35 min.
A whirlwind tour of the Earth’s turbulent atmosphere.
- Futures with Jaime Escalante, Grades
6-10, 15 minutes.
Careers in water.
- Luck Isn’t Enough: The Fight for Clean Water,
Grades 5+, 15 minutes.
Good introduction to urban runoff (storm water) pollution.
- Skywatching: A Video Guide to the Daytime Sky,
Grades 3+, 40 minutes.
Facts and folklore on the sky, the sun, clouds, weather and weather
hazards.
- Water Follies, All ages, 7 minutes.
Water conservation cartoons.
- Water You Doing, Grade 7+ 35 min.
Witty presentation of urban runoff (storm water) issues.
- Where Does it Go? Grades 1-8, 12
min.
The difference between the sanitary sewer and storm water systems.
CD ROMs
- Cal Alive: Exploring Biodiversity
The World of Nature - Through colorful maps, diagrams and
pictures, learn about the natural habitats of animals.
- System Behavior and System Modeling
Global Change Instruction Program by Arthur A. Few.
- Everything Weather
Weather - The atmosphere for learning with a Teacher’s
Guide
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