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 Project WET Support Materials - Educator Materials
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 WOW! The Wonders of Wetlands
330 pages b&w photos illustrations charts glossary resources.
K-12 teachers will enjoy using this guide; it features 70 pages of background material followed by more than 40 cross-referenced activities. Every page is thoughtfully laid out with core text, great photographs, side bars, maps, and illustrations to make information clear and quick to use. Activities are organized into five sections: wetlands definitions, wetlands plants and animals, water quality and supply issues, soils, and people. The appendix offers instructions for planning and developing a schoolyard wetland habitat.
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 Conserve Water
307 pages b&w photos illustrations charts glossary resources
The Conserve Water Educators Guide provides teachers of middle school and high school students with the ins and outs of water conservation. Background information offers a hydrologic primer; past, present, and future water conservation issues; and case studies ranging from a rancher in west Texas to an ice cream factory in Massachusetts. These real-life examples encourage students to use critical thinking skills to examine different sides of each situation.
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 Healthy Water, Healthy People - Water Quality Educators Guide
220 pages photos illustrations appendix glossary cross-references resources index
This activity guide is for educators of students in grades 6 through university level. The purpose of this Guide is to raise the awareness and understanding of water quality topics and issues and their relationship to personal, public, and environmental health. Healthy Water, Healthy People will help educators address science standards through interactive activities that interpret water quality concepts and promote diverse learning styles, with foundations in the scientific method. This guide contains twenty-five original activities that link priority water quality topics to real-life experiences of educators and students.
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 Healthy Water, Healthy People - Test Kit Manual
100 pages photos illustrations cross references glossary index resources
This technical reference manual is an excellent companion text that supports all of the Healthy Water, Healthy People publications and materials. The purpose of this manual is to serve as a technical reference for the Healthy Water, Healthy People Water Quality Educators Guide and the Healthy Water, Healthy People Testing Kits, yielding in-depth information about ten water quality parameters. The manual answers questions about water quality testing using technical overviews, data interpretation guidelines, case studies, chemical formulas, testing kit activities, laboratory demonstrations, and much more.
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 The Watershed Manager Educators Guide
193 pages photos illustrations charts and graphs maps appendix index
This 193-page guide contains 19 science-based, multi-disciplinary activities that teach what a watershed is, how it works, and why we must all consider ourselves watershed managers. An extensive background section introduces readers to fundamental watershed concepts. Each activity adapts to your local watershed, contains e-links for further internet research, and is correlated to the National Standards for Science.
BONUS! Includes a 65 cm X 95 cm (26x38) Map of Selected North American Rivers and Watersheds.
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Contact Project WET
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Pauline Nystrom
National Coordinator
Project WET Canada
c/o 135 Jordan Parkway
Red Deer, AB.
T4P 0A9
Phone:(403) 341-3465
Email: pauline.nystrom@ec.gc.ca
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