Colourful, 16-page activity booklets for students ages 8 through 12 provide a fun,
informative introduction to a water concepts. Creative and hands-on investigations,
demonstrations, science experiments, educational games and stories stimulate understanding
of each booklet’s topic.
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Discover Recycling, Take Action! |
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Green Means Go Once you gaze through “green goggles,” it will colour your view of
our world. Overflowing with engaging, hands-on activities, this booklet imparts
an appreciation for the need to protect our environment, as well as the know how
to reduce the waste stream. |
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The Water Story |
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Games and exercises introduce water artifacts and cultural celebrations, water friendly
cleaning alternatives, and the maze from water source through treatment plant to
homes and out again. |
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Celebrate Wetlands! |
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With everyday tools such as coffee filters, sponges, celery and food colouring,
readers learn about the life of wetlands. A 27.5 cm x 40 cm poster reminds kids
of the many spectacular plant and animal species of the wetlands. |
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Healthy Water, Healthy People |
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Through informative text, activities, investigations, and experiments, the booklet
is designed to illustrate water quality topics and issues and make them intriguing,
relevant, and fun for kids. |
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Fish & Fishing |
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From facts about fins to funny phrases, kids learn about the lives of fish and human-kind's
long history of pursuing them. "A Fine Kettle of Fish" increases awareness
of water pollution, whirling disease, drought, loss of habitat, and over-fishing. |
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Discover Ground Water and Springs |
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Interactive lessons such as filling glasses with sand, gravel, and clay show readers
principles related to water flow. Watershed animals, hot and cold springs, and everyday
ground water uses are vividly illustrated and demonstrated. |
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Conserve Water |
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Kids test their water IQ by matching familiar plants and animals with their water
content, then get outdoors to learn "catchment," and think about their
own neighbourhoods in the "Water Detective." |
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Water Works |
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Highlights Hoover Dam. Upper elementary and middle school aged students will discover
how dams such as Hoover ensure that we have water to drink, to use for recreation,
to provide power to our homes, to provide water for agriculture and business and
to provide habitat for fish and wildlife. |
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Watershed Protection |
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What is a watershed? How can you protect a watershed using simple, everyday actions?
Who manages a watershed? What watershed habitats support different plants and animals?
Learn the answers to these questions and more through this interactive booklet.
Kids can even become a certified Watershed Hero! |
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Big Rivers |
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Readers explore big rivers and watersheds in North America, meet famous river explorers,
calculate a river's rate of flow, discover how the river environment is unique,
investigate the many ways that rivers are important, and recognize the role of water
managers. |
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Discovering Drought |
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How can there be a drought in a rain forest--or in the desert? What exactly is a
drought? Learn these answers and more, such as the roles of snowpack and ground
water, droughts around the world and throughout history, predicting and planning
for drought, plant and animal adaptations, and dendrochronology. For students age
8-12. |
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Explore Sagebrush Prairie |
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Explore the Sagebrush Prairie ecosystem where a region of minimal rainfall yields
a great diversity of life. Through mazes, math, and mapping, students will learn
about a multitude of animals and plants as well as the importance of the ecosystem
to human populations over time. |
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Native Waters - sharing the source |
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“Where is our river coming from Grandpa? Where does it go?” a child asks. Conversations
between young people and elders thread through the booklet as readers discover key
water concepts from a Native American perspective. Interactive reading, science,
art, and culture activities reinforce concepts. Developed through the Native Waters
Program, with emphasis placed on the Missouri River Watershed. |
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Discover Storm Water |
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Pull on your rain boots and try to imagine what your town would be like without
storm drains. Readers can calculate runoff on permeable and impermeable surfaces,
follow the maze of point and nonpoint source pollution, and apply best management
practices. |
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Water Every Drop Counts |
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This 16 page activity booklet is packed with fun and engaging activities about where
water comes from, where it goes, and how important it is to our lives. Students
age 8––12 will explore the hydrologic cycle, worldwide water quantity, basic water
quality issues, water and personal health and how water connects people worldwide.
All activities reinforce the message that when it comes to water, every drop counts! |
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Explore Oceans |
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Have you been asked why the ocean is blue, or why is it salty? Maybe your students
want to know how storms build. Explore Oceans teaches the answers along with navigation
concepts and watershed principles |
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Discover Ports and Harbors |
On this journey, students take the helm as they explore the features of ports and
harbors. Whether it’s from the bow of a tug or the stern of a ferry, students learn
about the challenges a pilot faces when navigating a boat or ship. Other activities
teach students about ports as hubs for global commerce, the routes products take
when imported and exported, and what can be done to protect ports and harbors for
years to come.
This book is brought to you by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
and Project WET.
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Discover Bays & Estuaries |
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Learn how we all impact and depend on bays and estuaries. Students work their way
through a food web, identify animals that live in the "mixing zone," and decide
how to conserve, protect, and restore bays and estuaries by drawing pictures of
Best Management Practices (BMP) throughout a watershed.
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Discover Marine Mammals |
Swim in the ocean with a dolphin or under the sea with a blue whale. In this book,
activities lead students on a journey of discovery as they explore the world of
marine mammals. Lessons on the habitats in which marine mammals reside, the conditions
and challenges marine mammals face, and how to be a marine mammal steward are taught
through hands-on activities.
This book is brought to you by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society, and Project WET.
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Discover Floods |
Overflowing with learning opportunities!
When water is on the rise, students’ imaginations are bound to be swept away. Saturated
with important-to-know facts and engaging hands-on activities, it’s a force of nature
that’s ideal for making a splash in the classroom.
Published in partnership with the World Meteorological Organization.
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