Center for Improved Engineering and Science Education. This center at the Stevens Institute of Technology has sponsored and designed the CIESE Online Classroom Projects, including the collaborative Global Water Sampling Project.
Earth Force. Earth Force helps young people discover and implement lasting solutions to environmental issues in their community. Various watershed resources are available through its Global Rivers Environmental Education Network. CAPS (Community Action and Problem Solving) is an environmental problem-solving program through which middle-school aged youth identify local environmental issues and find solutions.
River Network. River Network helps people monitor, protect and restore rivers and watersheds. The site includes a Directory of River and Watershed Conservation Groups, a Resource Library, and many other helpful links and publications.
EE-Link. A super-site of environmental education resources from the North American Association for Environmental Education. Sections within the site include Classroom Resources, sorted by type and topic, and EE Organizations and Projects, with links to organizations concerned with freshwater and marine/coastal issues, solid waste, toxins and risk, and more.
The Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education. ENC Online is a central source for information on K-12 mathematics and science curricula. Teachers can use the ENC directory of Web Links to access a wealth of online resources pertaining to water quality and environmental issues. The Science Topics included within Web Links lets users browse through online resources by selecting keywords such as Environment, Water, Water Cycle, Pollution, Ecosystems, etc. ENC Online also offers a Search Engine that lets teachers use similar keywords to search for resources by grade levels, topics, types of materials or media, and costs.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA's mission is to protect human health and to safeguard the natural environment. Its Audience Groups area includes sections for kids, students, and teachers. The site also features Your Community, where students and classrooms can access information about the local environment based on zip code. Your Community also includes information on the Watershed Information Network, with information on projects and watersheds throughout the United States.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NOAA's mission is to describe and predict changes in the Earth's environment, and to conserve and manage the Nation's coastal and marine resources. Start with NOAA Education Resources, offering resources for both teachers and students. Users can also search thousands of pictures in the Photo Library, and get Regional data on weather, climate, and topography.
Geography Action! Rivers 2001. Sponsored by National Geographic, Rivers 2001 offers visitors an interactive river system; an online calendar of local, state, and national river events; a menu of river-related activities for actively participating in river conservation; and educators of K-12 students can find dozens of hands-on activities—suitable for inside or outside a classroom—to show children how we use rivers, change rivers, and how we can save rivers. People who take action for rivers are encouraged to participate in an online survey, the results of which will be highlighted online during Geography Awareness Week, November 11-17, 2001.
Estuary-Net. Estuary-Net was developed by the National Estuarine Research Reserve System in response to water quality issues arising in coastal areas. This project strives to develop collaborations among high schools, community volunteer water quality monitoring groups, local officials, state Coastal Zone Management (CZM) programs and National Estuarine Research Reserves (NERRS) to solve non-point source pollution problems in estuaries and their watersheds.
The Academy of Natural Sciences. The Academy of Natural Sciences web site offers a variety of science and environmental education features and exhibits. Water: From the River to You is an online supplement for teachers to use with students to explore the Water Planet and learn about water pollution and conservation. A related supplement, Water: From Sky to Sea, addresses issues of water quality and water cycles, watersheds and headwaters, swamps and estuaries.
Adopt Your Watershed. The Adopt Your Watershed (AYW) site is sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and encourages citizens and organizations to protect and restore rivers, streams, wetlands, lakes, ground water, and estuaries. The site includes both general information as well as resources for students and teachers. A database includes more than 3,000 groups who have adopted watersheds and are involved in projects to protect and restore them.
Explorers' Club. Explorers' Club is the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's web site for children (ages 5-12). It encouarges children to explore their environment and learn about things they can do to protect it. The site also includes games, pictures, and stories. One of the featured pages in the Explorer's Club is on Water and introduces users to different water ecosystems, sources of pollution, and water treatment.
Drinking Water—Kids' Stuff. Part of the Environmental Protection Agency's resources on Ground Water and Drinking Water web site, the Kids' Stuff section features games and online activities as well as classroom activities and experiments.
Water Science for Schools. Sponsored by the U.S. Geological Survey, the Water Science for Schools (WSS) web site offers information on many aspects of water along with pictures, data, maps, and interactive center where students can give opinions and test their water knowledge.
Water on the Web. The Water on the Web (WW) site is designed for high school and first year college students to learn basic science through hands-on science activities in the lab and in the field with technologies accessible on the site. It contains lessons that use the aquatic environment and real lake data to explore science concepts through both directed study and an inquiry approach. The directed studies allow students to apply and learn concepts through direct, guided experiences. The inquiry lessons provide a more open-ended opportunity for students to discover the same concepts.
Amazing Environmental Organization Web Directory. The Environmental Organization WebDirectory is a comprehensive portal and search engine for environmental organizations from over 100 countries, covering topics from Agriculture to Wildlife. There are extensive listings for topics such a Environmental Education, Pollution, Water Resources, and more.
Delaware River Basin Education Web. Access maps and general information about the Delaware River Watershed, as well as educational resources and lesson plans, environmental field trip ideas, and upcoming educational opportunities throughout the basin. Created by the Delaware River Basin Commission.
The Delaware Riverkeeper Network. The Delaware Riverkeeper Network (DRN) is a nonprofit organization working to protect the Delaware River and its tributary watersheds. The DRN web site includes information on the Network and its projects, and also Fact Sheets on Riverkeeper issues, projects, and Delaware watershed streams.
EPA Region 3 Office of Environmental Education. The office of environmental education provides and coordinates environmental education, information, and outreach programs and services. The web site includes both Teacher's and Student's (7-12) Resource Guides with resources on water quality and wetlands, waste management, pollution prevention, and other topics. The Kids Page features links for students in grades K-6.
Urban Rivers Awareness. Urban Rivers Awareness is an integrated research and education program focusing on urban watersheds in the Mid-Atlantic states. Its goal is to help people in urban centers recognize that they live in a watershed, that their actions impact water quality—and ultimately, that they can modify their actions and have positive effects. The site includes information on the Living Downstream exhibit at the Academy of Natural Sciences, general information on watersheds and the water cycle, and resources for both residents and educators in the Mid-Atlantic region.
Delaware Nature Society. The Delaware Nature Society web site has information on seasonal, school and family programs as well as links to Delaware nature centers. The site also offers information on both Delaware Stream Watch and Delaware Soil Watch. Both are grassroots volunteer waterway protection programs focusing on citizen involvement through monitoring, education, and advocacy.
Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control. This state agency provides information on pollution, waste management, water quality, wetlands and wildlife. The Department's Environmental Education Programs are offered to schools and other organized groups through the Delaware state parks. Contact information is also provided for Project WET, Wild, and Aquatic Wild, the Water Quality Education Program, volunteering for the Water Quality Monitoring Program, and more.
Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve. The Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve (DNERR) offers educational experiences for the general public, school groups, youth organizations, teachers and coastal decision makers. Programs include guided wetland explorations, water quality monitoring, guided nature programs, and others.
Delaware Division of Fish & Wildlife. The Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife administers the Delaware Aquatic Resources Education (DARE) Program which features an Aquatic Resource Education Center and other field facilities. Programs include Project WET, WILD, and WADE, Aquatic Resource Education Outreach, and others. DARE also makes available to classrooms the Delaware Wetlands Discovery Trunks.
Informal Education Centers and Resources in Delaware. If you are looking for educational resources and learning opportunities that are off-line, be sure to explore this collection of links to science centers, museums, nature centers, parks, and more.
Audubon Naturalist Society. The Audubon Naturalist Society (ANS) works to increase appreciation of the natural world and to preserve and protect the natural treasures of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. ANS offers both Conservation Forums and Water Quality Classes to increase awareness of local and regional conservation, protection, and restoration issues, and to promote opportunities for involvement. ANS Nature Programs also include family and kids' programs, school programs and teacher workshops and a school ecology project.
Informal Education Centers and Resources in the District of Columbia. If you are looking for educational resources and learning opportunities that are off-line, be sure to explore this collection of links to science centers, museums, nature centers, parks, and more.
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay. The Alliance web site offers users information on the health and recovery of the Chesapeake Bay and the Bay's tributaries. Information is available on Alliance Programs and Projects, including the Citizen Monitoring Program, and other stewardship and outreach activities.
Chesapeake Bay Foundation. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) works to protect, preserve, and restore the Bay. The CBF's Environmental Education site includes information on classroom curricula, field programs, restoration projects, teacher training, and an education resources directory.
Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. The Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Maryland (NERR-MD) is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Estuarine Research Reserve System. The Reserve's Education Programs offer educational opportunities and experiences for educators and students that include workshops, field investigations, resource monitoring, and in-depth studies of estuarine issues.
Maryland Department of Natural Resources. The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) web site includes information on the state's Bays and Streams and other topics. DNR's Online Campus includes educational materials and programs for teachers as well as students.
Save Our Streams. Save Our Streams (SOS) is a statewide environmental organization working to preserve, protect and restore Maryland's 17,000 miles of streams and rivers through volunteer action, partnership building and programs of environmental education, data collection and stream channel/watershed restoration.
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center is a 2700 acre research and education facility located on the Chesapeake Bay. SERC offers activities and programs on local ecology for school groups and teachers. Many of SERC's K-12 and Teacher Programs focus on water quality and monitoring.
Informal Education Centers and Resources in Maryland. If you are looking for educational resources and learning opportunities that are off-line, be sure to explore this collection of links to science centers, museums, nature centers, parks, and more.
Institute of Marine & Coastal Studies (IMCS) at Rutgers University. The Institute of Marine & Coastal Sciences (IMCS) serves as the focal point for New Jersey's research efforts in estuarine, coastal and open ocean environments and helps develop the state's marine environment, economic and educational assets. IMCS's educational programs include Project Tomorrow , a professional development program that makes the scientific resources of IMCS available to New Jersey's K-12 educators. The Project Tomorrow page includes information on teacher resources, summer workshops, online activities, and real-time data sources.
New Jersey Audubon Society. The New Jersey Audubon Society (NJAS) fosters environmental awareness and a conservation ethic among New Jersey's citizens. There are NJAS nature and environmental education centers located throughout the state. NJAS offers a variety of professional development workshops for teachers, including NJ Waters, for middle school and high school educators. NJ Waters (Watershed Approach to Teaching the Ecology of Regional Systems) fosters inquiry-based learning, group work, and hands-on exploration of New Jersey's watersheds and water quality issues. NJAS also sponsors a statewide NJ Waters Network of middle school and high school students.
New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife. The Division of Fish and Wildlife conducts a variety of educational programs for teachers and the general public, including programs focused on aquatic education. Teacher workshops include Aquatic WILD, Project WET, WOW! The Wonders of Wetlands, and Coastal Workshops for Teachers. The Division also offers instructional and supplementary print materials.
Great Egg Harbor Watershed Association. The Great Egg Harbor Watershed Association works to educate residents of Southern New Jersey about the Great Egg Harbor River and to protect its watershed. In addition to providing information and learning opportunities about Great Egg Harbor River, the Association has initiated a water monitoring program in the Watershed that includes an adopt-a-stream program and participation by schools systems within the watershed.
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's SEEDS. SEEDS is the State's Environmental Education Directory web site and is an online catalog of environmental education resources available through the Department of Environmental Protection. The section on Materials and Instructional Aides includes a number of resources on water quality, watershed, source and non-source pollution, and other topics. Volunteer and Community Action Programs offers information on the Clean Water Raingers, River Assessment Teams, and other programs.
Informal Education Centers and Resources in New Jersey. If you are looking for educational resources and learning opportunities that are off-line, be sure to explore this collection of links to science centers, museums, nature centers, parks, and more.
Alleghenies Watershed Network. The Alleghenies Watershed Network (AWN) is a forum for education about watershed issues and networking among groups, governments and institutions within the Allegheny and Monongahela River watersheds. The AWN site includes a Watershed Atlas of the Allegheny River to learn about the natural and cultural history of the Allegheny River watershed. The AWN Resource Center includes a Watershed Primer for Pennsylvania as well as other publications and materials.
Creek Connections. Creek Connections has forged an effective partnership between Allegheny College and regional schools to turn waterways in western Pennsylvania into outdoor environmental laboratories. Emphasizing an investigation of local waterways, this project involves a hands-on, inquiry based, natural science education for a number of different schools. Classroom Resources includes both materials developed by Creek Connections and links to other water- and watershed-related topics. The Teacher Resource Center includes ideas for projects, information on grant opportunities, and more.
GreenWorks.tv. GreenWorks.tv is an interactive multimedia network of environmental programming. Through streaming videos, audio files, and a network of links to help users explore issues further by illustrating the different ways people are working to preserve and protect the environment. Information on a number of environmental topics is offered; the section on Water Quality offers information on citizen water monitoring, stormwater management, watershed protection, erosion and sedimentation, and more. Free registration required.
Internet Watershed Educational Tool (InterWET). The Internet Watershed Educational Tool (InterWET) was developed to help educate local officials and other concerned citizens about water resources. InterWET gives a technical and multi-perspective response to local watershed issues, using as a case study the Spring Creek Watershed in central Pennsylvania. InterWET can be used as a stand- alone educational resource and as part of larger watershed educational efforts for a variety of people in many different watersheds. InterWET consists of a set of web pages that present the water resources issues of surface runoff, groundwater, sediment, in- stream nutrients, and fish populations from the perspectives of a researcher, a conservationist, and a local official. Each web page has a short lesson which uses an interactive calculator or map.
Pennsylvania Resources Council. The Pennsylvania Resources Council is a nonprofit citizens' organization promoting dialogue between industry, government, and grass-roots organizations to seek solutions to environmental problems. The PRC web site includes a section of resources and materials for schools that address a full range of environmental issues.
School Zone. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's School Zone web site includes two main features. Planet PA is a comprehensive web site for Pennsylvania students interested in learning about both their immediate and statewide environments. PlanetPA includes resources such as individual, group, and school projects; ideas for science fair projects; maps with information on streams, public water supplies, and industries generating waste; and news and views, including a weekly environmental newsletter. Stuff for Teachers includes the On-Line Environmental Educator section, as well as resources on topical issues and links to other Pennsylvania resources, organizations and agencies.
The Schuylkill River. The Schuylkill River site allows visitors to explore ecological, historical, and social dimensions of the Schuylkill River and watersheds in general. The site includes educational resources and ideas for classroom projects based on the themes of watersheds and communities, and links to online materials that support learning on the web. An interactive exhibit map gives a detailed overview of the site and facilitates easy navigation.
Water Resources Education Network. The Water Resources Education Network is a program of the League of Women Voters/Pennsylvania Citizen Education Fund. WREN works to protect and manage Pennsylvania's surface and ground water resources through education and collaboration. The site includes a directory of Pennsylvania Drinking Water and Watershed Protection Projects, information on grants and resources available through the WREN Resource Center (including videos, publications and newsletters), and more.
We All Live Downstream. This portion of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's web site is devoted to increasing citizens understanding of watersheds and how protecting them benefits both us and the environment. The site includes information about watersheds and watershed protection, and links to watershed organizations and educational resources.
Informal Education Centers and Resources in Pennsylvania. If you are looking for educational resources and learning opportunities that are off-line, be sure to explore this collection of links to science centers, museums, nature centers, parks, and more.
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