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Water for Kids
These are sites with information about water.
- Exploring Estuaries
This site for kids, allows visitors to explore and learn more about
estuaries. The site has games, activities and nice tours of two estuaries
in the National Estuary Program (NEP).
- What's Up With Our Nation's Waters? (HTML,
PDF)
This booklet, designed primarily for middle-school-aged youth, presents
key findings of the EPA’s National Water Quality Report in an easy-to-read
fashion and includes projects for school or fun, a water quiz, and a
glossary and resources for more information.
- Drinking Water Activities for Kids
- Wetlands
Science, education, and information resources for kids.
- Marine Debris Curriculum:
Turning the Tide on Trash
Each unit has several activities included, each with a subject activity,
an objective, vocabulary list, materials needed, learning skills to
be developed by the activity, and an estimated time to complete the
activity.
- Nonpoint Source Kids Page
Games and links to educational materials to teach children about pollution
and the environment. This site features Darby Duck and the Aquatic Crusaders
and Masterbug Theater.
- Office of Wastewater Management
Site has a few puzzles and a Navajo nation water quality brochure for
kids.
- Water Drop Patch Program
This project was jointly developed by the United States Environmental
Protection Agency and the Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital
(GSCNC). The purpose of the project is to encourage girls to:
- Make a difference in their communities by becoming watershed and
wetlands stewards
- Use their skills and their knowledge to educate others in their
community about the need to protect the nation's valuable water
resources
- Explore the natural world to gain an interest in science and
math
- Use the Internet as a source of information
- Water Drops
Science fun for Kids in the Water Environment
- SPLASH!
An on-line tour of a game about watershed learning. The game is available
for purchase but isn't playable on-line.
- All Along a River
This site was developed by students in Singapore from the Chinese High
School. The site discusses physical aspects of rivers including erosion,
volume, and velocity. The site includes case studies about the Singapore
River and the River Rhine.
- Life on the Rocky
Shore
This site is about ocean tidepools. It has activities, quizes, and information
about animals and the tidepool lifestyle.
- Wetlands
Welcome to the Wetlands... here you will be able to discover more about
wetland habitats and the modern day pressures on them... follow the
links to explore each area individually.
- Oceans
and Seas
Welcome to Seas and Oceans... here you will be able to discover more
about sea and ocean habitats and the modern day pressures on them...
follow the below to explore each area individually.
- Louisiana Coastal
Restoration Site Kids' Page
This site includes a coloring book, 360 degree views, and quizes on
animals and birds.
- Give Water A Hand
A youth program for local environmental action
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Southwest Florida Water Management District
The site includes newsletters on subjects such as ground water, watersheds,
and water conservation. The site also includes a well developed education
center, and activity and facts sheets about water conservation for kids.
- USGS Water Science for Schools
We offer information on many aspects of water, along with pictures,
data, maps, and an interactive center where you can give opinions and
test your water knowledge.
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