Kindergarten through 12th grade educators
Environmental Education on the Internet. Site offers a Classroom Resources-Directories section at its Web site, including links to collections of educational materials, catalogs, databases, and more. Visit
http://eelink.net/classroomresources-directories.html.
Environmental Education on the Internet. Web site offers an Environmental Information section on its Web site, providing links to a wide range of online sources of environmental information. Sites featured offer everything from resources geared to teachers and students, directories of children's resources, listing of recycling sites and pollution control programs, GIS maps, and more. Visit http://eelink.net/environmentalinformation-general.html.
Elementary school materials
Natural Resources Conservation Service. "The Water Cycle: Nature's Recycling System" is a poster featuring artwork of the water cycle on the front, while the reverse side offers facts and class participation examples relating to ground water. Natural Resources Conservation Service, 888 LANDCARE (888 526.2273).
Creative Teaching Press. Online catalog of teaching materials including many products on environmental sciences. Visit www.creativeteaching.com or contact Creative Teaching Press, 15342 Graham St., Huntington Beach, CA 92649, 800 287.8879.
South Atlantic Well Drillers Association. Katie's Well: A Kid's Guide to Water Wells and Groundwater is an online story about ground water, available at www.well-drillers.com/v.php?pg=368, 540 740.3329, South Atlantic Well Drillers Association, PO Box 1290, New Market, VA 22844, e-mail info@well-drillers.com.
Middle school materials
Virginia Water Resources Research Center. Instructor's Guide to Sandcastle Moats and Petunia Bed Holes is a guide to teach middle school students about ground water. For details and ordering information, visit www.vwrrc.vt.edu, then select "Publications," then "Educational and Nontechnical Publications," write to Virginia Water Resources Research Center, 23 Agnew Hall (0444), Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, phone 540 231.5624, fax 540 231.6673, or e-mail water@vt.edu.
Materials without grade specification
Ohio Cooperative Extension Services. Protecting Groundwater: A Manual for Instructors, #790, provides the instructor an overview of ground water topics. Chapters are titled "Groundwater," "Pesticide Contamination of Groundwater," "Applicator Practices," "Health Effects of Groundwater Contamination," and "Laws and Regulations." To order, contact Media Distribution, 385 Kottman Hall, 2021 Coffey Rd., Columbus, OH 43210, 614 292.1607, e-mail pubs@postoffice.ag.ohio-state.edu. Ohio residents may also contact their local county Extension office to obtain materials. Also, be sure to check out the "Bulletins" and "Fact Sheets" sections of the Ohio State University Extension Web site at ohioline.osu.edu/ for online materials.
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Ground Water Education Resources Directory lists available ground water education and information material. For more information on the directory, contact Randall Clark - DG/2, Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources, 101 S. Webster St., PO Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707, 608 267.7895, e-mail clarkr@dnr.state.wi.us.
USGS. Lesson plans, fact sheets, CDs, posters, and more to use in teaching about ground water. Visit www.usgs.gov, then select "Education." To order teaching packets, you can also call 888 ASK USGS (888 275.8747).
AMC Media Corp. (Earth Beat Press). Vendors of curriculum resources, including Good Planets are Hard to Find!, an environmental information guide, dictionary, and action book for kids (and adults). For more information, contact Earth Beat Press at PO Box 33852, Station D, Vancouver, BC, Canada, or AMC Media Corp., 250 H St., Ste. #29, Blaine, WA 98230, 800 667.6119.
Envision Environmental Education. A manufacturer of the Envision line of ground water flow models and simulators. Line includes two separate models, but Envision can also develop custom models to fit local geology. For more information, go to http://www.envisionenviroed.net/.