Education and Public Outreach
CURRICULUM
The State Water Resources Control Board's education program is devoted to offering the very best in water education for the California teaching community.
The State Water Board has developed a water monitoring tool for grades 4-6 as well as an afterschool program focusing on water quality.
Also, the Board is promoting a partnership with the California Regional Environmental Education Community (CREEC) network and the Water Education Foundation on statewide water education workshops. The Foundation's Project WET (Water Education for Teachers), a national water education program designed to promote awareness, appreciation, knowledge and stewardship of water resources. Please call (916) 444-6240 to arrange a Project WET workshop for your school district.
Other valuable water education programs and curriculum are offered below.
- A
Child's Place in the Environment Series
- Adopt-a-Watershed
-
Compendium
on Communities: Natural and Built Environments
- Provided by CREEC
- CREEC
EE Curriculum Resources
-
Curricula
Summary - Compiled by the SWRCB with Web Links
-
Educating
Young People About Water - Water-Related Curriculum
Database
- Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association
- Food Web of the Gulf of the Farallones
- Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries
- Ocenography of the Gulf of the Farrallones
- Oil Spills of the Sanctuary
- Sandy Beaches
- Seabirds and Shorebirds
-
Project
WET - Water Education Foundation
- San
Diego County Water Authority - Education Programs
- State
Water Board Water Education Curriculum (Coming Soon)
-
The
Water Sourcebooks Series
-
Think
Earth Integrated Environmental Curriculum (K-8)
- Turning
the Tide on Trash: Marine Debris Curriculum
- Wetlands Curriculum/Guides