Teaching Resources

By using the Internet, technology can serve to enhance your student's interest in water education and conservation.

  • Take your students to the "Student's Area" at this website.  Here you will find puzzles, games, quizzes, virtual tours, interactive stories and loads of easy to read information all about water. Your students will have fun learning.

  • Choose a book from the book lists that you would like to share with your class. All children love stories. Literature is a great basis for beginning your investigation.

  • Ask your students what they know about water, what they think they know, and what they want to learn. This helps you assess what your students know already. It also creates an opportunity for them to brainstorm what things they would like to learn. 

This web site has been designed to enable teachers to easily access water conservation resources. This resource includes access to free information, articles, water conservation units, lesson plans, experiments, book list, slideshow, and activities to help facilitate instruction of the concept of water. All the lesson plans are geared for K-6, however most can be adapted to fit a specific level of instruction.

Drinking Water Awareness Week

May 2-8, 2010

A safe, reliable water supply is critical to the success of any community. It creates jobs, attracts industry and investment, and provides for the health and welfare of citizens in ways ranging from disease prevention to fire suppression. We often take water supply for granted until it is threatened, either by drought, water main breaks, or some other event. For more than 30 years, the American Water Works Association and its members  have celebrated Drinking Water Week – a unique opportunity for both water professionals and the communities they serve to join together to recognize the vital role water plays in our daily lives. Join AWWA in celebrating what Only Tap Water Delivers that no other water can.

Handouts Available:

These handouts can be used during community events, water utility tours, or for any public event. They offer information on the value of tap water service, the need to invest in water infrastructure, and tips for conservation.

Only Tap Water Delivers

Water Infrastructure

Conservation Tips

All of the above are available to you through the American Water Works Association.

 

Refreshing - Revitilizing - WATER!