Versión en Español

Education services and materials are provided to schools throughout California by the Public Affairs Office.

School Education Materials can be ordered from this Web site or you can print out an order form and send it in by mail.

To see a listing of school materials currently available, including a summary of the contents of these publications, browse through our Water Facts and Fun Catalog.

Contact:

Carolyn Tucker
Telephone: (916) 653-9892
FAX: (916) 653-4684
E-Mail: carolyn@water.ca.gov

Mailing Address:

California Department of Water Resources
Public Affairs Office
1416 - 9th Street, Room 150-4
Sacramento, CA 95814

Other Educational Resources

CREEC (The California Regional Environmental Education Community) Network: provides educators with access to quality environmental education resources to enhance the environmental literacy of California Students. (www.creec.org)

Education and the Environment Initiative (AB 1548, Pavley, Chapter 665, Statutes of 2003): Development of education principle and concepts for the environment for elementary and secondary schools. (www.calepa.ca.gov/Education/AB1548)

Education and the Environment: Strategic Initiatives for Enhancing Education in California: Publication describes the rationale and strategies to provide the leadership necessary to improve environmental education in California. Copies are $11. To order, call (800) 995-4099 and ask for Item #1571. (www.cde.ca.gov/re/pn/rc/ap/pubdisplay.aspx?ID=001571)

The Walt Disney Company's Jiminy Cricket's Environmentality Challenge: An opportunity for fifth-grade classes in the state of California to learn more about their environment. Using California Content Standards, teachers encourage students to think and act environmentally at school, at home and in their community. (www.jceckids.org)

USGS - Water Resources of the United States: USGS operates in every State; the Water Resources mission is to provide water information that benefits the Nation's citizens: publications, data, maps, and applications software." (water.usgs.gov/)

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: EPA enforces federal clean water and safe drinking water laws, provides support for municipal wastewater treatment plants, and takes part in pollution prevention efforts aimed at protecting watersheds and sources of drinking water. The Agency carries out both regulatory and voluntary programs to fulfill its mission to protect the nation's waters. (http://www.epa.gov/ebtpages/water.htm)

Water Quality Lessons available FREE: the California Water Boards' Water Quality Service Learning Program Web site is designed to introduce teachers to an innovative student-centered science investigation focused on California's growing problem of polluted runoff. This Web site offers units of study aligned to California Content Standards and that support the new Education and the Environment Initiative – a unified strategy to bring education about the environment into California schools; free, ready-to-use lesson plans; online teacher support; and a lesson plan builder to make your own personalized lesson plans. (http://www.waterlessons.org/)