Useful sites
ABC
- The water crisis
Are desalination, recycling sewage, or banning use of hoses really the answer? - Current water issues in Australia
Articles and interviews.
Australian Academy of Science
- Underground water sources
Information on the Great Artesian Basin, and an ‘activities’ link to a great range of educational material. - Recycling water in Australia
Information on using treated effluent as drinking water.
Australian Water Association
- Sustainable management of water
Education section links to the Water Education Network, which provides reviews of teacher resources (e.g. books and CDs).
Brisbane City Council
- Comprehensive school resources on water for teachers and students include the Watersense School Education Program.
Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology
- Weather and climate
Site includes links to ‘Learn about meteorology’ and ‘Indigenous weather knowledge’.
Department of Environment and Resource Management
- Water management fact sheets
- Water cycles and catchments
Learning modules include a selection of activities in introductory, developmental and culminating phases.
Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation
- Fish nurseries An educational resource for upper primary students, Nature's Nautical Nurseries includes teacher resources, fact sheets, activities and useful links.
Education for sustainability (e4s)
- Water and waste management
- Environmental teaching resources include puzzles and experiments, printable worksheets and teacher materials.
Education Network Australia
- Water-related educational websites
Type ‘water’ into the search box for a range of sites. Select a topic from the list provided.
Global education
- Environmental sustainability
Facts, background, Australia’s response, and the global agenda on topics including water and desertification.
Gold Coast City Council
- Gold Coast City Council. Watersavers, including specific resources for schools
International Year of Freshwater
- Extensive water information available in the Education corner and the Water library includes online publications, work sheets, classroom guides, note books, kits, videos, educational online games, quizzes, and CD-ROMs classified by theme.
Melbourne Water
- Water in Melbourne
Includes information on educational tours to Melbourne water sites (e.g. wastewater treatment works); great primary school resources include information on water supply, sewerage, stormwater, rivers and creeks. - Students can use the Home Water Investigator, to build a comprehensive water usage report to find out room by room, item by item - how much water they use, where it goes and how they can conserve it. Includes teacher notes and resources.
NOVA – Science in the news
- Stormwater – helping to tackle Australia's water crisis
With reduced water supplies and a growing population, should Australians be letting stormwater go down the drain? - Groundwater - The water down under
You might not think it, but in a country as dry as Australia many people are literally walking on water. - Water recycling - Making every drop count
Would you drink a glass of treated effluent? That question is part of a heated debate about water recycling, as people try to find solutions to the lack of water supplies brought about by climate change and a growing population.
Oxfam Education
- Find out about deserts and desert life on Oxfam education’s Cool Planet website. Site includes link to a quiz.
Queensland Water Commission
- Current water information
Includes latest details of South East Queensland dam levels, water restrictions and water usage, policies, facts and figures.
reefED
- Great Barrier Reef
Curriculum resource for Prep to Year 12, SOSE, Science, and multistrand subjects. Site includes Reef poster to download, information on water quality, wetlands, and the traditional owners of the Reef.
SEQ Healthy Waterways Partnership
- Education for healthy waterways with links to teaching resources for water quality monitoring, local water education curriculum material and activities.
Sydney Water
- Water education
Information for schools includes curriculum-linked resources, stickers and interactive games.
Toowoomba Regional Council
- Toowoomba Regional Council. Waterwise, including resources for schools
UNICEF
- Water in underdeveloped countries
Water, environment and sanitation section includes Water Alert!—an interactive game exploring real-life situations.
United States Geological Survey
- Water science for schools
Information on many aspects of water (including the water cycle), along with pictures, data, maps, and an interactive centre.
Water for Life
- Saving water
New South Wales Government water website. - Every drop counts in schools (PDF)*
Program to increase student awareness of how precious water is and what can be done to conserve it.
Waterwatch Queensland
- Waterways
Resources and activities for learning about them, monitoring them and helping make them healthier. - River Journeys
An activity book to help students look creatively at the past, present and future of rivers.
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Last updated 21 July 2011