WATER and WATER QUALITY

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Title: Awesome Aquifer Kit
Format: Materials
Audience: Teachers
Length: 70 pp
Contact: Groundwater Foundation
Description: Multidisciplinary interactive groundwater education experiences

Title: AWRA Conference Proceedings
Format: Book
Audience: Professionals
Length: 384 pp ($15)
Contact: American Water Resources Association
Description: Meeting topics and presentations

Title: Community
Format: Video
Audience: Grades 9-12, college, adult
Length: 56 minutes
Contact: Bullfrog Films
Description: Community regeneration, energy-efficient design, and waste water treatment

Title: Community Groundwater Education in Pennsylvania: Lessons from Successful Project Leaders
Format: Booklet
Audience: Watershed organizations, citizens
Length: 21 pp
Contact: League of Women Voters of PA - Water Resources Education Network
Description: Tips for managing local education projects, from experienced local leaders

Title: Education Resource Catalog
Format: Catalog
Audience: General
Length: Approx. 30 pp
Contact: PA Fish and Boat Commission
Description: Catalog of a variety of educational resources available from PA Fish and Boat Commission

Title: Environmental Quality: Along the American River
Format: Book
Audience: General
Length: 408 pp ($22)
Contact: U.S. Government Information
Description: Celebrates our rich natural heritage and the many efforts underway to preserve and restore it.

Title: Good Neighbors Activity Book
Format: Materials
Audience: Students (elementary)
Length: 16 pp
Contact: PA Chesapeake Bay Education Office
Description: Water quality activity and coloring book

Title: Groundwater: A Primer for Pennsylvanians
Format: Booklet
Audience: General
Length: 12 pp
Contact: League of Women Voters of PA - Water Resources Education Network
Description: Tool for citizens and community leaders interested in learning more about groundwater

Title: Groundwater Gazette (3 issues)
Format: Newsletter
Audience: Students (grades 3-5)
Length: 4 pp ($1.20 each)
Contact: Groundwater Foundation
Description: Fun games, graphics and special messages making groundwater come alive

Title: Groundwater, Pennsylvania's Cool Resource
Format: Booklet
Audience: Students (grades 9-12)
Length: 28 pp
Contact: PA Department of Environmental Protection - Bureau of Water Supply and Wastewater Management
Description: Explains importance of groundwater as a resource, includes planned activities related to groundwater

Title: Instructor's Guide To Water Education Activities
Format: Materials
Audience: Teachers (grades K-9)
Length: 108 pp
Contact: PA Department of Environmental Protection - Bureau of Water Supply and Wastewater Management
Description: Instructor's guide; includes background and student activities

Title: Journal of the American Water Resources Association (JAWRA)
Format: Booklet
Audience: Professionals
Length: Varies
Contact: American Water Resources Association
Description: Various water resources research findings

Title: Journey of the Blob
Format: Video
Audience: Students (K-6)
Length: 10 minutes
Contact: Bullfrog Films
Description:
An illustration of the water cycle in a cautionary tale about pollution

Title: Living in Water: An Aquatic Science Curriculum for Grades 5-7
Format: Materials
Audience: Teachers (grades 5-7)
Length: 420 pp
Contact: Kendall Hunt Publishing Company
Description: Aquatic science curriculum

Title: The Living Waters
Format: Materials
Audience: Teachers (grades K-6)
Length: Guide, two activity booklets
Contact:
National Association of Conservation Districts
Description: Stewardship program focusing on water as a vital natural resource

Title: Making Waves: How To Put On A Water Festival
Format: Book
Audience: General
Length: 58 pp
Contact: Groundwater Foundation
Description: Educate children and adults about water and other natural resources

Title: Monitoring the Water Quality of the Nation's Large Rivers
Format: Fact sheet
Audience: General
Length: 4 pp
Contact: U.S. Geological Survey - Information Services
Description: Report on the National Stream Quality Accounting Network in the Columbia River Basin

Title: Monitor's Guide to Aquatic Macroinvertebrates
Format: Booklet
Audience: Stream monitors, Schools, Anglers
Length: 60 pp ($6.25)
Contact: Izaak Walton League of America - Save Our Streams Program
Description:
Non-technical guide to the major orders of aquatic insect larvae and crustaceans

Title: Natural Waste Water Treatment
Format: Video
Audience: Students (grades 9-12)
Length: 29 minutes
Contact: Bullfrog Films
Description: Marsh plants purify waste water

Title: Protecting Groundwater Is Everyone's Business
Format: Fact sheet
Audience: General
Length: 2 pp
Contact: PA Association of Conservation Districts, Inc.
Description: Definition of groundwater; causes of pollution and how you can protect it

Title: Quality of Our Nation's Waters: Nutrients and Pesticides
Format: Booklet
Audience: General
Length: 86 pp ($10.50)
Contact: U.S. Government Information
Description: Provides information on nutrients and pesticides in water and on pesticides in waterbed sediment and fish tissue.

Title: Safeguarding Wells & Springs From Bacterial Contamination
Format: Booklet
Audience: General
Length: 11 pp
Contact: Penn State University - Publications Distribution Center
Description: Construction of wells and springs, protection of private water supplies (EC345)

Title: Sinkholes and Water Quality

Format: Fact sheet
Audience: Citizens
Length: 1 page
Contact: PA Association of Conservation Districts, Inc.
Description: Prevention of sinkhole and groundwater contamination

Title: Stream of Consciousness

Format: Newsletter
Audience: Citizens
Length: Bi-annually
Contact: Alliance for Aquatic Resource Monitoring (ALLARM)
Description: Newsletter for members; update of ALLARM activities and aquatic resource issues

Title: Testing Drinking Water in Agricultural Areas
Format: Fact sheet
Audience: Citizens
Length: 2 pp
Contact: PA Association of Conservation Districts, Inc.
Description: Covers nitrates, bacteria, pesticides, total dissolved solids, pH

Title: The Comprehensive Water Education Book
Format: Book
Audience: Teachers (K-6)
Length: 335pp ($14.00)
Contact: Utah State University
Description: Water science curriculum including graded lesson plans

Title: Valuing Pennsylvania's Water Resources
Format: Booklet
Audience: Citizens, watershed groups, public officials
Length: 24 pp
Contact: Penn State University - Publications Distribution Center
Description: Explores issues surrounding the true value of water: how national and Pennsylvania water resources are managed

Title: Water Conservation Tips
Format: Fact sheet
Audience: General, citizens
Length: 3 pp
Contact: Susquehanna River Basin Commission
Description: Basic guide to conserving water, especially during drought conditions

Title: The Water Cycle: Nature's Recycling System
Format: Materials
Audience: General
Length: Poster
Contact: Natural Resources Conservation Service
Description: Color illustration of the water cycle

Title: Water and Me
Format: Materials
Audience: Students (grades K-2)
Length: 12 pp
Contact: National Association of Conservation Districts
Description: Coloring and activity book

Title: Water Education Calendar
Format: Calendar
Audience: Teachers
Length: 12 pp ($2, Free for educators)
Contact: Utah State University
Description: Water trivia and questions designed to be used in the classroom

Title: Water Measurement Manual: A Guide to Effective Water Measurement Practices for Better Water Management
Format: Book
Audience: Technical
Length: 485 pp ($43)
Contact: U.S. Government Information
Description: Provides guidance for water users and districts in selecting, managing, inspecting, and maintaining their water
measurement devices

Title: Water Quality Monitoring
Format: Field experience
Audience: Secondary students
Length: Varies
Contact: PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Bureau of State Parks
Description:
Water quality monitoring and training activities

Title: Water Quality Monitoring Program
Format: Materials
Audience: Teachers (grades 8-12)
Length: Varies
Contact: PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Bureau of State Parks
Description: Hands-on water quality monitoring projects; accompanies field experience

Title: Water Quality Self-Help Checklist

Format: Booklet
Audience: Farmers
Length: 15 pp
Contact: PA Association of Conservation Districts, Inc.
Description: Guide to water supplies and farming operations to reduce or prevent pollution

Title: Water Resources IMPACT
Format: Magazine
Audience: General
Length: 36 pp
Contact: American Water Resources Association
Description: Practical solutions to today's water resource problems

Title: Water Use and Water Rights in Pennsylvania
Format: Booklet
Audience: Watershed organizations, citizens, officials
Length: 24 pp
Contact: League of Women Voters of PA - Water Resources Education Network
Description: Reports on LWV project "Water Resources Management for Pennsylvania's Future"

Title: Water- We Can't Live Without It
Format: Slide and tape set
Audience: Students (second grade and up)
Length: 14 minutes
Contact: PA Association of Conservation Districts, Inc.
Description: Covers water cycle, water conservation and pollution, and effects on aquatic life

Title: Your Water, Your Life
Format: Video
Audience:
General
Length: 28 minutes
Contact: PA Association of Conservation Districts, Inc.
Description: Educational tool alerting citizens to problems of groundwater contamination and how local action can be effective

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