Water Definitions and Terminology

• Glossary of Water Terminology: created by Lenntech Water Treatment & Air Purification Holding B.V.; also available in German, French, Spanish and Dutch.

• Encyclopedia of Water Terms: From acid rain to zone of saturation, Bath Gems' list of water terms.

Water Education Resources

• WaterWebster.org Live Cam Water Tour: Visit your favorite water spots--live! The cameras are turned on Old Faithful and other famous and interesting water sites. Take the tour. 

• A l'Eau! A l'Eau! French language children's site from Belgium

• Ask Dr. Universe All ages. Anything kids want to know about water or any subject.

• Astronomy and Space Sites. All ages. Beyond our orbit.

• Children's Groundwater Festival: How to plan your own groundwater festival or visit the Nebraska Children's Groundwater Festival. 4th and 5th grades. 

• Drinking Water Word Search: pdf download. Popular word search game with drinking water theme. From NSF.org. Note: Scroll down the page until you reach "word search" and click on that to download pdf.

• DuluthStreams Stormwater and stream ecology. High School, College, Professionals, Staff, Decision Makers and General Public.

• Eco-Portal-The Environmental Sustainability.Info Source

• EPA Drinking Water for Kids K-12 Try the water word scramble!

• EPA Environmental Explorers' Club K-6 and teachers. Good experiments!

• EPA Polluted Runoff Kids Page Especially good for younger kids. Darby Duck's speedboat and other experiments!

• EPA Student Center Middleschool. Surf your local watershed and other projects!

• EPA High School Environmental Center   9-12

• Ground Water Adventurers  K-12 The National Ground Water Association reminds you ground water is your friend--and it's fun.

• Ground Water Institute for Teachers; A teacher education program of the American Ground Water Trust and USGS.

• H20conserve.org: How much water do you use each day? Calculate your personal water use.. 

• History of Sewers  5,500 years of worldwide sewer history in photos, articles, timelines and book suggestions. Reading level 12 on up. 

• How a Water Tower Works from Howstuffworks:
  All ages. 

• Video:  How Earthquakes Trigger Tsunamis- BBC News. 

• Indiana Project Wet Download teaching aids. How much water is in the food we eat and other classroom projects.

• Lake Access Real time data. High School, College, Professionals, Staff, Decision Makers and General Public.

• Lehigh Valley Water Suppliers, Inc. water education: Water conservation coloring pages for kids and more.

• Lessons on the Lake: An Educator's Guide to the Pontchartrain Basin, Environmental Education
  K-12. Learn about one of American's most unique water resources.

• Louisville Water Company- Fun Zone Reading level 3rd-6th grade. Teaching aids too!

• National Science Teachers Association

• NSF.org's Leaky Faucet classroom experiment: Teachers and parents, check this out.

• New Hampshire Interactive Lake Ecology Teachers: What makes a lake live?

• New Jersey AWWA Kids' Water Zone Check out the water maze! x

• New York City Dept. of Environmental Protection: Environmental education resources for students and teachers.

• RoboCow  She's great! All ages

• Soda Bottle Hydrology Science teachers: try this!

• Spartanburg, South Carolina Water System Kids Page
  All ages. Follow the rain drop!

• The Big Here  All ages. How many questions can you answer?

• United Kingdom Environment Agency - Fun and Games All ages. Water and other environmental issues.

• Univ. of Wisconsin Give Water A Hand Community action for young people.

• Univ. of Wisconsin Educating Young People About Water Projects for teachers and the community.

• Virtual Pond Create your own healthy pond!

• WaterHistory.org: The history of water. 

• Water on the Web High School, College and Professionals.

• Water Science for Schools (USGS): All about water! Pictures, maps, projects. This site is excellent.

• Water Science Project Ages 13-14

• Watersheds of  the U.S.:  We all live in a watershed. Find your watershed. EPA sites.   

• Water Treatment Decision Path Interactive. Students treat water pollution.

• Why do we need water?  BBC News feature on drinking water. 

• World Bank Development Education Program Access to Safe Water Map Ages 10 and up

• World's Largest Hand Dug-Well: Greensburg, Kansas

• Xeriscape Council of New Mexico: Offers education and training about water conservation, primarily through efficient irrigation of xeriscaping utilizing native and other low-water plants.