Activities from the Georgia Adopt-A-Stream's Educator Guide
Volunteering monitoring program

Activity from Project WET USA: The Incredible Journey water cycle activity
Project WET is Water Education for K-12 teachers. The goal is to facilitate and promote awareness, appreciation, knowledge, and stewardship of water resources.

Activities from the USA EPA: Test Your Water Smarts
Take this quiz to test your water smarts, then give the quiz to family and friends to test their knowledge on water quality

Nonpoint Source Kids Page

Turning the Tide on Trash: Marine Debris Curriculum

Activities from The Water Sourcebook

Play Water Jeopardy
Using this activity designed by the U.S. Geological Survey, students will review what they have learned about hydrology and its importance to all ecosystems.

Use Enviroscape Models
Non-point Source Pollution Enviroscape models allow learners to see pollution and runoff. These may be borrowed from the UGA Cooperative Extension Service 4-H District Offices and Project WET. When you visit the website, click on the map for the counties served by each district.

Girl Scout Water Drop Patch
The Water Drop Patch Project inspires Girl Scouts to learn about water quality and to take action in their communities to protect and restore local water resources.

Water Trivia Facts & Water Facts of Life

Streams in the City
Facts and information on water in an urban area

Stop Pointless Personal Pollution
Information on how everyday chores can harm the streams and lakes

Nonpoint Source Pointers Fact Sheets
Provides 11 pointers with background information on nonpoint source pollution and managing techniques

Georgia's 14 River Basins Map & Georgia's 52 Large Watersheds Map

PowerPoint Presentations

• You're the Solution to Water Pollution (PowerPoint)
• Water, Our Planet's Most Precious Resource (PowerPoint)
• WATER: Narrative (Word)

Storm drain stencils are excellent education tools to help combat water pollution.

• C&R Storm Drain Stencils
• Almetek Storm Drain Markers
• Educational das Curb Markers

Recycling Resources for All Ages
Recycling is an excellent way to help reduce unnecessary waste and to make the best of the earth's resources

Reduce, Reuse, & Recycle: Environmental Education Resources

Recycling Saves Money

Georgia Exotic Pest Plant Council
Bring awareness to nonnative plant species

To locate a directory of Georgia Environmental Education Providers and other environmental education material, visit Environmental Education in Georgia.

Invite a coordinator from the Adopt-A-Stream program, Rivers Alive's parent program, to talk about nonpoint source pollution and their volunteer water-monitoring program. Georgia Adopt-A-Stream encourages individuals and communities to monitor and/or improve sections of streams, wetlands, lakes or estuaries. Manuals, training, and technical support are provided through Georgia EPD and more than 50 established local Adopt-A-Stream organizers. You can also request copies of the You're the Solution to Water Pollution brochure and poster to distribute

Training for Teachers and Youth Organization Leaders:

• Georgia Project WET - Water Education for Teachers
• Georgia Adopt-A-Stream - Teachers Corner

Training for Citizens:

• Georgia Adopt-A-Stream - Getting Started
• Clean Water Campaign - Rain Gardens Workshops

A rain garden receives stormwater runoff water from roofs or other hard surfaces such as driveways. The rain garden holds the water on the landscape so that it can soak into the ground instead of flowing into a street and down a storm drain.