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Water
Air, Sea and
Sky
This award winning site has an enormous amount of information for all
ages about the sea and the sky.
The Cousteau
Society
The Cousteau Society provides information and insight on environmental
issues to inspire better protection of the earth.
Global
Rivers Environmental Education Network (GREEN)
formed to rehabilitate watersheds, world-wide, provides accessible and
up-to-date watershed information through their printed materials and
the internet.
Urban Watershed
Project
A nonprofit organization working on
the restoration of Tennessee Hollow watershed in the Presidio of San
Francisco. This website will provide more information about testing
other water quality parameters, and the water and carbon cycles. This
organization collaborates educational outreach efforts with UC Berkeley's
environmental science and geology departments.
Locating a Creek
San
Francisco Bay Area Watersheds & Resources
This web site
provides information on San Francisco Bay Area watersheds and resources.
The have a listing of watersheds representing the modern waterscape.
Many listed creeks have associated nonprofit organizations doing monitoring,
restoration and advocacy work for the creek.
The
San Francisco Estuary Project
General information on the
Estuary, wetlands (types, history, value, pressure, and issues), pollution,
and watershed management. They have connections to watershed protection
efforts in the Bay Area. Teacher Workshops prepare you to teach about
the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary's aquatic ecosystem.
Water Quality and Monitoring, Wetlands Science and Water Ed. Information
BEES
A nonprofit organization that works with educators to develop innovative
environmental education programs which are multidisciplinary, inquiry-based,
and customized around a local issue. Our programs engage middle to high
school students in an in-depth and hands-on examination of an issue,
incorporate many perspectives, and include the use of technology tools,
exposure to career opportunities, and practice in using workplace readiness
skills.
Biology
Lessons For Prospective And Practising Teachers
Basic water labs focused on different properties of water.
The Globe
Global learning and observations to benefit the environment. Go
to the teacher's guide that include investigation topics about atmosphere,
hydrology, soil, land cover/biology, GPS and seasons. The hydrology
section has extensive step by step procedures for different water quality
protocols. Teacher's trained by the organization can then post class
data on the website to be compared with other schools worldwide.
National
Agriculture Library
Water quality information center which has electronic access to information
about water and agriculture.
National
Wetlands Inventory
US fish and wildlife provide a national wetlands inventory
San Francisco
Estuary Project
General information on SF estuary, wetlands (types, history, value,
pressure, and issues glossary), and watershed management. Publishes
"Estuarywise" educational materials facts on San Francisco
Bay–Delta Estuary.
Water
Resource Use Characterization/Utilization
Lots of very detailed information about different water quality characteristics.
Good background information on watersheds, water quality and land treatment
issues.
The
Web-based Integrated Science Environment (WISE)
The WISE project offers extensive information on most water quality
topics with a special emphasis on Strawberry creek in Berkeley.
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