For kids and education
There are sites that are more oriented towards a pedagogical approach about water-related problems. These ones are for kids, and their educators.
- http://www.crdp-poitiers.cndp.fr/manifs/expos/classe97/05-5/05-5-b.htm
Allons nous manquer d'eau ?
Project carried out by a class of CM1, approaching the following topics: the water in the world, the water which misses (1995/2020), the desert and the men, the pump, migrations. The children also propose their ideas to save water.
- http://www.uwex.edu/erc/ywc/
Educating Young People About Water
This site provides much information on materials concerning water suitable for children in grade schools, targeted for youth. Several guides can be downloaded in Acrobat Reader_Formatted Files or ordered by mail. 100 Curricula are reviewed as well. Users can search by water topic and grade level. s good site for those teaching younger students about water issues and those building community programs for youth.
- http://www.nwf.org/nwf/kids/cool/water1.html
Everyone Needs Water
A site for kids, by the National Wildlife Federation. We all know that water is important. Almost everything we do uses water: drinking, washing, bathing, growing crops--even making the toys and tools we use. Follow the tracks to find out how the water cycle works, check the words in the glossary, etc.
- http://www.montana.edu:80//wwwwet/
Project Water: Water Education for Teachers
The goal of Project WET is to facilitate and promote awareness,
appreciation, knowledge, and stewardship of water resources through the development and dissemination of classroom-ready teaching aids and through the establishment of state and internationally sponsored Project WET programs.
- http://www.perso.hol.fr/~myriad/geeau.htm
G�-eau
Commercial presentation of a CD-ROM called G�-eau (running on Windows and
Macintosh). This product presents a game, the goal of which is to manage
the water ressource on a given area, i.e. to fulfill the needs of the
population, of the farmers, and of the industry, while preserving the
river.
- http://www.irn.org/row/row.html
The River of Words Project
The River of Words Project is an international environmental poetry and art
contest designed to nurture respect and understanding of the natural world
by encouraging children to learn their "ecological address" and to describe
through poetry and art their own "place in space". The project hopes to
foster responsibility, imagination and action in young people and to
publicly acknowledge their creativity and concerns.