Educational Resources
For all ages:
- A Primer on Fresh Water: Questions and Answers (Environment Canada)
- Canadian Wildlife Federation's Water Learning Centre
- Climate SMART: Climate Change Reduction Resources (Halifax Regional Municipality)
- Did you know? Freshwater facts for Canada and the rest of the world (Environment Canada)
- "Every Drop Counts" Speaker's Kit (Environment Canada)
- Extraordinary Nature of Water (video)
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Reports and Publications
- The Living By Water Project - Resources Page
- Map: Natural Resources Canada - Canada's Watershed
- Map: Natural Resources Canada - Coastal Sensitivity to Sea-level Rise
- Map: Natural Resources Canada - North America's Watersheds
- National Film Board of Canada: Waterlife
- Project WET - Worldwide Water Education
- RésEau - Educational Tools and Resources (Government of Canada)
- The Water Cycle (FiltersFast.com)
- Water Fact Sheets (Environment Canada)
- Water Footprints (calculate your own water footprint!)
Elementary school:
- BeachKids Games (USEPA)
- Children's Water Education Council - Educators Page
- Environment Canada's "Explore Water with Holly Heron" Activity
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Big Blue Bus Kids' Corner
- For Kids: The Water Cycle
- Great Lakes Basin lesson plan (grades 4-6)
- The Groundwater Foundation - Kids Corner
- Let's Not Take Water For Granted: A Resource Guide (Environment Canada)
- Stream of Dreams Eco-Education Program
- Trout Unlimited's "Yellow Fish Road Program"
- WaterAid's "Learn Zone" for primary school
- The Water Family Game
Middle school:
- From the Mountains to the Sea: A Journey in Environmental Citizenship (Environment Canada)
- Let's Not Take Water For Granted: A Resource Guide (Environment Canada)
- TEACH Great Lakes: The Education and Curriculum Homesite
- WaterAid's "Learn Zone" for secondary school