Enhance Your Clean-Up…make Education a part of Rivers Alive

 Ideas for water quality education activities and displays that can be done in conjunction with or as a follow-up to Rivers Alive 

 

  The Rivers Alive Education Committee has compiled a list of activities you can use and partnerships you can form to reach different audiences.  These links will  help educate yourself and your participants about nonpoint source pollution.

     SCHOOL & SCOUT GROUPS

Activities from the Georgia Adopt-A-Stream’s Educator Guide

http://www.georgiaadoptastream.org/home.html

Activity from Project WET USA -         The Incredible Journey water cycle activity http://www.projectwet.org/usa/pdfs/IncredibleJourney.pdf 

 

Activities from the USA EPA -         Test Your Water Smarts http://www.epa.gov/owow/monitoring/nationswaters/testyoursmart.pdf     -         Turning the Tide on Trash: Marine Debris Curriculum http://www.epa.gov/owow/OCPD/Marine/contents.html

 

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 Georgia Project WET. Click here for the counties served by each district, and the form to request the models. Find more information at http://www.enviroscapes.com/

 

Make it a Girl Scout Water Drop Patch Event http://www.epa.gov/adopt/patch/patchprogram.pdf

 

  

GARDEN CLUBS & OTHER CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS

Handouts from US EPA                                                                             -    Streams in the City http://www.epa.gov/owow/nps/nps_edu/pdf/urban.pdf                                      -    Stop Pointless Personal Pollution http://www.epa.gov/owow/nps/nps_edu/pdf/stop.pdf                                      -    Nonpoint Source Pointers (Fact sheets) Pointer No. 1: Nonpoint Source Pollution: The Nation's Largest Water Quality Problem Pointer No. 2: Opportunities for Public Involvement in Nonpoint Source Control Pointer No. 3: Programs for Nonpoint Source Control Pointer No. 4: The Nonpoint Source Management Program Pointer No. 5: Protecting Coastal Waters from Nonpoint Source Pollution Pointer No. 6: Managing Nonpoint Source Pollution from Agriculture Pointer No. 7: Managing Urban Runoff Pointer No. 8: Managing Nonpoint Source Pollution from Forestry Pointer No. 9: Managing Nonpoint Source Pollution from Boating and Marinas Pointer No. 10: Managing Nonpoint Source Pollution from Households Pointer No. 11: Managing Wetlands to Control Nonpoint Source Pollution  

Water Resources Toolkit from the Georgia Department of Community Affairs                                                                                                           -     Georgia’s 14 River Basins Map -         Georgia’s 52 Large Watersheds Map 

 Water, Our Planet’s Most Precious Resource Power Point                                                                                                -    Narrative 

GENERAL PUBLIC

 Handouts from US EPA  -         Streams in the City
http://www.epa.gov/owow/nps/nps_edu/pdf/urban.pdf
 -         Stop Pointless Personal Pollution
http://www.epa.gov/owow/nps/nps_edu/pdf/stop.pdf
 -         Nonpoint Source Pointers (Fact sheets) Pointer No. 1: Nonpoint Source Pollution: The Nation's Largest Water Quality Problem Pointer No. 2: Opportunities for Public Involvement in Nonpoint Source Control Pointer No. 3: Programs for Nonpoint Source Control Pointer No. 4: The Nonpoint Source Management Program Pointer No. 5: Protecting Coastal Waters from Nonpoint Source Pollution Pointer No. 6: Managing Nonpoint Source Pollution from Agriculture Pointer No. 7: Managing Urban Runoff Pointer No. 8: Managing Nonpoint Source Pollution from Forestry Pointer No. 9: Managing Nonpoint Source Pollution from Boating and Marinas Pointer No. 10: Managing Nonpoint Source Pollution from Households Pointer No. 11: Managing Wetlands to Control Nonpoint Source Pollution   Water Resources Toolkit from the Georgia Department of Community Affairs -         Georgia’s 14 River Basins Map  -         Georgia’s 52 Large Watersheds Map

 

 

Invite an Environmental Education Organization to exhibit at your event

-         Directory of Georgia Environmental Education Providers    Invite Other Environmental Organizations to exhibit at your event -         Georgia Environmental Council Member Organizations   

 

AFTER YOUR EVENT

 For School and Scout Groups  Training for Teachers and Youth Organization Leaders                                                                                                       

-         Georgia Project WET (Water Education for Teachers) http://gaprojectwet.org/gawet_news.html

 -       Georgia Adopt-A-Stream   

      http://www.georgiaadoptastream.org/home.html            
 

For Garden Clubs and Other Civic Organizations      

Training for Citizens 

-         Georgia Adopt-A-Stream                
http://www.georgiaadoptastream.org/home.html  
 

General Public

 Training for Citizens

-         Georgia Adopt-A-Stream
http://www.georgiaadoptastream.org/home.html

 

 FORMING PARTNERSHIPS

 Contact an Environmental Organization Near You

 Directory of Georgia Environmental Education Providers

 Georgia Environmental Council Member Organizations 

 


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