Educational Resources for Students/Teachers

Videos/Interactive Materials for Students

• After the Storm - The After the Storm video program, co-produced by EPA and The Weather Channel, highlights three case studies-Santa Monica Bay, the Mississippi River Basin/Gulf of Mexico, and New York City- where polluted runoff threatens watersheds highly valued for recreation, commercial fisheries and navigation, and drinking water. Key scientists and water quality experts, and citizens involved in local and national watershed protection efforts provide insight into the problems as well as solutions to today´s water quality challenges. Access available for the free streaming video.

  For more information, including tips about what people can do to prevent watershed pollution, visit www.epa.gov/weatherchannel. Free VHS and Beta SP (for cable, other TV stations, schools, etc.) copies of the After the Storm program can be ordered from this website. The program will also be available in DVD format soon! Grade Level: Ages 10 & up.

• SPLASH<broken link> CD ROM interactive, multi-media educational tool on nonpoint source pollution. Available from the Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC), 1220 Potter Drive, #170., West Lafayette, Indiana 47906. Phone: (765) 494-9555; Fax: (765) 494-5969. An on-line preview<broken link> is available.

• Bill Nye the Science Guy Video Program on Wetlands - Available through the Disney Company website.<broken link> Audience: Primary, Intermediate, Junior High, High School.

• The Enviroscape Models. Includes models that address nonpoint source pollution, hazardous materials and waste, wetlands, groundwater and riparian issues. Children and adults learn by applying chemicals (drink mix) and loose soil (cocca) throughout a typical community, and then, make it rain to immediately see the water pollution these activities may cause. Available from Enviroscape at http://www.enviroscapes.com/.

• "Waters to the Sea: Rivers of the Upper Mississippi" CD ROM teaches students in grades 4-9 about diverse science and social studies concepts. Virtual journeys down three Upper Mississippi watersheds take users from prehistoric times up to the present through prairie, deciduous forest, and coniferous forest ecoregions. Each journey investigates the impacts of human land-use activities within each watershed.  Users also conduct water-quality tests on simulated water samples. Twenty-four short videos, landscape panoramas, hundreds of historic photos, and numerous engaging multimedia activities provide for a rich learning experience. Contact the Center for Global Environmental Education. Phone: 651-523-2480; Email: cgee@hamline.edu. Audience: Ages 8 & up.