Find a comprehensive list of water related reading and activities for all ages here! Organized by picture book, quick chapter books, teen and adult literature, and classroom lessons and activities.
Water Related Book List
UNC-TV Science/NC Science Now
UNC-TV Science/North Carolina Science Now has an extensive video collection related to the North Carolina Essential Science Topics as well as Math, Social Science, and Science and Engineering Practices (STEM). Some lessons also come with opportunities for note-taking, multiple choice online quizzes and a final project, that a student can do with a parent or teacher or on his/her/their own. Find it here.
Bee City USA
Bee City USA, an initiative of the Xerces Society, has an extensive list of resources for you to get “buzzed” about! Information ranges from how to select the best plants for pollinators to lists of the best documentaries and books on pollinators. Get started here.
Project Learning Tree
Project Learning Tree offers online workshops with self-paced courses composed of several 20-30 minute learning experiences. Each course has been designed using best practices in online learning and teacher professional development. They prepare educators to integrate environmental education materials into their instruction. Start here.
Beetles
The Beetles Project provides professional learning resources, specifically experiences and rationale about outdoor science instruction designed to inspire instructors to improve their teaching. Find their three types of resources for teaching science outdoors: student activity guides, videos, and additional instructor support materials here.
Ranger Rick
The National Wildlife Federation’s Ranger Rick is offering three months of free access to outdoor activities, animal crafts, an educator guide, the Ranger Rick magazine and more. Sign up now here.
Lesson/ Activity Guides
Pre-K to Elementary
Middle School
High School
Storm- Water Education
Clean Water Education Partnership
Find Your Watershed
PBS Kids - Don’t Flood the Fidgets
Project WET - Discover the role of water in our lives
NASA - Read about rain sick folklore & make your own
City of Durham Public Works - What did they find in the Eno River?
UNC-TV - Stormwater retention ponds video