Student Resources

Research Sources
(In addition to the Web sites that the teacher bookmarks, you can look for and use other helpful sites.

Web Sites

Water Science for Schools
http://www.ga.usgs.gov/edu/

Mr. & Mrs. Fish (with Children and Grownup strands):
http://www.mrandmrsfish.com/

For Additional Research

Project Wet for Educators
http://www.montana.edu/wwwwet/

Global Water Project
http://www.globalwater.org/

U.S. Water News (an online publication about water)
http://www.uswaternews.com/homepage.html

Ask an Expert Sites

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network/ U.S. Department of Energy
http://www.eere.energy.gov/informationcenter/

Scientific American
http://www.sciam.com/askexpert_topic.cfm?topicID=10

Ask-a-Geologist (bodies of water)
http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/docs/ask-a-ge.html/

local water experts (teacher should research)
http://www.eweb.org/water/ask.html

Books (Suggestions)

WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE: A BOOK ABOUT THE WATER CYCLE, by Melvin Berger and Gilda Berger. Ideals Children's Books, 1995. ISBN 1-571-02056-X

LAST OASIS: FACING WATER SCARCITY, by Sandra Postel. Norton, 1st ed., 1992. ISBN 0-393-30961-4

WATER WARS: THE FIGHT TO CONTROL AND CONSERVE NATURE'S MOST PRECIOUS RESOURCE, by Olca Cossi. New Discovery Books, 1st ed. 1993. ISBN 0-027-24595-0

WATER: A NATURAL HISTORY, by Mice B., Outwater. Basic Books, 1st ed. 1996. ISBN 0-465-03779-8

FLUSH: TREATING WATER, by Karen Mueller Coobs. Carolrhoda Books, 1995. ISBN 0-876-14879-8