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FOR TEACHERS
The Ocean Conservancy – This organization believes it's time to look beneath the surface to see where the health of our planet really begins. This is a great site to discover how all living things are connected to the ocean.
Container-Recycling – Discover how your school can start its own recycling program. The Container Recycling Institute’s goal is to rapidly increase recycling practices, where no material is wasted, and the environment is protected.
Back2Tap – A resource offering eco-friendly, high quality, custom stainless steel bottles and other litter-less lunch and back-to-school accessories .
Stop Waste at Schools - StopWaste.Org provides a variety of services and resources to students, teachers, schools and districts in Alameda County to advance waste reduction education.
http://www.epa.gov/teachers/water.htm Teaching resources geared at helping you share important water conservation, stewardship and protection facts and figures with your students.
http://www.groundwater.org/kc/kc.html This is great site for educators and students alike with informative games, articles and projects designed to teach young people about protecting our groundwater.
http://www.drought.unl.edu/kids/index.htm A timely drought resource, this site provides a good resource tool for both students working on research projects and teachers needing to explain the impact of a drought on a region.
http://www.calepa.ca.gov/Education/EEI/Curriculum/Default.htm This new curriculum introduced in early September 2009 positions California to lead the nation in environmental literacy. For watershed specific coursework, please scroll to the 5th grade section.
