Arizona Water Resource Volume 12 Number 1

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Arizona Water Resource Project WET Publications Teach the ABC's of Water Among its many uses, water can serve as a learning experience. It is a friendly, non - consumptive use, without any adverse effects to water quality. A wise water user respects water, conserves and pro- tects it. The University of Arizona's Water Resources Research Center's Project WET (Water Education for Teachers) offers water educa- tion. Project WET conducts teacher workshops throughout the state, to encourage teachers to expand the water horizons of their students by acquainting them with the historical, social, cultural and hydrological meanings of water. In undertaking its mission, Project WET uses various publica- tions that would be useful to anyone working with students and wanting to provide them a quality water learning experience. Fol- lowing is a list of Project WET publications. National Project WET Curriculum and Activity Guide. This is a collection of "innovative, water - related activities that are hands - on, easy to use, and fun" for kindergarten through twelfth -grade students. Only available through attendance at Project WET work- shops. Check Project WET web site (see below) for schedule of upcoming workshops. Arizona WET Teacher's Guide with Nonpoint Source Water Pollution. This teachers guide serves as a companion guide to the National Project WET Curriculum and Activity Guide, providing Arizona specific activity supplements as well as activities covering all types of nonpoint source pollution. $20 (See Arizona Project WET website for ordering information.) Arizona WET Grade 9 -12 Curriculum on Nonpoint Source Water Pollution. This three- booklet set includes: book 1, student reading on water, land use, water quality, nonpoint source water pol- lution and best management practices; book 2, laboratory and field activities as well as fact sheets; book 3, Starnet and other articles highlighting Arizona cases of nonpoint source water pollution. $10 (See Arizona Project WET website for ordering information.) !Encaucemos el Agua! (The Mexico Edition of the Project WET Guide). This was published through a partnership between Interna- tional Project WET and the Mexico Institute of Water Technology and the Mexico National Water Commission. It is focused on Mexi- co's water resources, with relevant, creative, and fun methods for in- July - August 2003 Discover a Watershed: Rio Grande /Rio Bravo Educators Guide. This bi- national river is comprehensively explored in the guide's first 128 pages. 215 pages follow with 25 hands -on lesson plans and activities tested by American and Mexican teachers and students. $23.95 A "Discover a Watershed: the Colorado Project" is in the works. Conserve Water Educators' Guide for Grades 6 -12. This publi- cation provides teachers of middle school and high school students with the ins and outs of water conservation. $21.95 Discover a Watershed: The Watershed Manager Educators Guide. This 193 -page guide contains 19 science - based, multidisci- plinary activities that teach what a watershed is, how it works, and why we must all consider ourselves watershed managers. $23.95 Healthy Water, Healthy People Water Quality Educators Guide. The purpose of this 200 -page guide for students in grades 6 through university level is to raise the awareness and understanding of water quality topics and issues and their relationship to personal, public, and environmental health. $25 Healthy Water, Healthy People Test Kit Manual. This reference manual serves as a companion text for the above guide. It includes in -depth information about ten water quality parameters, test kit activities and demonstrations, case studies relating concepts to real world applications and much more. $15 Kids in Discovery Series (KIDS): Dis- cover the Colorado Watershed. This troducing priority water topics to young people ages six through 18. To order most of the above materials, visit "Store" at the National WOW! The Wonders of Wetlands. This guide features 70 pages of background material followed by more than 40 cross - referenced activities appropriate for grades K -12. Every page is laid out with core text, photographs, side bars, maps and illustrations to make information clear and quick to use. $21.95 Project WET website (www.projectwet.org) Some of the materials also are available at select Project WET workshops. For additional information contact Kerry Schwartz, Arizona Project WET coordi- nator, at 520 - 792 -9591 X 22 or kschwart @ag.arizona.edu. Check the Arizona Project WET web site (www.ag.arizona.edu /AZWATER/ wet) for additional program information including a schedule of workshops. Check web site for a schedule of upcoming workshops.