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<br />220 <br /> <br />II <br /> <br />"A River's Journey - Water in the Wesf' is one step in providing current materials in a fonnat that is easy <br />for educators to implement, It is designed to be atlrnctive to educator's, not only in its packaging, but in its <br />reinforcement of Colorado Model Content Standards for public school clUTiculum. "A River's Journey. <br />Water in the West" will be developed based upon Colorado's model content s1aJldards for science, social <br />studies and geography. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />One of the major categories under the standard for earth and space science is that students know major' <br />sources of water, its uses, importance and cyclic patterns of movement through the envirorunent The <br />rationale for this standard is that the world's water is vilal to life, Both subtle and wholesale changes in <br />earth's water can have promund affects on human existence, In order to preserve both the quality and <br />quantity of water for daily living, wise management of water resources is crucial. As the population and <br />economies of the world grow, water becomes an even more important political and economic issue, <br /> <br />Key Content Providers <br /> <br />Jim Richardson, National Geographic conlract photographer <br />Dana Coffield, writer <br />Tom Cech, writer <br />Justice Greg Hobbs, video introduction and essayist <br />Lori Ozzello, writer <br />Bette Blinde, Coordinator & co-creator of teachers guide <br />Gail Blinde, co-creator of teachers guide <br />CWCWD, Water Wise cwncuJa <br />Emmett Jordan, producer & programming <br /> <br />Distribution <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />The Colorado Foundation for agriculture has had materials in use in more than 1,500 schools -- public and <br />private .. across the slate. With a distribution network of more than 4,000 teachers in Colorado and possible <br />access to the program via the lnterne~ this program will be widely available to students. <br /> <br />The audience for the CD.ROM will be elemenlaly, middle and high school students, the general public and <br />agricultural groups, The target audience of this project is students, theirtcachers and their tlunilies, We <br />will be planting the seecls today fur a more water literate society in the future, <br /> <br />It will be these students who will be make crucial decisions in the future affecting our water resource. <br />These decisions will affect our society and way of life. It is crucial that students understand the importance <br />of water and its interconnection with agriculture, wildlife, cities, industry and quality oflife, They also <br />need to understand their own impact on this resource and how they may directly or indirectly cause non <br />point Source pollution; how conservation efforts affect the resource; and the success or tailur. of differ.nt <br />manag.ment theori.s, A spin off audience of this project is state agencies, commodity groups and <br />agriculture producers who want CUl'rellt educational materials available educational materials. <br /> <br />Review Committee and advisory Board <br /> <br />Cooperating partilers on'" A River's Journey - Water in the West" CD-ROM include: <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. CSU Cooperative Extension <br />. Colorado River District <br />. Soil Conservation Board <br />. Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District <br />. Central Colorado Water Conservancy District <br />. Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District <br />. Water Resource Division - Department of Natura! Resources <br />. Colorado Department of Education <br />. Colorado Depar1ment of Agriculture <br />