Various classroom curricula focusing on different water issues are available to teachers throughout Santa Barbara County. There is a small fee associated with obtaining most of these materials. Ordering information is listed for each curriculum guide.
Mountains
to the Sea Watershed Curriculum (4th-8th)
Lesson
Plans from the California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom
(K-12th)
Ground Water Education (7th-12th)
Turning the Tide on Trash: Marine
Debris Curriculum
Curriculum Adapted for Santa Barbara County
Mountains
to the Sea Watershed Curriculum (4th-8th)
A comprehensive watershed education program introduces both teachers
and students to our local watershed by studying the journey of water
from up in the mountains all the way down to the sea. The suggested
curriculum, in-class presentations, field trips and additional resources
cover a variety of topics including the water cycle, runoff, and
the connection between our local creeks and the ocean. A variety
of handouts, posters and experiments are also included. For more information, please contact Fray Crease at (805) 568-3546.
Other
Curriculum Guides
Lesson
Plans from the California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom
(K-12th)
The California
Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom (CFAITC)
offers a number of lesson plans focusing on various agricultural
issues. Lessons and units are correlated to the frameworks for California
Public Schools and have been written, field tested and reviewed
by educators. Cooperative learning, individual and group problem
solving and critical thinking activities encourage students to "construct"
their own knowledge about agricultural concepts while developing
skills in science, mathematics, English/language arts, history/social
science, health/nutrition and the visual and performing arts. For
more information, including downloadable lesson plans, or to order
print copies, please contact CFAITC at (800) 700-AITC or www.cfaitc.org.
Ground
Water Education (7th-12th)
This package offers lesson plans and materials that focus on groundwater,
aquifers, and groundwater pollution. Laboratory sessions, classroom
activities, reproducible worksheets, overhead masters and background
information is included in the Teacher's Guide. The California Ground
Water poster is also included. $25.00; 1995, package format. To
order, please call (916) 444-6240 or go to: http://www.water-ed.org/store/itemdetail.asp?id=87.
Turning
the Tide on Trash: Marine Debris Curriculum
This learning guide on marine debris
from the EPA presents a "How to use...," section, matrices
of activities by learning skill and by subject, and a litter survey
called "Let's Talk Trash." Each unit has several activities
included, each with a subject activity, an objective, vocabulary
list, materials needed, learning skills to be developed by the activity,
and an estimated time to complete the activity. To download a copy,
or for more information, please visit the EPA's
website.