Educational Resources and Links

Teacher and Student Activities

Download any of the suggested lessons and activities designed to support science, environmental education and social studies curriculums.

Water’s Journey; The Hidden Rivers of Florida Curriculum Guide

The producers of “Water’s Journey; The Hidden Rivers of Florida” video, Karst Productions, along with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection created a curriculum guide to use the video in a classroom to help increase awareness of responsible human action and conservation of our valuable water resources. The curriculum includes support specifically for 6th-8th grade educators.

Water's Journey: Hidden River Curriculum - 4.8MB

Waters Journey: Hidden River Curriculum Matrix - 33.0KB

NEWS FLASH! The Florida Springs Initiative has a limited number of Water's Journey: Hidden Rivers of Florida DVDs for distribution. If you are an educator interested in obtaining a copy, contact the Florida Springs Webmaster. Priority will be for teachers in school resource centers located within the counties with first and second magnitude springs, or other environmental educators. If you are involved in teaching youth about our wonderful springs, contact us today!

Water's Journey: Hidden Rivers of Florida Video

Workshop request:

Would you like to request a hands-on “Water’s Journey: Hidden River” Curriculum Workshop for your fellow teachers or environmental educators? E-mail any staff of Florida Department of Environmental Protection’ s Office of Environmental Education to set up a face-to-face workshop at your school, church, community or environmental center Can’t fit a real-time training into your busy schedule? Ask about the on-line training available for a nominal fee through the North East Florida Educational Consortium.

FDEP Office of Environmental Education Contact List

SUPPLEMENTAL ACTIVITIES 

Click on the links below for downloadable hands-on activities for a variety of school grade levels.

Grades 1 - 2

Water, Water Everywhere - 532.3KB Two activities that help students understand how we use water and that water is a limited resource.

Grades 3 - 5

Build Your Own Aquifer - 585.9KB This activity lets students construct a model of the underground aquifer and observe how pollutants introduced to the land surface can harm drinking water.

Grades 6 - 8

Water's Journey Expedition - 581.5KB First activity challenges students' writing skills by requiring them to write about the Water's Journey Expedition. Second activity requires students to explore the Florida Springs website to identify and write about human impact on springs and the aquifer.

Grades 9 -12

Quenching the Thirst of Florida's Yards - 392.4KB Requires students to evaluate water irrigation practices at their schools including calculating water usage, total area of school grounds irrigated, and recommending changes in landscaping to reduce or minimize water usage.

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