The following are links to educational resources centered around water and water pollution. Many of the resources listed on this page are free to educators.

EPA Environmental Websites for Students and Teachers
This sites contains links to interactive educational resources focused on water for students of all ages and their teachers. Some highlights are online games, activities, virtual tours and electronic magazines.

California Coastal Commission Resources for California Educators
The Coastal Commission offers free resources for educators including activity guides, a curriculum, posters and a lending library. The site also features a Marine, Coastal and Watershed resource directory.

Water Facts and Fun
The California Department of Water Resources has student workbooks, teachers' guides, activity books, and other classroom resources available through their Water Facts and Fun catalog.

Water Quality Service Learning Projects
The California Water Boards have created this website to facilitate water quality service learning projects in 4th, 5th and 6th grade classrooms. Project ideas, lesson plans and teacher support are available online.

Water Resources and Watersheds
This U.S. Geological Survey site allows you to locate and find facts about your watershed.

Water
This general education page for the U.S. Geological Suvey has numerous links related to water. A number of the sites are interactive and all contain great graphics to help explain concepts related to water.

Agua Pura
The Agua Pura curriculum is a free curriculum that teaches kids about watersheds, water quality, and salmon and steelhead.

CREEC
The CREEC Network is an online, searchable environmental resource directory for California educators.

Whale Tail Grants
Through the Whale Tail Grants program, the California Coastal Commission provides funding for programs that teach students to value and take action to improve the health of the state's marine and coastal resources.

Coastal Art and Poetry Contest
The California Coastal Commission sponsors an annual art and poetry contest open to all California K-12 students.

River of Words
River of Words is a national environmental poetry and art contest.

Algalita Marine Research Foundation
The Foundation website includes printable handouts on plastics in the environment and an online store that carries DVDs and curricula on marine pollution.