Education services and materials are provided to schools throughout California by the Public Affairs Office.

DWR Educational Resources

Water Facts and Fun-Online catalog and order form (English)

Conservation Connection Water and Energy Use In California- A Curriculum. Analyzing water and energy use at home and at school. Student Book (1Mb pdf)

Conservation Connection Water and Energy Use In California- A Curriculum. Analyzing water and energy use at home and at school. Teacher's Guide (3Mb pdf)

Other Educational Resources

CREEC (The California Regional Environmental Education Community) Network: provides educators with access to quality environmental education resources to enhance the environmental literacy of California Students.

Delta Studies The DELTA Studies curriculum offers students the opportunity to learn about their local area and learn the science behind one of California's most important resources, the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta, and implements the California Science Standards in the process.

Education and the Environment Initiative (AB 1548, Pavley, Chapter 665, Statutes of 2003): Development of education principle and concepts for the environment for elementary and secondary schools.

Education and the Environment: Strategic Initiatives for Enhancing Education in California: Publication describes the rationale and strategies to provide the leadership necessary to improve environmental education in California. Copies are $11. To order, call (800) 995-4099 and ask for Item #1571.

The Walt Disney Company's Jiminy Cricket's Environmentality Challenge: An opportunity for fifth-grade classes in the state of California to learn more about their environment. Using California Content Standards, teachers encourage students to think and act environmentally at school, at home and in their community.

USGS - Water Resources of the United States: USGS operates in every State; the Water Resources mission is to provide water information that benefits the Nation's citizens: publications, data, maps, and applications software."

Water Quality Lessons available FREE: the California Water Boards' Water Quality Service Learning Program Web site is designed to introduce teachers to an innovative student-centered science investigation focused on California's growing problem of polluted runoff. This Web site offers units of study aligned to California Content Standards and that support the new Education and the Environment Initiative – a unified strategy to bring education about the environment into California schools; free, ready-to-use lesson plans; online teacher support; and a lesson plan builder to make your own personalized lesson plans.