Celebrate Drinking Water Week!

Suggested Books

Malnor, Bruce, and Carol Malnor, A Teacher's Guide to Drop Around the World (Lesson Plans for the Book A Drop Around the World), Dawn Publications, 1998, 48 p., ISBN: 1883220777.

Freeman, Lloyd A., and Susan L. Conner (illustrator), Drinking Water Quality - Taking Responsibility, Waterworks Publishing, 1998, 62 p., ISBN: 0966252098.

Beck, Gregor Gilpin, and Clive Dobson (illustrator), Watersheds: A Practical Handbook for Healthy Water, Firefly Books, 1999, 152 p., ISBN: 1552093301.

Curriculum Guides

McClure, Judy, Neil Clark, and Leo Abbett (illustrator), Waterworks in the Elementary Classroom: Classroom Activities for Third and Fourth Grades, Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, 77 p., (Call 617-788-4643 to request. Activities are keyed to the Massachusetts Frameworks).

Clark, Neil, Judy McClure, and Leo Abbett (illustrator), Water Watchers: A Middle School Curriculum, Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, 120 p., (Call 617-788-4643 to request. Activities are keyed to the Massachusetts Frameworks).

Project WET: Curriculum and Activity Guide, 516 p., (Call 508-792-7423 ext. 231 for information about taking a one-day course on Project WET. Book is given to all participants. Activities are keyed to the Massachusetts Frameworks).

That Magnificent Ground Water Connection: A Resource Book for Grades K-6, New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission, 1996. (Call 978-323-7929  for ordering information).

That Magnificent Ground Water Connection: A Resource Book for Grades 7-12, New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission, 1996. (Call 978-323-7929 for ordering information).

The Story of Drinking Water, Educational Booklet and Teacher's Guide, American Water Works Association. (Call 800-926-7337 for ordering information).

Making Discoveries: Groundwater Activities for Classroom and Community, The Groundwater Foundation, 2001. (Call 800-858-4844 for ordering information).

Videos

Down the Drain, 3-2-1 Contact Extra, the Children's Television Workshop, 1991, 30 min. (Call 800-321-7511 for information on ordering the video and teacher's guide).

Waterhog Haven, San Diego Water Authority, 1991, 6 min. (Call American Water Works Association at 800-926-7337 for ordering information).

Children's Books 

Ages 4-8

Berger, Melvin, Gilda Berger, and Bobbi Tull (illustrator), Water, Water Everywhere: A Book About the Water Cycle, Ideals Children's Books (Discovery Readers), 1995, 48 p., ISBN: 157102042X.

Brandt, Keith, and Yoshi Miyake (illustrator), What Makes It Rain? The Story of Raindrops, Troll Communications, 1989, 30 p., ISBN: 0893755834.

Cole, Joanna, and Bruce Degan (illustrator), The Magic School Bus - At the Waterworks, Scholastic Trade, 1988, 40 p., ISBN: 0590403605. Also available in Spanish.

Cole, Joanna, and Bruce Degan (illustrator), The Magic School Bus - Wet All Over: A Book About the Water Cycle, Scholastic Trade, 1996, ISBN: 0590508334.

Freeman, Lloyd A., and Susan L. Conner (illustrator), Drinking Water Quality: Taking Responsibility, Coloring Book, Waterworks Publishing, 2000, 36 p., ISBN: 0966252020.

Jeunesse, Gallimard, and Pierre-Marie Valat, Water, Cartwheel Books (First Discovery Book), 1996, ISBN: 0590623699.

McKinney, Barbara Shaw, and Michael S. Maydak (illustrator), A Drop Around the World, Dawn Publications, 1998, 32 p., ISBN: 1883220726.

Robinson, Fay, Where Do Puddles Go? Children's Press, Inc. (Rookies Read-About Science), 1995, ISBN: 0516460366.

Seuling, Barbara, and Nancy Tobin (illustrator), Drip! Drop! How Water Gets to Your Tap, Holiday House, 2000, 32 p., ISBN: 0823414590.

Ages 9-12

Cobb, Vicki, and Steve Haefele, Squirts and Spurts: Science Fun with Water, Millbrook Press, 2000, 48 p., ISBN: 0761315721.

Hooper, Meredith, and Christopher Coady (illustrator), The Drop in My Drink: The Story of Water on Our Planet, Viking Children's Books, 1998, 32 p., ISBN: 0670876186

Wick, Walter, A Drop of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder, Scholastic Trade, 1997, 40 p., ISBN: 0590221973.