Packed with updated and new activities, this guide empowers educators to integrate essential water management and cultural concepts into their curriculum.

Water is a resource we all share—and sustaining it requires informed choices, responsible management, and collaboration. People & Water: Sustaining a Shared Resource helps learners explore these questions through hands-on investigations and real-world examples. 

Designed to foster water literacy, critical thinking, and civic engagement, this guide encourages learners to recognize that water management is both a scientific and a social challenge. The activities in this guide explore the many ways people interact with water, the challenges of managing a vital resource, and the opportunities to create sustainable solutions.

The Water in Earth Systems educator guide includes 23 activities designed to help educators effectively teach about how water behaves and influences our planet. The Earth works as a connected system made up of water, air, land, and living things, with water playing a key role in linking them all. Water moves through the water cycle and interacts with the air to create weather and climate, shapes land through erosion and weathering, and supports all living organisms. The guide emphasizes that changes in one system affect the others, showing why understanding these connections is important for protecting water resources and keeping the planet healthy.

The Foundations of Water Education educator guide includes 12 carefully curated activities designed to help educators incorporate essential water literacy concepts into their curriculum. Topics covered include the water cycle, properties of water, watersheds, water management, and more. It provides educators with a foundation to build from and tools to enhance understanding and appreciation of this vital resource.