Stormwater Lessons and Resources

 Information for Teachers


• Stormwater (Source: DEP Clean and Plentiful Water Website)
  
• Reducing the Flow of Stormwater (Source: DEP Clean Water Book)
  
• Stormwater and Nonpoint Source Pollution (Source: DEP njstormwater.org Website)
  
• Watershed Management Basics (Source: DEP DWM Website)
  
• What is Nonpoint Source Pollution? (Source: Environmental Protection Agency)
  
• Glossary
  
  
 Lessons that can be Downloaded and Used Immediately

 Lessons (grades K-3)

• Drop Pass
  
• How Watersheds Work
  
• Copy Page: The Water Cycle
  
  
 Lessons (grades 4-5)

• The Movement of Water
  
• Storm Drain Watch
  
• Copy Page: Paper Chase
  
  
 Lessons (grades 6 - 8)

• Water Wash
  
• Getting to the Source
  
• Copy Page: NPS Wheel
  
  
 Lessons (grades 9 - 12)

• Storm Drain Survey
  
• Options
  
• Copy Page: NPS Wheel
  

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 School and Community Projects
• Clean Water Raingers Program, DEP
  
• New Jersey Watershed Ambassadors Program, DEP
  
• Watershed Watch Volunteer Monitoring Program, DEP
  
• Harbor Watershed Urban Fishing Progam, DEP

 Water-related Curriculum Supplements Available through Professional Development or for Purchase
• Project WET (Water Education for Teachers), DEP
  
• Aquatic WILD, DEP
  
• New Jersey WATERS: Watershed Approach to Teaching the Ecology of Regional Systems, NJAS
  
• Fishing for Answers in an Urban Estuary, DEP

 Additional Educational Resources
• New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards
  
• The Watershed Partnership for New Jersey (WPNJ)
  
• Watersheds/NPS Education Programs - Clean Ocean Action
  
• The Center for Watershed Protection
  
• DEP Stormwater Fact Sheets
• DEP Stormwater Flyers