Resoruces_on_Water

=Resources/Contact if you plan to do anything regarding water=

Websites:
1) World Water Monitoring Day: http://www.worldwatermonitoringday.org/Test_Kits/Kits_Main.html

2) Water Testing http://www.lamotte.com/pages/edu/3608.html

http://www.benmeadows.com/search/tap+water+tour/21022/

http://www.forestry-suppliers.com/product_pages/View_Catalog_Page.asp?mi=3350

Carolina(tm) 9-Factor Classroom Water Quality Test Kit Cat # 65-2747: http://www.carolina.com/product/carolina%26%23153-+9-factor+classroom+water+quality+test+kit.do?keyword=65-2747&sortby=bestMatches

3) New York City Department of Environmental Protection www.nyc.gov/dep

4) Fun water worksheets from the New York Water Saver's Workbook http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/environmental_education/workbook.shtml

5) General Information on the New York City water supply system including maps and water quality reports (We can mail them to you too): http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/drinking_water/index.shtml

6) A quick interactive 5 minute animation about NYC water: http://www.amnh.org/education/resources/rfl/web/nycwater/

7) The Building a Watershed Model Activity: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/pdf/activity3whatisawatershed.pdf

8) Summit on the Summit - premieres Sunday 9pm on MTV. Celebrities get involved in the clean water crisis and raise awareness by climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro. Check it out at this website. Information and a preview available through MTV.

Possible Field Trip Ideas
1)The Newtown Creek Nature Walk http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/environmental_education/newtown.shtml

2) Program: Water Infrastructure Education This program is a great field trip opportunity to see repairs to water and sewer mains. Lisa Robbins, Executive Assistant Office of Community Outreach and Notification Department of Design and Construction RobbinsL@ddc.nyc.gov Phone: 718-391-1471 Fax: 718-391-2386

3) Queens Museum of Art (QMA) would be ideal Exhibit "A Watershed Moment - features a 700 sq ft 3D model of the entire NYC Drinking Water Supply, including the three watersheds that provide us with water. In addition, QMA is home to the NYC Panorama, which again is a 3D model, but this time of the five boroughs of NYC. Your students will love trying to figure out which building is their home, school, etc. It is simply breathtaking. For more information about the watershed exhibit, see: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/news/a_watershed_moment.shtml

Contacts
1) Betsy Ukeritis Regional Environmental Educator Environmental Educator II NYSDEC Region 2 4740 21st Street Long Island City, NY 11101-5407

2) Min Kan Director of Education at NYCity Dept. of Environmental Protection, educationoffice@dep.nyc.gov / mink@dep.nyc.gov 718-595-3506.

3) Shino Tanikawa NYC Soil & Water Conservation District shino@nycswcd.net

4) Maggie Flanagan South Street Seaport mflanagan@southstseaport.org

5) Bronx River Alliance

Contests
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection is pleased to announce the 24th annual Water Resources Art & Poetry Contest. New York City students in the fourth, fifth and sixth grade are encouraged to create art and compose poetry that reflects an appreciation for New York City's water supply, our wastewater treatment system, and the importance of water conservation. All winners will be honored at a special award ceremony in the month of May. To see entries from previous years and contest guidelines, please click on this direct link: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/environmental_education/artpoetry10.shtml