Resources

Wildlife and Water Curriculum — 4-H

Download a free, draft version of the Water and Wildlife 4-H Curriculum. This download is provided for free in response to a need for science activities for K-12 teachers and currently homeschooled kids and parents. This is written for a ~sixth-grade audience, but can be modified for students in upper elementary through high school. 

Presentations

• Master Water Stewards (Prezi)

Pre-2015 Presentations

• Introduction: Laying the groundwork for IDAH₂O (PDF)
• Getting Started: Setting up your water quality monitoring plan (PDF)
• Watershed Mapping: Finding your way (PDF)
• Habitat Assessment: Assessing stream and riparian conditions (PDF)
• Physical/Chemical Assessment: Monitoring current stream conditions (PDF)
• Biological Assessment: Assessing life in the stream (PDF)
• Lake Sampling: Conducting IDAH₂O monitoring on “standing” water (PDF)

Videos

• Stormwater Video: IDAH₂O and Confluence Project
• Water quality and lawn care PSA

Instructional Videos

• The Confluence Project Snow Science Instructional Video

Resource Guides

These are advanced draft versions and will continually be updated.

• Water and Rural Residences: What Idaho Homeowners Need to Know (PDF) (BUL905) 
• Ideas and Activities to use with the Spokane Valley Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer Atlas as an Educational Tool (PDF) or (PDF in Printable Booklet Layout)

Websites

• UI Extension/CALS Publications and Multimedia Catalog, Water Quality

Download Adobe Reader