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It's never too early to start learning! Let's teach our children the importance of taking care of our water sources. It is critical for the health of generations to come.
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS): MDHHS has developed activity worksheets and booklets to raise awareness about drinking water:
Upper Elementary Students
Middle School Students
In these activity books, Dewy the water drop shows how drinking water makes its way from the environment into our homes:
In this hands-on activity you will learn about how things we do every day can have an impact on the water you drink and how we can protect it.
Enviroscape
MDHHS offers learning lessons with our Enviroscape model. The MI Water Source! Enviroscape Learning Lesson aims to raise awareness on the importance of water and protecting your health. This lesson uses an interactive 3D model to demonstrate how everyday activities can contribute to water pollution and contamination. The program highlights how these activities can impact water sources used for drinking, such as surface water and groundwater. Through this demonstration, students will learn how to reduce those impacts and protect our health.
This activity is best conducted with children ages five to 14 years old and a guardian or teacher. The program will be modified depending on the average age of the audience members.
This lesson can range from 5 minutes to 20 minutes in length, depending on the need.
You can find out more about the Enviroscape and request a learning lesson by calling MDHHS 800-648-6942.
Where does your drinking water come from? Follow water from start to tap.
Groundwater Foundation
The Groundwater Foundation is a resource for hands-on educational activities that include curriculum guides, games, puzzles, event planning and more. You can also learn about ways to get involved in groundwater protection.
Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE)
EGLE Classroom is a platform that houses information for developing environmental stewardship. The materials "provide meaningful information and resources to assist you - students, educators and everyone else - to learn more about the environment and to foster environmental stewardship."
Michigan Water Stewardship Program (MWSP)
The MWSP's goal is to educate Michigan residents on how to identify and reduce contamination risks to water and other natural resources. MWSP provides resources for educators and students that range from lesson plans, hands-on activities, presentations and more!
United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
The EPA provides drinking water activities for students and teachers with activities that range from basic understanding of drinking water to learning where water comes from.
To stay up to date with current resources and opportunities being offered through the program, subscribe to the Drinking Water and Health newsletter.
If you have questions, please contact MDHHS at 800-648-6942.
