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Waterwatch
Waterwatch is a water quality monitoring and catchment education program that provides schools and community groups with an opportunity to make a difference to their local creek, river, dam or wetland. Get outdoors and actively involved in monitoring and protecting these remarkable environments. Check out the Waterwatch website for additional education activities and curriculum resources to help you teach about water.

Coast Care
The Coastcare Program provides opportunities for governments, community, business and interest groups to become actively involved in on ground works to protect and manage our coastal and marine environments. Coastcare volunteers identify local environmental problems and work together to achieve practical solutions.

River Murray Urban Users
The River Murray Urban Users aim to raise awareness in schools and in the wider community, about the importance of the Murray-Darling Basin and River Murray, and encourage action to improve the health the river system. The website has a variety of educational resources and fact sheets that can be used when teaching about River Murray issues.

Our Patch/Catchment Care
Natural Resources Management Boards in the metropolitan area offer a hands-on program that sees schools and the community groups undertaking projects and activities designed to raise awareness and understanding about the importance of catchment health. Some projects involve adopting a patch of a nearby creek or river and revegetating the land with local native plant species.

Educational Websites for Teachers
We have included a variety of additional websites that you may find interesting when teaching about water. Click on the links below:

Murder Under The Microscope
Bugasaurous Explorus
Murray Inventions
Indigenous Dreaming Stories about Water
Australian Association for Environmental Education
Australian Association for Environmental Education - SA Chapter
SA Water Education

To purchase a variety of teaching resources visit the Gould League.

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