Resources for a Watershed Display

Here are some great resources about watersheds and the wildlife that lives there to help your students create striking and informative displays.

Environment Canada’s Freshwater Website is a collection of information about all aspects of water and aquatic wildlife and ecosystems. Check it out at www.ec.gc.ca/water.
RésEau – Building Canadian Water Connections is a Government of Canada demonstration initiative that provides access to a broad range of online water data and information. Visit www.environmentandresources.gc.ca/reseau.
Look up Hinterland Who’s Who fact sheets on aquatic wildlife species, lesson plans and other wildlife information at www.hww.ca.
Canada’s Aquatic Environments, produced by the CyberNatural Software Group, features information about aquatic plants, animals, habitats and human interactions at www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca.
The Environmental Protection Agency in the United States hosts online training modules about watersheds entitled Watershed Academy Web. See www.epa.gov/watertrain.
For a list of wetlands of international importance, visit the Ramsar website at ramsar.org/sitelist.doc.

Click into the WILD Education website for a set of teaching activities assembled especially for you by CWF and its partners.
Check out the teacher’s sections on the Freshwater Website, Hinterland Who’s Who and the Atlas of Canada for water- and watershed-related lesson plans.
Visit Environment Canada’s From the Mountains to the Sea for activities that focus on the course of a river as it flows through a watershed.
Environment Canada’s NPA Youth Zone is a bilingual children’s website on coastal and marine environments, how you can help them and more.
See National Wildlife Week’s Learning About Wildlife teacher’s guides from past years on the WILD Education website.
CWF’s Space for Species website program uses satellite technology to track aquatic migrants including sea turtles, polar bears and common eiders.
Stream to Sea: See the educational pages for teachers.
Link onto the teacher’s section of the Nature of the Rideau River website at www.nature.ca/rideau.
Visit Fisheries and Oceans’ Watershed Works and By the Sea: A Guide to the Coastal Zone of Atlantic Canada.

Canada’s Aquatic Environments contains a collection of photos and diagrams about aquatic wildlife and environments.
See Fisheries and Oceans’ Underwater World website for its photo collection.

Natural Resources Canada’s The Atlas of Canada website is an online collection of maps and related information, including teaching materials. See atlas.gc.ca. Use search word drainage basins to find a full-colour, interactive map of watersheds.
The Government of Canada’s RésEau – Building Canadian Water Connections initiative features mapping on a diverse cross-section of water monitoring activities in Canada, including water quality and water quantity networks.

Participate in CWF’s WILD School program. Read the latest information about WILD School.
Click on beach sweeps and other actions in the Hinterland Who's Who web pages under the Things You Can Do section.
Discover Streamkeepers, a program of Oceans and Fisheries Canada and Environment Canada. Also see Wetlandkeepers.
Visit the Adopt a River project. (French only.)

Check out the Canada’s Aquatic Environments website for “sailing,” “canoeing” and “aquatic bird-watching” excursions and more.