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Website Area - Local Area

Website Name	North East Water
Description	Local information relating to water. Including storage levels in local dams, conservation tips, restriction details, treatment information and much more.
Website Address	http://www.newater.com.au/

Website Name	North East Catchment Management Authority
Description	Local information relating to catchments in the North East on Victoria including river health, water quality, water resources, floodplain and Waterwatch programs.
Website Address	http://www.necma.vic.gov.au/

Website Name	NSW Murray Wetlands Working Group Inc
Description	Local information relating to wetlands, the importance of wetlands, wetland rehabilitation and land management in wetland areas.
Website Address	http://www.mwwg.org.au/

Website Area - State Wide

Website Name	EPA
Description	Ecological footprint calculator - schools checklist
Website Address	https://www.epa.vic.gov.au/~/media/Publications/1216.pdf

Website Name	Fish Care
Description	Information and resources around fishing.
Website Address	http://www.fishcare.org.au/

Website Name	Fish n Kids - DPI NSW
Description	Student targetted information on fishing, fish, conservation and fish as pets. Games, project information and more.
Website Address	http://fishnkids.dpi.nsw.gov.au/

Website Name	Melbourne Water
Description	Information about tours, educational resources, multimedia presentation and information for projects. Melbourne based, but some useful information and tools for regional areas.
Website Address	http://education.melbournewater.com.au/

Website Name	Murray Darling Basin Authority - Lesson Packages
Description	Concise, curriculum-linked lesson materials designed to support and enhance teaching by explaining the complex science of the Murray–Darling Basin, linking to high-quality resources, and engaging students with fun activity ideas.
Website Address	https://www.mdba.gov.au/education/lesson-packages

Website Name	Murray Darling Basin Authority - Fish Species
Description	This double–sided, A1 size poster shows a selection of fish species found in the Murray–Darling Basin. One side has native fish species while the other side shows fish species introduced to the Basin.
Website Address	https://www.mdba.gov.au/publications/products/native-fish-poster

Website Name	Water Corporation of WA
Description	Lesson plans on how we can use and save water.
Website Address	https://www.watercorporation.com.au/home/education/teaching-resources/find-a-lesson-plan/lesson-plan/how-we-use-and-save-water

Website Name	Sustainable Schools NSW
Description	A comprehensive sustainable schools website for teachers.
Website Address	https://www.sustainableschoolsnsw.org.au/teach

Website Name	Yarra Valley water - Water School
Description	A huge range of activities, lesson plan and multimedia student activities and stories around water. Some great on line activities for students here.
Website Address	http://www.yvw.com.au/waterschool/

Website Area - Australia Wide

Website Name	Bugasaurus Explorus - NSW Water Bug Survey
Description	A NSW site that has some fantastic interactive educational games around water bugs. Including build a bug which introduces students to the adaptations of different water bugs.
Website Address	http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/waterwatch/

Website Name	Dolphin Research Institute
Description	I sea, I care - Schools Ambassador Program
Website Address	https://www.dolphinresearch.org.au/education/isic/

Website Name	Green Plumbers
Description	Looking for advice on infrastructure changes within the school for water conservation or re-use, then you may like to try to contact a local green plumber.
Website Address	http://www.greenplumbingsolutions.com.au/

Website Name	Groundwater Foundation
Description	Lesson plans, experiments, games, puzzles and information on groundwater.
Website Address	http://www.groundwater.org/kids/

Website Name	Marine Education Society of Australia
Description	Marine based information and activities.
Website Address	http://www.mesa.edu.au/

Website Name	NSW Murray Wetlands Working Group
Description	Rehabilitating degraded wetlands and improving wetland management.
Website Address	http://www.mwwg.org.au/

Website Name	One Minute Shower
Description	A site with supportive activities to investigate the value of short showers for water conservation.
Website Address	http://www.oneminuteshower.com.au/

Website Name	Reef HQ Aquarium
Description	Games, puzzles and colouring in, relating to the Great Barrier Reef.
Website Address	http://www.reefhq.com.au/home/lucky_t/message

Website Name	Sydney Water
Description	Contains a range of lesson plans and activities. Also has an interactive online water efficient house tour.
Website Address	http://www.sydneywater.com.au/

Website Name	Wetlandcare Australia
Description	Comprises a teacher resource and study pack that highlights the diversity in Victorian wetlands, and assists students to learn about ecosystems and the interrelations of plants and animals.
Website Address	https://conservationvolunteers.com.au/news/2016/05/victorian-wetland-care-teacher-resource-study-pack/

Website Area - International

Website Name	USGS Water Science for Schools
Description	An American site, however it has a huge range of information on water resources.
Website Address	https://www.usgs.gov/special-topic/water-science-school

Website Name	Sea Grant Ocean Sciences Education Center
Description	In the wake of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, NOAA's Tsunami website provides news, video animation about theis disaster. You can also find tsunami basics, preparedness information and an education section with teacher resources and information for kids.
Website Address	http://web.vims.edu/bridge/?svr=www