CTS 10-12: Environmental Stewardship: Water

By using water more efficiently, better-yield crops can grow while using less water, contributing to preserving one of nature's most valuable resources.

This overview provides you with information about virtual water in Alberta. At the bottom of the page is a link to a study that was done about our virtual water.

Find local watersheds, learn about watersheds in the 101 section. There is also a section filled with learning resources.

This Government of Alberta site provides information about safe drinking water, wetlands, groundwater and water management.

This page offers a comprehensive look at Canada's water resources. The site describes the uses, sources, quality and research of water; it also addresses water management.

Groundwater quality mapping helps to understand how well-connected aquifers are to surface water bodies, how active groundwater flow systems are, and how quality could be changing over time.

Learn about Josephine Mandamin, the water defender, who began walking around the Great Lakes to raise awareness about water pollution.

The Story of Bottled Water describes the environmental and financial impact of using bottled water instead of tap water.

Explore the Amazon rainforest’s flying rivers, and dig into why these invisible waterways are essential to life on Earth.

A team of Cree, Blackfoot and Nakota Elders, as well as both Indigenous and Western scientists, collaborated to create lesson plans about the spiritual significance of relationships to water.

A Canadian TV series about two eco-adventurers who travel the world to explore humans’ relationship with water. Watch episodes, download teacher’s guides, or visit Dive Deeper

Information from the Government of Canada about Canada’s water ecosystems and the research efforts to keep them healthy.

Learn how water stress affects international relationships between countries.

A list of lesson plans, articles, videos, and interactive activities for students from grades 9-12 to explore the science of rising sea levels.

This page has compiled resources from all over the website that are particularly suited to teaching. The resource materials are introduced with a few sentences below, and then then link to the materials.

This video, created by Inside Education, is a review of "groundwater in Alberta. Topics include quality, distribution, uses in the province, and how it links to the hydrologic cycle." (site)

This education kit explores the science of water use in Alberta and now contains new information about climate change, energy development and stewardship.

Articles for the Alberta high school curriculum. Designed to be used after the Fundamentals of Environmental Law

This education kit explores the science of water use in Alberta and now contains new information about climate change, energy development and stewardship.