Teacher Resources - Gutter Guardians

Students taking part in Gutter Guardians

During the autumn months the Onkaparinga Waterwatch Network conducts a popular program that assists educators to teach students about the importance of keeping gutters free of leaves and other pollutants

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Shown below are a range of activities for educators. They include interesting fact sheets and a variety of new follow up activities, experiments and games that will help make your program informative, educational and lots of fun!

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	Information	About Stormwater	Dive into some facts! Fact sheets on Stormwater pollution and organic pollution.
		Stormwater Worksheets	A range of activities designed to encourage students to consider the impacts that pollution has on stormwater.
	Gutter Sweep	Gutter Guardians Pack See cover page for the Gutter Sweep Pack	Contains information on Instructions - How to conduct a Gutter Sweep: so easy and lots of fun for the kids! Teachers can conduct the sweep themselves. Result Sheet - Record all of the pollution you have prevented from entering our waterways. .We would like to encourage parents and residents to help facilitate the gutter sweep. Invitation and survey - You can choose to invite parents and/or local residents who live on your designated street. A survey is included that can be sent home with students or could be conducted with residents living on your chosen street. This will help to educate and evaluate community perceptions about Autumn leaf fall.
		Student worksheet - stormwater survey	Students are given the opportunity to calculate the amount of materials they collect during a gutter sweep
		Too Many Leaves	Information and question sheet for students
	Danny the Drip Activity	Story and activity	Danny the Drip is an active visual exercise for students from R-4, emphasising the variety of pollutants that can enter waterways and how they accumulate. It shows the progressive deterioration of a river as it makes its way from the hills, through the catchment out towards the sea. (Includes a follow up activity.)
	Effect of land use on stormwater	Background information	Included in this activity are 4 sheets that show a different type of landuse. Students read out information about their type of land use and the affect it has on stormwater. Sheet 1 Sheet 2 Sheet 3 Sheet 4
	Other learning opportunities	Teacher ideas	Includes ideas for activities, games and experiments for you to conduct with your class.
		Word find game	Student activity

Websites worth a look.. (View as Pdf)

• www.olliesworld.com - A variety of online games and experiments on waste and recycling for kids
• www.globalgreening.com - Fact sheets and activities regarding stormwater
• www.murrayusers.sa.gov.au - Comprehensive fact sheets on stormwater, water usage and waste
• www.cwmb.sa.gov.au - Onlinefact sheets on water and stormwater pollution
• www.ecowater.co.nz - Lesson plans and activities for schools on stormwater
• www.eednz.org.nz - Lesson plans and activities for schools on stormwater
• www.sydneywater.com.au - Fact sheets, games and lesson plans on stormwater, water usage and waste
• www.teachingtols.com/h20/stormwatermgmt.htm - Fact sheets, interactive games and lesson plans available on stormwater
• www.wastecom.sa.gov.au - Detailed and informative fact sheets on composting, recycling and worm farming
• www.grrn.org - Interactive games and education kids on recycling and composting
• www.kesab.asn.au - Interactive games and experiments. Activities cover rubbish, recycling, composting, stormwater and pollution
• www.ecorecycle.vic.gov.au - Fact sheets on waste, composting, worm farming and litter
• www.epa.nsw.gov.au - Activities, lesson plans and fact sheets on stormwater and catchments.
• www.gould.edu.au - Interactive online activities and games on stormwater, composting & recycling
• www.epa.gov/recyclecity - Online and classroom games, activities and fact sheets on recycling and waste
• www.cfe.cornell.edu/compost/schools.htm - Online activities and games for students regarding composting and litter

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