This 200-page activity guide is for educators of students in grades 6 through university level. The purpose of this Guide is to raise the awareness and understanding of water quality topics and issues and their relationship to personal, public, and environmental health. Healthy Water, Healthy People will help educators address science standards through interactive activities that interpret water quality concepts and promote diverse learning styles, with foundations in the scientific method. This guide contains twenty-five original activities that link priority water quality topics to real-life experiences of educators and students.

Georgia Performance Standards correlations:

Language Arts

Social Studies

Science

Math

This 100-page technical reference manual is an excellent companion text that supports all of the Healthy Water, Healthy People publications and materials. The purpose of this manual is to serve as a technical reference for the Healthy Water, Healthy People Water Quality Educators Guide and the Healthy Water, Healthy People Testing Kits, yielding in-depth information about ten water quality parameters. The manual answers questions about water quality testing using technical overviews, data interpretation guidelines, case studies, chemical formulas, testing kit activities, laboratory demonstrations, and much more.

Healthy Water, Healthy People offers innovative, easy-to-use materials designed to make complex water quality concepts understandable and relevant for both teachers and students. The testing kits and publications were developed by teachers working with water quality experts and appeal to beginning and advanced educators alike. The Hach Company is proud to partner with the Healthy Water, Healthy People Program to provide high quality and affordable water quality testing kits for educators.