*CLICK HERE for more information and resources on water quality, laws & regulations, BMPs, etc.
ON THE BLUE WATER CAMPAIGN
- Blue Water Campaign 1/2-pager
- NEW Blue Water Campaign Brochure (Full color, 8.5 x 11") - FRONT & BACK
INFORMATIONAL RESOURCES & CREATIVE / FUN WAYS TO TEACH ABOUT ... POLLUTION!
- How YOU Can Help 1/2-pager - Lists proactive and easy ways that we can all get involved in helping to keep Hawaii's environment clean and healthy.
- Land-based pollution effects to Hawaii's coastal resources - Created in part by Celeste Leroux, University of Hawaii's Marine Option Program. Page 1 & Page 2
- CORALS 101 - An informational pdf file that can be used in the classroom to teach background information on corals, what they need to survive and possible threats to their survival.
- FOR TEACHERS: "Protecting Hawai'i's Blue Water" PowerPoint Presentation (~6.5MB)- 37 informational slides on:
1. Why Should
We Care
2.
Information on Water Quality
3.
Information on Corals (Corals 101)
4.
The Problems & Issues
5.
Who & What Protects Our Waters
6.
Blue Water Campaign
7.
Best Management Practices (some easy-to-spot ones)
8.
What YOU Can Do
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING regarding the use of the presentation above:
This
presentation may be used for educational purposes only. Photos and slides
in this presentation are not for unofficial use and should not be copied
out of this presentation. All photos in this presentation are property
of the credited photographer. Questions regarding this presentation should
be emailed to bluewatercampaign@hawaii.sierraclub.org.
- FOR EDUCATORS: "The Great Runoff Challenge" - a great, "make them think" type of paper game.
- GROUP EXERCISES: "Thinking Through the Issues" - Directions: Divide class into groups (as many as 10). Hand them each a scenario. Ask them 2 questions: 1) What types of problems could potentially arise from this situation? 2) What would you do? Let them know that in all of these problems, the community, residents, government, and organizations can all be involved in some way. Whether they come up with an outreach/education plan, or stricter punishments, they will definitely have thought through the issues, and hopefully realized that it takes EVERYONE WORKING TOGETHER to solve many of our environmental problems.
**NOTE: Every one of the "Scenarios" has been an actual complaint called into the Blue Water Hotline. Some have been resolved, however many of the larger ones remain pending.
OTHER IDEAS...
- Create a fun game (we've done a bean bag toss) and as the "challenge" ask questions on water quality. Some examples are here: BLUE WATER QUESTIONS
- BE HANDS-ON!!!
Show the difference between mud-filled water and clear water (they can also see how the mud eventually settles onto everything below it - sometimes it's living coral!)
Collect marine debris the next time you're at the beach. Better yet, take your class or group to the beach and do a clean-up!!!
- Link up with other organizations that do: reef monitoring, fish monitoring, water quality testing, marine debris clean-ups, etc.!!!
