The Great Water Odyssey is a computer-based interactive curriculum for 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students. This multidisciplinary education experience correlates to Florida's Sunshine State Standards preparing students to be successful on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT).
The Great Water Odyssey is a creative, hands-on way to teach students about reading, science, language arts, geography, history, math and conservation of water.
Give students the chance to explore the world, travel through time and meet new friends, while protecting Florida's most valuable natural resource – water! Register for upcoming Teacher Training Workshops in your area and for a sneak preview visit The Great Water Odyssey.
The Everglades: An American Treasure
A Training Workshop for middle school and high school teachers developed to focus on skills that children need to succeed with FCAT, including reading comprehension, graph making, diagram interpretation and data analysis.
This five day lesson was created to help students explore the interconnected biotic and abiotic systems that weave together to form our American Treasure, the Everglades.
For information about Workshops scheduled in your area, contact Niki Spencer at nspencer@sfwmd.gov
To receive a "free" copy of this booklet and other materials, register and attend "Everglades: An American Treasure" Workshop.
The science behind Everglades restoration is keeping researchers busy at a unique outdoor laboratory: the Loxahatchee Impoundment Landscape Assessment (LILA), located in Boynton Beach, Florida.
LILA is a working, 80-acre model of the Everglades ecosystem on the grounds of the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge in Boynton Beach, Florida. This "living laboratory" gives experts an opportunity to research and apply restoration techniques on a small, controlled scale before taking them into the 1.7 million-acre Everglades ecosystem.
The unique facility was built in 2003 as a partnership between the South Florida Water Management District, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Visitors to the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge will find LILA located on the birding trail. By visiting LILA, you'll be able to spend a morning watching a wide variety of native wading birds and other wildlife -- at the same time scientists are collecting and analyzing data that will ultimately be used to restore Florida's precious Everglades.
Displays in this kiosk help explain LILA's purpose, and on-site research.
More Resources for Teachers & Students
Florida's Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the U. S. Geological Service (USGS), as well as the Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD) and the St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD) also have many great materials.
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Educational Resources
Northern Everglades
Give students the chance to explore the world, travel through time and meet new friends, while protecting Florida's most valuable natural resource – water! Register for upcoming 
