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Education Resources
| Water WONDERS Webisodes Join Professor Priscilla & Ricky Raindrop as they explore our water resources. Parents and children can enjoy create science experiments along with them from items found around the house! |
| Watersheds Join Professor Priscilla and Ricky Raindrop as they learn what a watershed is and how it works. Landon joins them to build his own watershed model. |
| Aquifers Where does our drinking water come from? Professor Priscilla and Ricky Raindrop explore the Floridan Aquifer and make a tasty edible aquifer. |
| The Amazing Magic Potion Ricky Raindrop takes Professor Priscilla on a trip to the W.T. Bland Library in Mount Dora. Read along with them as they discover two books on our precious water resources and how we can better take care of them. |
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The Water's Edge Podcasts |
| Maintaining a Proper Shoreline Guest: Ron Hart Shoreline vegetation is the last line of defense between your lake an pollution. Learn best practices for creating a beneficial habitat and protecting your lake from polluted runoff. |
| Prescribed Fire Guest: Ben Gugliotti Fire is an important part of many ecosystems. We discuss just what it takes to properly manage a fire-dependent habitat. |
| Lake County Sheriff's Office Marine Patrol Guest: Sgt. Matt Farner Lake County has 1,400 lakes and miles of rivers, the Marine Patrol Deputies help keep us safe. Discover what you need to be safe and legal on the waterways. |
| Manatee Education Resources The LCWA donated education packets to Lake County's third grade classes. Below are links to the contents of those packets along with additional resources. |
| Introduction Letter to Educators |
| Manatee Facts Flash Cards |
| FWC Manatee Activity Booklet |
| Are you smarter than your 3rd grader quiz for students to test their parents |
| How to Draw a Manatee |
| Save the Manatee Club Activity Sheet |
| Manatee Fact Sheet |
| Manatee Reading List for Young Readers |
| Manatee Coloring Pages |
| How to Make a Manatee Puppet |
| A Boater's Guide to Living with Florida Manatees |
| Guidelines for Protecting Native Wildlife - Florida Manatees |
| Florida Manatees: A Florida Treasure |
| Where are Florida's Manatees? |
| Links to Additional Manatee Information |
| Save the Manatee Club |
| Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission |
| Webcams from Blue Spring State Park &Webcams from Blue Spring State Park & Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park (From Save the Manatee Club) |