WATER EDUCATION VIDEO LIST:

The Otay Water District has the following educational videos available to loan out to schools.  To borrow videos for your class call Rhianna Pensa, Water Conservation Specialist at 670-2291 or email: rhianna.pensa@otaywater.gov.

Video #1
Grades: K-12

Time: 7 minutes

Water Follies:
A Soak Opera 
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California

Award winning cartoon demonstrates the uses and abuses of water

 in and around the home.  Strong conservation message; no

narrative.  The film is done with humor.

Video #2

Grades: K-6

Time: 10 minutes

Water hog Haven
American Water Works Association

A humorous story line in this video concerns the effects of water wasting on the town of “Waterhog Haven”.  More and more water is  wasted, until the town runs out of water.

Video #3

Grades: K-3

Time: 8 minutes

The Guzzler Gang
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Cartoon characters, including famous newscaster Barbara Bowser and guest, Sherlock Faucet, introduce the children to Whiney Toilet, Rinsey Sink, and others.  The emphasis is on water waste at home.

Video #4 

Grades: K-6

Time: 10 minutes

Just a Drop in the Ocean
Palomar-Ramona-Julian Resource Conservation District
This video follows “Willie Water drop” and all the pollutants he picks up as he travels from the sky to the ocean

Video #5

Grades: 4-9

Time: 15 minutes

Always Pure, Never Runs Dry
American Water Works Association
This full-color video demonstrates through real-life situations what it takes to provide safe, reliable drinking water at reasonable prices. 

Video #6

Grades: 4-9

Time: 22 minutes

What Do You Know About H2O?
American Water Works Association

Narrated by well-known TV commentator Dr., Frank Field, this video points out some amazing statistics about how much water we use - and waste.  The program is organized in a question and answer format in which people on the street are asked question about water

Video #7

Grades: 4-9

Time: 30 minutes

Down the Drain
Children’s Television Workshop

Narrated by the well-known child spokesperson Stephanie Yu, this video uses an investigative news format to teach children about the water cycle, water pollution, and water treatment.

Video #8

Grade: 4

Time: 8 minutes

Admiral Splash and His Amazing Submarine
Metropolitian Water District of Southern California
This video accompanies a 4th grade program.  Admiral Splash helps students learn about the water cycle, the history of Southern California water supply, the distribution system, water uses and water conservation.

Video #9

Grades: 4-9

Time: 14 minutes

The Water Game
ITV-Instructional Television
Two teams of students play a water trivia game.  Active participation is encouraged among your students by having them play the water game before or after viewing the video.  Questions are included.

Video #10

Grade: 5

Time: 20 minutes

California Smith, Water Investigator
Metropolitian Water District of Southern California
This video accompanies a 6th grade program.  California Smith, a private investigator, looks at California’s water problems investigating our water supply, distribution system, important water issues, water for the future and water conservation.

Video #11

Grades: 4-6

Time: 9 minutes

The California Water Story
Water Education Foundation
The history of water use in California is explored from the 1700’s to present day needs.

Video #12

Grades: 7-12

Time: 20 minutes

The Hydrologic Cycle
Earth Science Video Library
Live action video and computer graphics show how water moves through the hydrologic cycle. Discover how natural events affect evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff, and storage.

Video #13

Grades: 4-12

Time: 17 minutes

California Water Story
California Department of Water Resources
Over two hundred years ago Native Americans and mission fathers created California’s earliest irrigation systems.  Today, vast engineering projects provide water throughout the state.  This history of our water development is also the story of California’s most important and sought after resource.

Video #14

Grades: K-4

Time: Each segment about 5 minutes

What Do You Know About H2O?
California Department of Water Resources
Dewey, an animated water droplet, in live action sequences with children and scenes of water related activities, narrates a series of water programs.  The series includes:

                        The Water Cycle

                        Water for Farming

                        Clean Water

                        City Water

                        Save Water

                        Water for Industry
 

The series can be viewed as a whole, or as individual
programs.

Video #15

Grades: 4-6

Time: 11 minutes

Wastewater Treatment
Water Environment Treatment
Presents a complete overview of the wastewater treatment process.

Video #16

Grades: 4-6

Time: 9 minutes

The Surface Water Video

Water Environment Treatment
Water quality issues, the prevention of water pollution, and the water cycle are examined.

Video #17

Grades: 4-12

Time:17 minutes

The Story of the Colorado River Aqueduct
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Tells the story of the construction of the Colorado River Aqueduct

Video #18

Grades: 4-8

Time: each segment about minutes

Bill Nye the Science Guy – Water Cycle/Oceanography
Disney Educational Productions

Bill Nye, the Science Guy, examines the water cycle and
molecules, andocean currents and the salt content of the
ocean.

Video #19

Grades: 4-8

Time: 9 minutes

A Visit to the Feather River Fish Hatchery
California Department of Water Resources
A young school girl talks about her trip to the Fish Hatchery to her classmates in a “show and tell” format.  The hatchery is shown and the life cycle of the salmon is explained.

Video #20

Grades: 9-12

Time: 13 minutes

Clean Water, Clear Choices
National Association of Conservation Districts
Nonpoint source pollution is a threat to our environment, our economy, and our health, but it is a solvable problem.  Some of the solutions are explored in this video.

Video #21

Grades: 9-12

Time: 13 minutes

Partnerships for Watersheds
National Association of Conservation Districts
Watersheds are described and watershed concerns are addressed.  Comments from individuals who have been involved in Partnerships for Watersheds are included.

Video #22

Grades: 4-9

Time: 9 minutes

The Groundwater Video Adventure
Water Environment Federation
An on-screen student gains points in a video game by preventing groundwater pollution from industrial, agricultural, and private residential sources.  Students learn ways to help prevent groundwater pollution. 

Video #23

Grades: 4-9

Time: 8 minutes

Saving Water:  The Conservation Unit
Water Environment Federation
Imagine a visit to a museum of the future.  Curator Dino Sorrus explains how all the earth’s water, except for one small vial, has been wasted or polluted beyond use.  Students see what might happen tomorrow-unless they begin preserving our water supply today.

Video #24

Grades: 7-12

Time: 15 minutes

Careers in Water Quality
Water Environment Federation

Real life water quality professionals discuss diverse and

exciting career opportunities in all aspects of their field.

Students are encouraged to consider how their own skills
and interests applied to a career in water quality could 

truly make a difference in the environment.

Video #25

Grades: 6-12

Time: 50 minutes (can be shown in segments)

Water, Gift of Life
Narrated by Gregory Peck-A Nature Company
Water is the precious substance on which all life depends.  The splendor of water is blended through imagery, original music, and natural sounds.  From the dawning of life in a Sierra stream to the steaming Micronesian Jungle, experience the beauty of water.   Gregory Peck narration is the perfect counterpoint to the fluidity, texture and form of the water imagery on display.

Video #26

Grades: 7-12

Time: about 15 minutes 

Water from water:  desalination
“Water from Water” discusses the need to supplement world-wide water supplies and explains the vital role that desalination must play in increasing the world’s supply of usable water.  Both the history and the future of desalination are explored.

Video #27

Grades: 7-12

Time: about 15 minutes 

water from water:  recycling
National Water Research Institute
“Water from Water” examines the need to supplement worldwide water supplies and the vital role that recycling must play in increasing the world’s supply of usable water.  A number of case studies of water recycling across the country and interviews with public officials from various agencies are presented.

Video #28

Grades: K-6 

Time: 30 minutes

The Magic School Bus kicks up a storm
Scholastics, Inc.
The Friz asks, “What makes the weather?”  then transforms the bus into a Weathermobile. A wild ride through the skies gives Ralphie the opportunity to become the meteorological superhero of his dreams.

Video #29

Grades: 9-12

Time: about 5 minutes

source water protection
American Water Works Association
This video presents a compelling overview of why it is so important to help protect local water sources from pollution.  What source water is, how source water gets contaminated, and why every community watershed needs a formal source water protection plan is shown.

Video #30

Grades:6-12

Time:11 minutes

Ebb Tide at Mono Lake
California Departmentof Water Resources
An area of spectacular formations and rich ecology, Mono Lake faces a serious problem in declining lake elevation.  This program looks at the problem and related issues, as well as a solution to maintaining the lake.

Video #31

Grades:  6-12

Time:12 minutes

Ground Water:  Banking on the Future of Water Resources
California Department
This program shows how significant ground water is to California’s total water supply and demonstrates how it is being protected for today and tomorrow.

Video #32

Grades:K-12

Time: 26 minutes

Professor Water: Fantastic Facts About H20
American Water Works Association
A video overflowing with information about water!  How much water is on the earth?  Where does our drinking water come from?  You’ll find the answer to these and other questions as you watch Professor Water and his wily sidekick in action