National Association of Conservation Districts

Downloadable 2008 Stewardship Materials

Listed below are “Water is Life” themed 2008 Stewardship items that are available for download at no cost. Promotional tools such as an adaptable press release, public service announcement and promotional flyer will help you promote your Stewardship Week participation. There are also a few activities, as well as two activity supplements for activities from the 2008 Stewardship Catalog.

Ordering Stewardship Materials

Catalog - Review our catalog before you shop the NACD Marketplace to place your order.
Order Early! Education and Stewardship orders of $150 or more placed by February 29, 2008 will receive a 10% discount. The discount code is NACD2-29-08 and can only be redeemed once per customer. This discount does not include sample packet purchases or other NACD store items such as hats, service pins, etc.| Low Resolution PDF (864KB) | High Resolution PDF (2.02MB) |

2008 Stewardship Items Planning Sheet - A one-page overview of all the 2008 Stewardship items available for purchase. | PDF |

Promotional Tools

Stewardship Logo and Images - Several images that go along with the 2008 Stewardship theme,"Water is Life," use on your website, promotions or publications.

Promotional Flyer - An adaptable flyer to use to promote Stewardship week in your community. | WORD |

Adaptable Press Release - Use this template to announce stewardship week in your local paper, newsletters.  Can be modified to add local conservation district information. | WORD |

Proclamation - For your use with local officials in promotion and publicity of Stewardship week. | WORD | PDF |

Public Service Announcement (PSA) 1- PowerPoint slide to use with local TV stations, movie theatres, cable and others who accept free PSA announcements from the community. Customize it with your district's contact information. | PPT |

PSA 2 - A written script to use with local radio and TV stations who accept free PSA announcements from the community. Customize it with your district's contact information. | WORD |

Ideas for Stewardship Week - Tips and success stories to enhance your stewardship promotion during the designated week or throughout the year. | HTML | PDF |

Activities

Program Booklet/Educators Guide - Activities and information to use with students and adult programs. Background information on soil and water stewardship week. Information to enhance your stewardship promotion during the designated week or throughout the year. | PDF |

Educators Guide Activity Supplements

"Where’s the Groundwater" Vocabulary - A vocabulary list of groundwater-related words and definitions to supplement, Water Is Life Intermediate (Gr 2-3) activity "Where’s the Groundwater." | PDF |

"Clean the Water" Vocabulary - A vocabulary list of words and definitions for the "Clean the Water" activity, Advanced (Gr 4-5). | PDF |

Exhibit, Field Day and Classroom Activities (adaptable for all ages)

Healthy Water Hopscotch Activity - Participants in this printable activity learn about their own impacts on the quality of the water. This activity is great for field days, exhibits or school lesson plans.
Additional resources needed: 11”x17” paper for printing.

• Instructions | PDF |
• Signs | PDF |

PLT Activity 44: Water Wonders - The water cycle is the system by which Earth’s fixed amount of water is collected, purified and distributed from the environment to living things and back to the environment. Through an activity and an experiment, this activity will introduce students to the various steps of the water cycle and will help them make connections between the water cycle and all living things. | PDF |
This activity is listed in the Educators Guide and will be available online until Nov 1, 2008.

Water Cycle Spinners - This printable activity goes along with Project WET’s “An Incredible Journey” and is great for field days, exhibits or school lesson plans. | PDF |

Additional Resources

Church Leaders Guide - Stewardship background information and conservation messages to use with local churches.| PDF |

Action Class Project on Water Outreach Information - Interactive sites, water games, videos and lesson plans, articles and quizzes compiled by students in the classes of Peggy Pennington, ACTION Teacher, Nevada Middle School and Truman Elementary. This school is located in Nevada, MO and works with the Vernon County SWCD. They are past winners of the Lexus and Scholastic Environmental Challenge

Urban Water Garden Project - This project, courtesy of Nothern Rhode Island Conservation District, has lessons and activities about rain gardens, teaching students what rain gardens are and how they can plant their very own.


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