The Tampa Water Department has developed classroom materials specific to Tampa's water resources and treatment process. Materials are age specific and divided into categories for Demand, Supply, and Treatment with emphasis on geography, history and science.
All materials are provided in a PDF format.
Grades 3-5
- What is a Season (demand/geography)
- How Tampa's Water is Used (demand/history)
- Tampa's Demand for Water (demand/science)
- Our Water Source: the Hillsborough River (supply/geography)
- Our Water History: the Hillsborough River (supply/history)
- A Journey Through the Water Cycle (supply/science)
- Geography of Tampa's Water Treatment (treatment/geography)
- A History of Treating Tampa's Water (treatment/history)
- Treating Tampa's Water (treatment/science)
Grades 6-8
- Our Landscape and Water Needs (demand/geography)
- How Tampa's Water is Used (demand/history)
- The Demand For Water (demand/science)
- Change Over Time: What Happens to the River Supply (supply/geography)
- Our Water History: the Hillsborough River (supply/history)
- Where Does the Water Go (supply/science)
- Geography Lessons in Treating Tampa's Water (treatment/geography)
- A History of Treating Tampa's Water (treatment/history)
- The 6-Step Process to Treating Tampa's Water (treatment/science)
Grades 9-12
- Florida-Friendly Yards and Landscaping (demand/geography) Supplemental Materials
- The History of Tampa's Water (demand/history)
- The Hillsborough River (supply/geography)
- Our Water History (supply/history)
- The Water Cycle (supply/science)
- How Does Water Treatment Affect Our Area (treatment/geography)
- A History of Treating Tampa's Water (treatment/history)
- The 6-Step Process to Treating Tampa's Water (treatment/science)