School water education resources

The School Water Education Resources portal offers a range of information for students, teachers, and families. It explores water, how it's managed, and the people who work with it across the state.

Our education resources aim to build on students’ existing knowledge of water. They also encourage personal commitment to good water management behaviours.

These resources are targeted at secondary school aged children. There are 16 pages covering a range of subjects with a variety of resources including video case studies, workplace interviews, images and related links.

Whether you’re working on an essay or considering a career, you will find everything you need to know about water from those who work in it.

Discover our water education programs

You can play a role in managing and protecting Victoria's water resources by taking part in or volunteering with these education programs for schools and communities.

Continue your water education journey

A colourful illustrated map of Victoria divided into geographic regions.

Bringing people together to manage water

Working with Traditional Owners in water

Traditional Owners have an increasingly important role to play in managing water, which is a culturally and spiritually significant resource.

Getting into Integrated Water Management

Working together to manage our water in smarter ways is what Intergrated Water Management is all about.

Work is play with recreation and leisure

Victoria’s waterways and their surrounding landscapes are used for many recreational activities with a lot of benefits.

How you can assist with sustainability

Sustainability in water means to provide all the resources needed by a growing population without harming the environment.

Analysing the world of water monitoring and data

Collecting and analysing data helps us to prepare for the challenges ahead.

Dive into these environment subjects

Choosing a career in climate change

Climate change is a long-term change in average temperature and weather patterns over years, which impacts us all.

In the driver's seat planning for drought

Drought is a prolonged dry period when the amount of available water isn’t enough to meet normal use.

Working alongside rivers in riparian landscapes

Areas alongside waterways play an important role in keeping those rivers, creeks, estuaries and wetlands strong.

Going with the flow of stormwater and drainage

Any water that hits the ground has to go somewhere, but how does it get there and where does it go?

Get your feet wet in wetlands and floodplains

Plenty of flora and fauna call these home and we need to protect them and the functions they offer.

The building blocks of water management

Growing a career in agriculture and irrigation

Irrigated agriculture is vital to Victoria’s communities. It sustains rural jobs and produces food for all Australians as well as for export overseas.

Working with water by the ocean and desalination

Built on the South Gippsland coast, the Victorian Desalination Plant takes seawater and turns it into safe, fresh drinking water.

Fun jobs with fish revival projects

To combat changes to natural waterways, teams work to assist fish in their migratory, feeding and breeding travels.

Connecting up with the grid

The water grid is like our road network, connecting water to where it needs to be.

Recycled water and the next frontier

Australia’s climate is getting hotter and drier, but recycling water can help by treating wastewater.

Drawing up a job in water sensitive urban design

As cities get bigger with more people, solutions are needed to make sure water isn’t wasted. Water Sensitive Urban Design can help protect our future.

Victorian Government graduate program

Training and development opportunities for recent graduates of science, natural resource management including ecology, conservation, sustainability, geoscience and geology, agriculture, computer science, engineering or related fields.

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