Researchers from the University of Queensland (UQ) have compiled a wide range of materials, including more than 700 online resources which were provided by private and public Australian organisations, as well as government departments.

Funded through the Australian Government's $A12.9 billion water reform initiative, Water for the Future, and hosted by the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, the website is designed to support the curriculum of each state and territory.

As water is not generally specified in the curricula, key concepts and themes were used to connect the online water resources to required learning objectives.

Will Kershaw from the Working Group for Cleaner Production, in the Faculty of Science at UQ said “Our brief was to make it easy for all Australian pre-school, primary and secondary teachers to access online water education resources from across Australia and incorporate these into their lesson plans.” The Australian Water Education Toolkit can be accessed from the Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts website.