Interactive Learning

Watershed Puzzle

Everyone lives in a watershed – an area of land that drains water into a particular creek, river or lake. This puzzle will help you learn about the watersheds of the Guadalupe River Basin.

Water Trivia Quiz

Think you know a lot about water? Take this quiz to find out – and you might just win a prize!

Explore Nonpoint Source Pollution

Become a Watershed Guardian by determining which human actions affect the water quality of our rivers and streams. This is a fun deep dive into Nonpoint Source Pollution!

Components of a Riparian System

Learn about the three parts of a Riparian System, and the role each plays in water quality.

Flush It or Toss It!

A fun and engaging way for people of all ages to learn about what to flush and what NOT to flush down the toilet. Factoids are provided on the dangers of flushing inappropriate things down the toilet. These actions, compared with FOG issues, can contribute to the plugging of sewer lines, creating fatbergs.

Waters to the Sea, Guadalupe River

is a GBRA funded rich, interactive, multimedia educational program, produced by the Center for Global Environmental Education at Hamline University. Waters to the Sea explores essential concepts about the Guadalupe River and its watershed, following a unique design that uses regionally specific historical characters, stories, images, and video to educate users. Available only online, Waters to the Sea brings to life the region’s environmental history and explores the relationship between human activities and the Guadalupe’s waters and ecological resources. This program will enhance social studies and science investigations primarily for grade 7, but there are opportunities for use in grades 6 and 8 as well as Environmental Systems classes at the high school level.

Journey Through the Guadalupe River Basin

is a curriculum provided free to all 4th grade classrooms in the Guadalupe Basin, including Kendall, Guadalupe, Comal, Hays, Caldwell, Gonzales, Refugio, DeWitt, Calhoun and Victoria counties. Kits are shipped to schools each fall. Kits include: student workbooks, pencils, jump drives, maps. Student workbooks are also available in Spanish.

Two cartoon characters, “Edward A. Armadillo” and “Lupe” the turtle guide teachers and students on a trip down the Guadalupe River, introducing them to their watershed, the history and geography of the river basin, aquifers and the importance of springflow to the Guadalupe River, dams and hydroelectric generation, how water is used and by whom, and the importance of water regulation and conservation.

Explore a Wastewater Treatment Plant

An informational wastewater treatment module that shows the procedures of wastewater treatment and explains why it is important to properly manage wastewater at all steps in the process, from your home all the way to the stream where the treatment facility discharges.

Explore the Do’s and Don’ts of Septic Systems

An online training program to illustrate proper septic system function and maintenance to ensure efficiency and to extend the life of the system.

Explore the Sources of Fats, Oils and Greases

An online training program to address management practices for handling fats, oils, grease, and household chemical use and disposal. The training is geared toward both businesses and homeowners.