Page ContentThe External Education component of the N.C. Department of Transportation's Highway Stormwater Program provides educators with materials to efficiently and effectively communicate to their students the importance of preventing and reducing stormwater pollution. Informational Materials N.C. Department of Transportation Fact SheetPDF • 1MBKeeping Streams, Rivers & Lakes CleanPDF • 3MBStormwater Flash FactsPDF • 404KBWhat is Stormwater Runoff? PDF • 1MBTop 10 Myths About StormwaterPDF • 124KBWhere Runoff Flows, a Rain Garden GrowsPDF • 374KBWhy is Stormwater Important?PDF • 3MB Sample Lesson Plans Stormwater Lesson Plans: Rain Showers & Sentence Flowers (Grades K-3)PDF • 159KB • January 26, 2018Stormwater Lesson Plans: Tomorrow Is Looking Good (Grades 4-5)PDF • 390KB • January 26, 2018Stormwater Lesson Plans: What's in Your Parking Lot? (Grades 6-8)PDF • 392KB • January 26, 2018Stormwater Lesson Plans: Where Stormwater Flows, a Rain Garden Grows (Grades 6-8)PDF • 392KB • January 26, 2018Where Stormwater Flows, a Rain Garden Grows FlierPDF • 188KB • January 26, 2018Littering Statistics: Waste Not FlierPDF • 193KB • January 26, 2018Stormwater Lesson Plans: Social Media Campaign (Grades 9-12)PDF • 393KB • January 26, 2018Stormwater Lesson Plans: Eco-Friendly Party Social (Grades K-12)PDF • 392KB • January 26, 2018 Posters Smyrna Elementary School's Rain GardenPDF • 2MBNCDOT Highway Stormwater ProgramPDF • 3MBWeathering DroughtsPDF • 155KB Presentations July 2016 Summer STEM Stormwater PresentationZIP • 20MB Last updated Jun. 30, 2020