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For Teachers:
Water Quality Curricula -
Habitat Action
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Recommended Lessons - These activities teach information
and concepts directly relevant to habitat restoration projects.
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Grades K-2:
Grades 3-5:
- Project WET:
"Water Address," p. 122, map a watershed. "Humpty Dumpty," p.
316, examine habitat restoration. "Just Passing Through," p. 166,
habitat retention of water.
- Environmental Resource Guide:
"Don't Runoff," p. 27 in K-3 book, examine types of pollution,
sources in runoff. "Wet Blankets," p. 39, model soil erosion.
"Stop that Soil!" p. 75, construction erosion prevention. "Farming
Ugly!" p. 83, agricultural erosion prevention.
- The Water Sourcebook:
"Wetland in a Bottle," p. 2-63, model wetland as filter. "Settling
the Wastewater Problem," p. 2-73, function of settling pond. "Stop
that Sediment," p. 3-41, examine sources of erosion. "Wonderful,
Waterful Wetlands," p. 5-1, model filtering function of wetlands.
- Wonders
of Wetlands: Many excellent lessons related to aquatic habitat.
- Bottle Biology:
"TerrAqua Column, p. 61, model impacts of various nutrients on
lake ecology.
- The Teaching Tank™:
"Fertilizer Pollution," model impacts of nutrients. "Macro-Pond
Life," model impacts of nutrients.
- Aquatic Wild:
"Watered Down History," p. 116, culture
and history. "The Glass Menagerie," p. 130, model impacts of nutrient
pollution.
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Grades 6-8:
- Project WET:
"Water Address," p. 122, map a watershed. "Humpty Dumpty," p.
316, examine habitat restoration. "Just Passing Through," p. 166,
habitat retention of water.
- Environmental Resource Guide
"That Settles It," p. 15, test water clarity.
- The Water Sourcebook:
"Algae Growth," p. 3-19, nutrient pollution experiment. "Runoff,"
p. 3-39, examine characteristics of runoff. "Using Topo Maps and
Data Tables to Determine Surface Water Quality," p. 3-47.
- Wonders
of Wetlands:
Many excellent lessons related to aquatic habitat.
- Bottle Biology:
"TerrAqua Column, p. 61, model impacts of various nutrients on
lake ecology.
- The Teaching Tank:
"Fertilizer Pollution," model impacts of nutrients. "Macro-Pond
Life," model impacts of nutrients.
- Aquatic Wild:
"Migration Headaches," p. 94, examine bird
habitat. "Riparian Retreat," p. 34, observe river corridors. "Blue
Ribbon Niche," p. 72, observe river corridors. "Watered Down History,"
p. 116, culture and history. "The Glass Menagerie," p. 130, model
impacts of nutrient pollution.
Grades 9-12:
- Environmental Resource Guide:
"Fed Up," p. 55, nutrient impacts on water quality. "It's Sedimentary,
My Dear Watson," p. 69, study sediments. "Slip Slidin' Away,"
p. 101, examine effects of different ground covers on erosion.
"The Grass Is Always Cleaner," p. 167, examine land use and erosion.
"Eee-Aye-E.I.S.," p. 179, agricultural best practices.
- Wonders
of Wetlands:
Many excellent lessons related to aquatic habitat.
- Aquatic Wild:
"Migration Headaches," p. 94, examine bird habitat. "Riparian
Retreat," p. 34, observe river corridors. "Blue Ribbon Niche,"
p. 72, observe river corridors.
- Project WET:
"Water Address," p. 122, map a watershed. "Humpty Dumpty," p.
316, examine habitat restoration.
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Habitat Action
National
Wildlife Federation Schoolyard Habitats® offers excellent resources.
(Click "create a habitat site" button on left.)
Order the Schoolyard Habitats® Starter Kit. It includes planning materials
organized as elementary school curriculum. Explore links
to academic standards.
School
Nature Area Project Benefiting the Biomes delves into contextual issues
of habitat restoration and then provides a proven planning system. Organized
around six key considerations for site design: Diversity, Limited Fragmentation,
Native Plants, Rare Species, Reasonable Access, and Wildlife. Benefiting
the Biomes.
Return of the Natives
curriculum. A project of California State University Monterey Bay and
the Bureau of Land Management. Download free.
Earth
Partnership for Schools at the University of Wisconsin.
KTCA Twin Cities Public
Television e-connection TV programs and related lesson plans.
Tree Planting
Arbor
Day free curriculum download from Minnesota DNR.
Project Learning Tree
curriculum and training is available from Minnesota DNR.
Other Curriculum
Minnesota
Department of Natural Resources, MinnAqua - Uses fishing to introduce
youth to lake and stream ecology.
Junior Master Gardener gardening curriculum.
The Wild Ones: Children's Education
Program of Wildlife Trust. Teacher Connection includes posts of teachers'
lesson plans.
Windstar Wildlife Institute for
on-property habitats.
Adopt-a-Stream Foundation
has some information on habitat restoration.
Field
Museum of Chicago, high school teacher post.
A chapter on gardening in the Complete
Guide to Service-Learning lists and describes children's literature
related to gardening and explores links for service-learning projects
across the curriculum.
Other Curriculum Resources
 Project
How-To's - For ideas and step-by-step instructions on how to restore
habitat, go to the Service-Learning
Projects page.
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