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Wetlands Education
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Activities
- American Wetlands Month
-
River of Words
-
Environmental Poetry and Art, Contest for Children on the Theme
of "Watersheds"
-
What's
Wrong with this Picture?
Can you find all the ways that we pollute the water around us? Click on the picture to learn about some of the most common things to avoid. - More Than Just A Swamp - Crossword Puzzle
- Wetland Inhabitant Word Search (PDF) (1 pp, 8K, About PDF) - Search for the types of animals found in wetlands.
Curriculum/Guides
- The Fragile Fringe - A Guide for Teaching About Coastal Wetlands
-
A Guide to
Goals and Resources, 2nd ed. - provides the program
coordinator with 100 water education curricula summaries,
environmental education topics and goals, and multimedia
resources.
-
Great Salt Lake Ecosystem
Wetlands Education Guide - The 170-page plan is designed to
be a template for educational programs involving the Great Salt
Lake's complex ecosystem.
-
Journey North - A
Global Study of Wildlife Migration
- Turning the Tide - A learning guide on marine debris.
- Wetlands Reading List - annotated list of reading material for students pre-kindergarten through grade 12.
-
WOW!: The Wonders Of Wetlands - a comprehensive,
interdisciplinary curriculum guide for educators of grade levels
K-12. The latest edition, co-published in 1995 by Environmental
Concern and The Watercourse (Bozeman, MT), includes over 50 fun
and effective learning-activities for both indoor and outdoor
use.
- A compilation of lesson plans created during the USL Summer Science Program -->
Education Programs
-
Adopt A Watershed -
uses a local watershed as a living laboratory in which students
engage in hands-on activities, making science applicable to
their lives.
-
Audubon
Adventures - is a curriculum enhancement program used
primarily in grades 4 to 6 to teach children science,
environmental topics and respect for nature and to practice
language and communication skills.
-
Cornell BirdSleuth - gives students a background in bird biology, bird
behavior, and data analysis, fosters interest in science and
nurtures scientific thinking, uses the latest advances in
computer technology, familiarizes students with the Internet,
uses writing and art to display students' research, incorporates
the National ScienceEducation Standards.
-
Give Water a Hand -
a national watershed education program designed to involve young
people in local environmental service projects.
-
Nature
Mapping Program - trains individuals to become aware of their
natural resources and to provide the tools to inventory and
monitor their resources.
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Project Learning Tree (PLT )
- is an interdisciplinary environmental education program for
educators working with students in PreK through grade 12. PLT
helps students gain awareness and knowledge of the natural and
built environment, their place within it, as well as their
responsibility for it.
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Project Wild -
interdisciplinary conservation and education program emphasizing
wildlife.
-
Schoolyard Habitats -
invites students, teachers, administrators, and the surrounding
community to become involved in the life sustaining process of
growing, caring for, and learning from a habitat on a school
campus.
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The Wetlands
Conservation and Sustainability Project - The Handbook for
Wetlands Conservation and Sustainability is the newest
initiative of the Izaak Walton League of America's Save Our
Streams Program.
-
WETMAAP:
Wetland Education Through Maps And Aerial Photography -
website introduces educators and students to wetland habitats'
functions and values, wetland mapping, digital databases, and
GIS technology; assists educators with the integration of
wetland issues into existing curricula; promotes public
awareness of wetland loss issues; and provides an understanding
of the cause and effect of wetland change.
- A World in Our Backyard: A Wetlands Education and Stewardship Program - suggests ways to study wetland characteristics, why wetlands are important, and how students and teachers can help protect a local wetland.
Teaching Tools
- Coastal Louisiana Coloring Book
-
Green Teacher - is a
magazine by and for educators to enhance environmental and
global education across the curriculum at all grade levels.
-
Kids and Classrooms
- The National Gardening Association's forum for teachers,
teacher educators, and community partners interested in using
plants and gardens to enrich learning.
- The Water Cycle At Work (animated)
- Water Drops - download recent issues full of fun facts, games, and projects for kids to learn about our water environment.
- Water Resources Outreach Program - Water Education Posters - Water-resources topics of all completed posters are drawn in a cartoon format by the same cartoonist. Posters are available in color or black and white. The reverse sides of the color posters contain educational activities: one version for children in grades 3-5 and the other with activities for children in grades 6-8.
- The Young Scientist's Introduction to Wetlands
Links
- Adopt Your Watershed - Learn about organizations active in your watershed. Over 4,000 watershed groups listed. Also includes tools and resources to help new groups get started.
-
"Bill Nye the
Science Guy" Home Page
-
National Science Teachers
Association
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North American Association of
Environmental Education
- U.S. EPA's Environmental Education Website - contains information on the environmental education grant program; student fellowship and scholarships; educator training, advisory groups and partnerships; President's environmental youth awards; and educational resources.