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Lake Pontchartrain Basin Pollution Solution
Learners design a project for solutions for pollution problems at the Lake Pontchartrain Basin. In this pollution instructional activity, students research the pollution problems and solutions for Lake Pontchartrain. Learners answer the...
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Learning About the Basin
Students use watershed maps to explore the Lake Pontchartrain Basin in Louisiana. In this geography lesson plan, students identify important features such as elevation, vegetation, cultural, historical and land use on a map of Lake...
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Hurricane
Students learn about and track hurricanes. In this natural disasters instructional activity, students discuss hurricane formation and research the impact/effects of hurricanes in the Lake Pontchartrain Basin. Students use a hurricane...
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Countdown Calendar
Young scholars create a calendar of endangered species. In this preservation lesson, students research endangered species of plants and animals around the Lake Pontchartrain Basin. Young scholars gather facts about the endangered species...
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Sequence of Events: The Watershed
Class members simulate a watershed with a painters drop cloth, placing objects underneath to create landscape variation, making "rain" with a watering can, and using red drink mix powder to track the path of precipitation. They observe...
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Ecosystem Tumble
Learners create visual representations of ecosystems. In this ecology lesson, students discuss the interdependence of plants and animals in various ecosystems. Learners cut pictures from magazines and glue them on sturdy blocks. Using...
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The Effects of Agricultural Fertilizer Runoff Upon Aquatic Ecosystems
Young scholars measure the toxic levels of runoff and discuss the effects it would have on the aquatic system. In this runoff lesson plan, students answer questions to how runoff would affect the animals in an aquatic system.