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Watershed Protection

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars explore environmental care by participating in an Earth science activity. For this clean water lesson, students discuss what a watershed is, how they become polluted, and how it affects the overall quality of drinking...
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Barnegat Bay Watershed

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students design a model watershed. In this watershed lesson, students learn the needed parts of a watershed and how they work. Students evaluate how watersheds effect communities.
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Be a Watershed - Create a Living River

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students investigate water ways by conducting an experiment with classmates.  In this natural resources lesson, students define a watershed and identify where large ones are located within the United States.  Students utilize...
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Watershed Model

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students view a presentation of water and land and how we need to protect our water resources. In this water lesson plan, students discuss how we rely on water, and complete activities in all subjects related to water.
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Bye-Bye Trout Song

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners develop an understanding about what will happen to trout after they are released into the trout stream. In this trout life lesson plan, students discuss how it feels to release the trout they have cared for. Learners also sing a...
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Trout Markings

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students paint a trout based on the pictures of trout coloration and markings they see in pictures. For this trout lesson plan, students understand that the markings on a trout are native to their habitats and create camouflage.
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Dream Stream

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Investigate the parts of a healthy stream to build content-specific vocabulary and ecological awareness. The class builds vocabulary and determines why clean water is important for trout. They design a shoe box to show what a clean...
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Georgia Aquarium

The Ocean's Nursery

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Linear perspective, estuaries, and water ways converge in a science-inspired art project. The class uses what they've learned about eco-systems, estuaries, and the food chain to create scale models of a local marsh. While the lesson...
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Pollution is Not a Solution

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore the environment by completing science worksheets in class. In this water conservation instructional activity, students identify ways water is used in our society and how we abuse the privilege. Students discuss methods...
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Where Do Canadians Live?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate Canadian people by researching the geography of the country.  In this world geography lesson, students identify locations within Canada with large populations based on their access to waterways.  Students...
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Once I Was a Baby Trout

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners sing a song about the trout life cycle. In this trout life cycle lesson plan, students learn trout vocabulary and make motions while singing this song.
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Rivers... for Kids

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students investigate U.S. geography by exploring it's bodies of water. In this river formation instructional activity, students identify the reasons rivers are needed in our country by reading assigned text. Students examine a diagram...