Wetland Loss: Digging of Canals

Students use a map to locate New Orleans and watch a video on the destruction of Hurricane Katrina. As a class, they watch a demonstration on how a wetland can reduce the impact of a hurricane. In groups, they perform their own...

Students compare wetland functions and values, and select those to be incorporated in the planned wetland. They formulate goals for the project as they model decision-making skills.

In this science learning exercise, students look for the answers to questions that are related to the natural ecosystems of wetlands written in multiple choice or short answer form.

Learners determine the role of producers, consumers and decomposers in an ecosystem. In this biology lesson, students construct a wetland food web. They apply what they learned by playing a board game.

A collection of activities, printable materials, and informational handouts are a perfect addition to your unit on the plants and animals that live in the wetlands habitat. First, kids bring in a picture of an adult, as well as a picture...

Did you know that California produces two thirds of the fruits and nuts consumed in the United States? That it produces almost one third of the vegetables? Did you know that scientists warn that California is facing the onset of a...

It might seem impossible that with more than 14 million species found on Earth, biodiversity is diminishing—but it's the truth. Young scientists explore how invasive species are so destructive to native biodiversity. They compare...

Students create an eagle habitat and discuss what habitat loss does to the population of that animal. In this habitat lesson plan, students play a habitat game and discuss how animal population can be restored.

Students explain how wetlands minimize the impact of hurricanes. In this earth science instructional activity, students investigate how different materials affect the steam plume path. They complete their worksheet after the lab.

Learners observe subsidence and the effect it has on wetlands with a classroom demonstration. They think about the impact of global warming and the sea level and how it affects the marsh.