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Wetlands Education

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Activities

Curriculum/Guides

  • The Fragile Fringe - A Guide for Teaching About Coastal Wetlands Exit EPA Disclaimer

  • 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. Exit EPA Disclaimer

  • 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. Exit EPA Disclaimer

  • Journey North - A Global Study of Wildlife Migration Exit EPA Disclaimer

  • 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 - acomprehensive, 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. Exit EPA Disclaimer

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. Exit EPA Disclaimer

  • 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. Exit EPA Disclaimer

  • Classroom Feeder Watch - 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, familiarizesstudents with the Internet, uses writing and art to display students' research, incorporates the National ScienceEducation Standards. Exit EPA Disclaimer

  • Give Water a Hand - a national watershed education program designed to involve young people in local environmental service projects. Exit EPA Disclaimer

  • Nature Mapping Program - train individuals to become aware of their natural resources and to provide the tools to inventory and monitor their resources. Exit EPA Disclaimer

  • 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. Exit EPA Disclaimer

  • Project Wild - interdisciplinary conservation and education program emphasizing wildlife. Exit EPA Disclaimer

  • 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. Exit EPA Disclaimer

  • 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. Exit EPA Disclaimer

  • Wetlands Education System - Learn about the definition of wetlands, what types of plants and wildlife are common to wetlands and the importance of the wetlands ecosystem in flood and erosion control, water purification and groundwater recharge. A beautiful introduction to this important ecosystem. Exit EPA Disclaimer

  • 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. Exit EPA Disclaimer

  • 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. Exit EPA Disclaimer

Teaching Tools

  • Coastal Louisiana Coloring Book Exit EPA Disclaimer

  • Green Teacher - is a magazine by and for educators to enhance environmental and global education across the curriculum at all grade levels. Exit EPA Disclaimer

  • 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. Exit EPA Disclaimer

  • 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. Exit EPA Disclaimer

  • The Young Scientist's Introduction to Wetlands

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