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Plankton
Plankton: so much more than just a SpongeBob character. Three different activities have kids looking at both phytoplankton and zooplankton in pictures, as well as collecting their own samples (depending on your access to a saltwater...
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Freshwater/Saltwater "Eggs-Periment"
Students explore water properties by conducting a class experiment. In this buoyancy lesson, students utilize freshwater, saltwater, plastic cups, hard boiled eggs and food coloring to experiment with the floating capabilities of salt...
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environment: Fresh and Saltwater Habitats
Learners compare and contrast fresh and salt water coastal environments. After describing how sea animals adapt to their habitats, they design a variety of sea creatures and explain how the adaptations aid in the animals' survival. ...
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One World Ocean
Students compare and contrast the properties of salt water in the oceans/seas and freshwater elsewhere on the planet. They also analyze mixing caused by currents in the ocean, including the effects of warm and cold water as well as with...
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Wetlands Ecosytem Study Unit
In this wetlands ecosystem worksheet, students use a set of links to complete an investigation into habitats, mammals, birds, macroinvertebrates, amphibians, trees and plants of a wetlands ecosystem.
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Earth Water Distribution and Water Consumption
Pupils explore the need for conserving fresh water and understand that it is a limited supply. In this water consumption lesson students participate in an activity and answer questions.
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Aquatic Communities
Students watch a video about aquatic communities. They conduct an experiment that shows how movement of rivers change the landscape. They compare fresh and salt water communities and its wildlife.
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pH
Learners use a Colorimetric test to measure pH and gain the importance to life in an aquatic ecosystem pH is. They explore the dramatic effect pH level can have on a water body. Students test the pH level of many water samples.
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WONDERFUL, WATERFUL WETLANDS
Students list characteristics of wetland and describe the functions of a wetland.
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Estuary Issues
Fifth graders read a description of an estuary and search for problems that occur there. In this estuary lesson, 5th graders mediate controversial issues for the best solutions.
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Snapshot Day Definitions and Activities
Here is a document full of teaching notes on water quality and bodies of water that you can use in your ecology curriculum. It has information specific to the Hudson River area, but can easily be adapted to any local body of water....
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Water Pollution
Fifth graders investigate how humans pollute the water supply with a number of different contaminates. While working in small groups they examine screening, sedimentation, filtration, and chemical treatments as methods of water treatment.
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Introduction to the Barnegat Bay Estuary
Young scholars research estuaries. For this estuaries lesson, students discuss the differences in a bay and an ocean. Young scholars watch a PowerPoint of the properties of the estuaries and geography of Barnegat Bay. Students complete a...
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Exploring Marine Objects
Young scholars identify the sources of water on Earth. For this life science lesson, students list the different plants and animals that live in the ocean. They explore marine objects in the lab and draw them.
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Future Conditional
Students examine how toxic pollutants affect environmental and human health. They define key terms, watch a video, and answer discussion questions.