A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Reference: Habitats: Freshwater
Learn about the plants, animals, and other characteristics of some freshwater ecosystems.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Fresh Water Ecosystems Study Guide
Understand fresh water ecosystems using this review guide.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Freshwater Biomes
Listen to this podcast discussing the similar characteristics of the freshwater biomes of the world. [0:47]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Freshwater Biomes
This presentation provides information about the characteristics of several different freshwater ecosystems.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Freshwater Biomes
This colorful slideshow provides a nice introduction to the freshwater biomes around the world.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Fresh Water Ecosystems
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes freshwater ecosystems such as lakes, wetlands and swamps.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Fresh Water Jar
This is a container to hold cold, fresh water made especially for use in the Japanese tea gathering. Its shape reminds us of a wooden bucket used to carry water from a well, but it is made out of porcelain, a glazed ceramic fired at a...
Extreme Science
Extreme Science: Biggest Freshwater Fish: Giant Mekong Catfish
The Giant Mekong catfish is the largest freshwater fish in the world. Watch a video of this fish and read fascinating facts about this extreme creature here. An amazing picture of a nine-foot long specimen is shown.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Fresh Water Scarcity: An Introduction to the Problem
Fresh water is essential for life- and there's not nearly enough of it for the world right now. Why is that, and what could we do? Christiana Z. Peppard lays out the big questions of our global water problem. [3:39]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Fresh Water Jar
This vessel is a container to hold cold, freshwater made especially for use in the Japanese tea gathering during the Muromachi period. View a picture of this jar and read about the details in this essay.
World Wildlife Fund for Nature
Wwf: Our Earth: Ecoregions: Habitats: Freshwater Wetlands
An introduction and overview of freshwater wetland habitats.
Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri Botanical Garden: Freshwater Ecosystems
At this site from the Missouri Botanical Garden, you can learn about the wide variety of plant and animal life in or around fresh water ecosystems. Click on the links to "wetlands," "Ponds and Lakes," or "Rivers and Streams" to view...
Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri Botanical Garden: Fresh Water Wetlands
What are fresh water wetlands? What creatures live in a wetland? Are wetlands in danger? Find out at this informative site. Use the toolbar at the left to navigate through the site.
University of Texas at Austin
Univ. Of Texas: Texas Memorial Museum: Creating a Freshwater Ecosystem [Pdf]
An activity where students create a mobile that represent a freshwater ecosystem that appears in nature. Requires Adobe Reader [PDF].
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Properties of Fresh Water and Sea Water
Students set up three demonstrations to observe the properties of water. They explore the boiling point of water, the freezing point of water, and the ability of water to store heat.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Will There Be Enough Fresh Water?
Using groundwater models, students will analyze whether there will be enough fresh water available for the growing human population. Students will investigate how groundwater moves, what surface water is, and how we can use water...
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, University of California Santa Barbara
Nceas: Kids Do Ecology: Freshwater Wetlands
Find out about the plants, animals, people, and location of freshwater wetland ecosystems.
Tennessee History For Kids
Tennessee History for Kids: Tennessee River Freshwater Pearl Farm
When people talk about Tennessee products, they usually talk about crops like soybeans, minerals such as limestone, and man-made things such as cars. During this tour, we'll talk about something produced in the Volunteer State that many...
PBS
Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Freshwater Marshes
Come and check out this site featuring information on Freshwater Marshes. The content of this resource includes facts about marshes, photographs of marshes, and more.
Geography 4 kids
Geography4 kids.com: Freshwater
Take a look at sources of fresh water and methods to collect it, both natural and man made.
Pacific Institute
Pacific Institute: The World's Water
Water resources are under threat around the world. WorldWater.org is a repository of information related to issues that should concern all of us. There is also a searchable database of literature and research devoted to freshwater issues.
Other
Wwf: Conservation Programs ~ Forests and Freshwater
An historic agreement was signed to establish the largest freshwater reserve in the world, on the largest lake in the world, Lake Superior. This is Canada's first National Marine Conservation Area. Learn about this and the many species...
Science Struck
Science Struck: Facts About Freshwater Biome
Describes the characteristics of a freshwater biome, the climate, and the animals and plants that live there.