Curated OER
Knowledge Quiz
In this oceans quiz worksheet, students complete a 10 question multiple choice quiz covering a variety of concepts related to the ocean.
Curated OER
Water Quality Monitoring
Students comprehend the four parameters of water quality. They perform tests for salinity, dissolved oxygen, pH and clarity or turbidity. Students comprehend why scientists and environmental managers monitor water uality and aquatic...
Curated OER
Salmon Run
High schoolers examine the life cycle of the Pacific salmon and the impact of humans on salmon migration. They watch a Powerpoint presentation, trace migration routes on satellite imagery, and complete mock calculations of salmon energy...
Curated OER
Getting to Know "Our Lakes"
In this lakes worksheet, students access a website to answer 14 multiple choice questions about watersheds, lakes, and lake succession.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Pike (Esox)
Provides photographs and a fact card about the pika, a freshwater fish. Discusses the five species, where they are found, physical characteristics, diet, animals they prey upon, features of the female pike, reproduction, and population...
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Barb (Barbus Barbus)
Explore images and facts about Barb, a small-sized freshwater fish, including details on their appearance, habitat, diet, and breeding.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Silver Dollar (Metynnis Argenteus)
Provides photographs and facts about the silver dollar, a freshwater tropical fish. Discusses their popularity for aquariums, where they originate, their behavior, diet, predators, lifespan and reproduction, and care when kept in an...
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Cichlid (Cichlidae)
Explore images and facts about the Cichlid, including details on its appearance, habitat, diet, behaviour, and much more.
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...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Fish Habitats
During this lesson, students spend time looking at pictures of fish and their habitat, talking about what all animals need to live, making a poster of a fish habitat, and finally visiting a lake.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Animals for Kids: Largemouth Bass
Kids learn about the Largemouth Bass, favorite freshwater game fish in the United States and state fish.
US Fish and Wildlife Service
U.s. Fish and Wildlife Service: Wetlands, Marshes, Tracks in the Mud
This resource presents information about wetland ecosystems and the importance of habitat conservation in this resource and then try an interactive activity to identify tracks of wetland animals.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Pumpkinseed Sunfish
This excellent resource from the San Diego Zoo presents extensive information on pumpkinseed sunfish including details about their habitat, physical characteristics, size, diet, family life, conservation status, and fun facts.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Brook Trout for Kids
Kids learn about the brook trout. What it looks like and eats. Where do they live in fresh water?
Other
An Aquatic Adventure
In this WebQuest, you must pick a type of water habitat to create a new aquarium, choose three animals that can coexist in this habitat and design your own aquarium.
Unique Australian Animals
Unique Australian Animals: Sawfish
Use this site to learn more about the Sawfish with this brief description and images.
Other
Seafriends: Soil Dependence
This website looks at our dependence on soil and what it produces. It includes text, graphs, charts, illustrations and important statistics. Hosted by the Seafriends Marine Conservation and Education Center.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Pond Life Animal Printouts
Filled with printable pages of both plant and animal pond life, Enchanted Learning features fact sheets with color pictures.
abcteach
Abcteach: Ponds
[Free Registration/Login Required] The abcteach directory contains sample pages from their pond unit for non-members. Handouts are in PDF format.