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Curated OER

Examine an Ecosystem

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine an ecosystem and record what they see.  In this ecosystem lesson students use a worksheet to help them identify the organisms in their ecosystem. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Rain Making - Understanding the Formation of Rain

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students read and conduct and experiment to learn about rain formation. In this water forms lesson, students read about the formation of rain and its purposes. Students then complete a rain experiment activity.
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Curated OER

Precious Water: Is it a Need, a Right, or a Commodity?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students determine whether water is a need, a right, or a commodity. In this water lesson, students investigate land and water ecosystems through activities. Students also discover water as a resource and energy source as they observe...
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Curated OER

Teacher's Guide For: Water Temperature and Salinity Experiment

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students experiment with water density, temperature and salinity. In this water lesson, students observe how the coldest water sinks to the bottom of a test tube, and how saltwater sinks in comparison to freshwater.
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Curated OER

The Water Cycle and Watershed

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students summarize the steps in the water cycle. For this earth science lesson, students create a skit, song or poem showing the various components of the cycle. They identify the different watersheds in their area.
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Curated OER

Exploring Marine Objects

For Teachers 1st - 7th
Students identify the sources of water on Earth. In 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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Curated OER

Tooling Around Arizona: Reading Arizona Maps

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students study geography. In this Arizona maps lesson, students develop their map reading skills. They have class discussions and work independently with various copies of Arizona maps to practice those skills. This lesson mentions...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Continents

For Students 4th - 6th
In this continents worksheet, students use clues from a song titled "Continents" and match to the correct continent. A link to the song or information for obtaining is not given.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Here Comes The Sunfish

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this online quiz activity, students answer a set of multiple choice trivia questions about sunfish. Page has a link to answers.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigate Topography Caused by Glacial Lake Agassiz & Glacial Riv Warren

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this field investigation students will travel to Bonanza Educational center located on Big Stone Lake. The students will hike up the prairie where they will sit and sketch the topography of the land. The students will then travel down...
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Article
Nature Conservancy

Nature Conservancy: Planet Earth: Rivers and Lakes

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive exploration of rivers and lakes, their importance to biodiversity and to humans, how we use them, threats they face, and what is being done to conserve them.
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Article
Read Works

Read Works: Oceans, Rivers, and Lakes by Linda Ruggieri

For Students 1st - 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage focuses on bodies of water including oceans, rivers, and lakes including explaining how the oceans get salty. A comprehension question set and a vocabulary worksheet for the word "vent" are...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs: River Rewilding: Grand River Restoration and Revitalization Project

For Students 9th - 10th
A unit for students to look at the economic opportunities associated with a river. Students will explore the Grand River Revitalization & Restoration Project. In this unit, they will also learn about two species impacted by the...
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Website
Ohio History Central

Ohio History Central: Lakes, Rives, & Canals

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site provides a brief introduction to the river system and canals of Ohio. Includes a history of the canal system, details and maps of the drainage throughout the state, and how the river systems are used today.
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Website
British Library

British Library: William Wordsworth's Lake District

For Students 9th - 10th
Scroll through the images to view William Wordsworth's Lake District. Click on a sketch for further information and to explore the image.
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Graphic
United Nations

United Nations: Cartographic Section: Great Lakes Region (Map 1) [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
The United Nations offers this very clear map of part of the Great Lakes region in eastern Africa. The lakes, of course, are labeled, as are the rivers, major cities, and countries.
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United Nations

United Nations: Cartographic Section: Great Lakes Region (Map 2) [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This map of the Great Lakes region in Africa from the United Nations shows the large lakes, the countries the lakes touch, and rivers that flow into and out of the lakes.
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Website
Other

New York Public Library: A Hudson River Portfolio

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the Hudson River and the role it played in the westward and northward expansion of America (to the Great Lakes regions and to Canada) in the nineteenth century. Useful for understanding the importance of rivers as means of...
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Article
Other

Catawba Riverkeeper: Threats to Our Lake and Water

For Students 9th - 10th
The most common problem on the Catawba River and its lakes is sedimentation. Sediment carried by stormwater runoff from construction sites in North Carolina has been documented as the leading source of non-point source pollution to...
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Activity
Missouri Botanical Garden

Missouri Botanical Garden: Freshwater Ecosystems

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Website
Other

Wildlands League

For Students 9th - 10th
Wildlands League is a registered charity in Ontario, and a chapter of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS). It aims to preserve wilderness areas and the biological diversity of lakes, forests, rivers, grasslands and...
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Website
Other

Minnesota Lakes, Rivers and Streams

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives information about Minnesota rivers and streams, stream flow information, and recreational information as well.
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Handout
State Library of North Carolina

N Cpedia: Lake Mattamuskeet

For Students 9th - 10th
Lake Mattamuskeet-so named by Algonquian Indians-is North Carolina's largest natural lake. The ancient body of water has not escaped man's intervention. Originally, Mattamuskeet was a shallow, self-contained lake without creeks or rivers...
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Handout
State Library of North Carolina

N Cpedia: Catawba River

For Students 9th - 10th
Catawba River rises in the Blue Ridge Mountains of McDowell County, approximately 20 miles east of Asheville, flowing east-northeast above Hickory until turning southward into the massive Lake Norman Reservoir. It then continues south,...

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