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: Investigating Water Quality Through Quantative and Qualitative Analysis
By looking at the bottom dwelling macroinvertebrates, students will investigate water quality and habitat quality in this field lab. Students will record the number of creatures found at the bottom of a pond, lake, ditch, stream or river...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Lessons on River Ecosystems
Two lessons are designed to provide students with understanding the broad characteristics of a local environmental system and how understanding the system helps inform policy-making about future system sustenance.
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Chebucto: Soil & Water Conservation Society of Halifax
This site provides statistical information about rivers all around the world. Stats include mean discharge, drainage area, and length.
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Alberta Riparian Habitat Management Society: Riparian Soils [Pdf]
Riparian soils occur along the edges of a lake, stream or river. Pictures and diagrams in this fact sheet explain the importance of and composition of riparian soils.
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State of California Department of Water Resources
This site discusses how the state of California is protecting their rivers and streams from contamination
Biology Pages
Kimball's Biology Pages: Freshwater Ecosystems
A reference page describing freshwater ecosystems, lakes, ponds, and rivers.
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Nc Department of Energy and Natural Resources: What Is Stormwater Pollution
When it rains, some of the rainwater soaks into the ground, and part of it flows over the ground and directly into creeks, streams, or rivers. This water that runs off into the river is called runoff, or sometimes stormwater runoff....
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Dissolved Oxygen
Students use the Dissolved Oxygen Probe to measure the concentration of dissolved oxygen in water from streams and rivers. They correlate the availability of dissolved oxygen to temperature, pressure, and salinity.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Aquatic Biomes
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Aquatic biomes can be generally classified based on the amount of salt in the water. Freshwater biomes have less than 1% salt and are typical of ponds and lakes,...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Fourth Grade: Earth Science: Erosion and Deposition by Flowing Water
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses how flowing water causes erosion; describes how runoff, streams, and rivers change Earth's surface; and identifies features caused by groundwater erosion.
Environmental Education for Kids
Eek!: Teacher Resources: Critter Search
In this activity, students will identify aquatic insects and animals that live in a stream or river, learn about the water quality based on the type of macroinvertebrates collected, and return the collected critters to the water.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Healthy Waters
By the end of this lesson, students will understand how we can use macroinvertebrates to determine the quality of water in a river or stream.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Hands on Experiments to Test for Acid Mine Drainage
Fifteen short experiments which test acid mine damage to the streams, rivers, and creek ecosystems surrounding it.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Geologic History Field Investigation Minnehaha Falls
An inquiry-based geology field investigation where students investigate sedimentary geology, stream processes, topography, rock layers, and land surface features as well as study past changes in the depositional environment in the area.
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North Carolina Department of Energy and Natural Resources: Dirt Can Be Dirty
Did you know that the #1 pollutant in North Carolina is dirt? When soil is washed into streams and river, it smothers small animals and fish by clogging their gills. Look for bare patches of ground around your home and around your school...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Montane Shrew
Montane Shrews are among the most common shrews, and do well in a variety of moist habitats: thick, grassy areas near streams or rivers; meadows; thickets of willow and alder; spruce-fir forests; and alpine tundra. They are dietary...
Center for Educational Technologies
Nasa: Classroom of the Future: Spheres: Hydrosphere
Use this site to learn about the millions and trillions of gallons of water that covers the earth, known as the hydrosphere.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Michigan Environmental Education Curriculum Module Index
Series of self-guided tutorials covers the topics of water quality, ecosystems, biodiversity, and energy sources including a summary of important concepts as well as a glossary.
Texas State Historical Association
Texas State Historical Association: Water Resources [Pdf]
An activity guide where students refer to the Texas Almanac, which is free to download, for information needed to complete assigned tasks. For this lesson, they learn the difference between primary and secondary streams, then research...
Ducksters
Ducksters: Science for Kids: Freshwater Biome
Kids learn about the freshwater aquatic biome. Ecosystems such as rivers, streams, ponds, lakes, wetlands, swamps, and bogs.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Freshwater Biome Plants
Brief overview of types of freshwater biomes and the plants that live in them, as well as adaptations that plants have made in order to survive there.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Dams
Through eight lessons, students are introduced to many facets of dams, including their basic components, the common types (all designed to resist strong forces), their primary benefits (electricity generation, water supply, flood...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Ocean Currents: Modeling 'Global Conveyor Belt' in Your Kitchen
Ocean currents have a profound effect on the climates of the continents, especially those regions bordering on the ocean. The Gulf Stream makes northwest Europe much more temperate than any other region at the same latitude, and the...
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