EE Activities - Wetlands
EE Activities - Wetlands
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Links on this page are for activities and materials dealing with wetlands. Wetlands are areas that interface between land and water. The term wetland is applied to marshes, swamps, bogs and other vegetated areas found in depressions and along the edges of streams, rivers and coastlines everywhere.
Quagmire is an interactive role-playing game for grades 5-12. It provides a real-life situation regarding the proposed development of a saltwater marsh. Students take on the roles of various interest groups including government, industry, tourism, agriculture, and environmental organizations to "debate the fate" of a saltwater marsh in front of municipal councillors. This resource is free for teachers in Canada.
Contact: Julia Pelton at jpelton@clean.ns.ca The URL is: http://www.green-street.ca/program_search/program_...
This is an activity that asks students to match category of animals in the food web story. Also contains the plans to “build” a wetland.
The URL is: http://www.natureillinois.org/natwrks.htm
A site that includes activities, materials, and lesson plans and the schools that have already used them.
The URL is: http://www.siue.edu/OSME/river/Whatisriversproject...
This site gives teachers background information on frogs in each stage of metamorphosis and an activity for the students to color and cut out.
The URL is: http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/chf/pub/surveyreports/mar...
Activities are provided ranging from wetland plant diversity studies to investigations of wetland insects life cycle.
The URL is: http://www.miseagrant.org/pp/activities.html
This activity that focuses on the issues and problems involving wetlands through a scenario of a wetlands area in danger. It includes a persuasive writing rubric and assessment information.
The URL is: http://www-ed.fnal.gov/linc/fall96/projects/kuster...
Describes the process that students went through to build a wetland on their school grounds and information on how to get in touch with them.
The URL is: http://www.natureillinois.org/natwrks2.htm
Ducks Unlimited site provides a variety of resources on wetland education. Three new units developed for grade levels 4-6, 7-8, and 9-12, in wetland ecosystems series consists of an educator's guide and accompanying student journal, experiments, and activities.
The URL is: http://www.greenwing.org/dueducator/lesson_plans.h...
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