Teaching Theme:
Wetlands and Ecosystems

Ecosystems: Discussion & Research
(starting at page 23) - an introduction to ecosystem concepts by making plant and animal cards to identify components of the marsh food web. Discover Wetlands, Unit 2, Topic C, Activity 1

Ecosystem Webbing Game
(starting at page 27) - students become part of the food web and encounter the consequences of being producers and consumers. Discover Wetlands, Unit 2, Topic C, Activity 2

Ecosystems: Food Webs
(starting at page 29) - an introduction to ecosystem inter-relationships and cycling. Discover Wetlands, Unit 2, Topic C, Activity 3

Wetland Activities: Food chain, food web, energy flow

Designed for middle school students.  Geographic origin is Louisiana, but information has general, broad application. 

Marsh Market
 
Environmental Concern, Inc. One sample activity from WOW! The Wonders of Wetlands curriculum demonstrating the production wetlands for human consumption.

Marsh Classroom Adventure

Ecosystem focus on salt marsh habitats from the South Carolina Sea Grant. More widely applicable.

Wetland Habitats: Wetlands poster
(starting at page 41) - a printable (small) black line coloring poster showing a variety of wetland animals. There is an accompanying set of questions pertaining to the poster. Discover Wetlands, Unit 2, Topic D, Activity 1

Wetlands Migration
- hopscotch players (the birds) experience the consequences of wetland habitat loss

Ecosystems: Water Drop Jungle
(starting at page 33) - making a plankton net to collect and view plankton under a microscope, studying the base of the food web. Discover Wetlands, Unit 2, Topic C, Activity 4

Find a Wetland to Study and Adopt - getting started on finding a wetland to visit. A World in Our Backyard, EPA Region 1, Wetlands curriculum, chapter 5.

Wetland Field Study - how to prepare for wetland field visits. A World in Our Backyard, EPA Region 1, Wetlands curriculum, chapter 6.

Observing Wetland Habitats
(pages 3-10) - visit a wetland and record data on the associated data collection sheets. Discover Wetlands, Unit 4, Topic A, Activity 1

Transect Study
(pages 23-30) - use information gathered from a transect to write a field guide. Discover Wetlands, Unit 4, Topic C, Activity 2

Appendix G and H - Plant and Animal Cards
plants starting at page 65 / animals starting at page 85

Environment Canada Wetland, Hinterland Who’s Who

Amphibian Tour of Canada

U.S. Geological Survey. National Water Summary on Wetland Resources   Wetlands As Bird Habitat
.  Note Tables 5a
and 5b
on wetland dependent birds of the conterminous United States.

Illinois Wetlands

NOTE: Information is well presented and of more general application than specifically to Illinois

Wetlands.  1989.  William A. Niering. The Audubon Society Nature Guides.  Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY.

Golden Guide to Pond Life. 1967. George K Reid, Ph.D. Western Publishing Company, Inc.; New York

Videos
Life in a Salt Marsh
Audubon Video

NJN Videos (609) 777-5093
Contact information: New Jersey Network
 
Wetlands A Distant Cry
The Living Tidal Marsh
Endangered Reptiles and Amphibians of New Jersey

Magazines

Wetlands Ranger Rick, Volume 30, No.4, April 1996. Habitat types insert

Wetlands Kids Discover Magazine, Volume 7, Issue 10, December 1997.

Posters
Estuaries 
Welcome to the Wetlands coloring poster
Beinvenido a las tierras pantanosas poster
email: Drake.Kathleen@epa.gov

Stream Insects and Crustaceans Guide
Discover Wetlands curriculum, Unit IV, Topic E, Activity 1 (pages 57 and 58)

Key to Aquatic Macro-invertebrates

Prepared by the New York State Department of Conservation.  This is a collection of digital photographs of invertebrate aquatic life stages.