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Wetlands Education
The following is a set of agency-wide education resources compiled by Kathleen Drake of U.S.EPA Region 2.
| A World in Our Backyard An adobe acrobat version of a the complete curriculum, divided into nine printable chapters. Prepared for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 1. |
Chapters include: wetland science, wetland types, wetland functions, threats to wetlands, find a wetland to study and adopt, a wetland field study, protect your wetlands, how to adopt a wetland, and the appendix. Each chapter contains background information and activities. The chapters take a little longer to load because they have graphic depictions. Stay with it. These depictions are clear and helpful. The activities sections for each chapter can be accessed independently of the chapter background information.
Discover
Wetlands An adobe acrobat version of
a the complete curriculum, divided into five printable sections.
Prepared by the Washington State Department of Ecology. |
From their web site: "Discover Wetlands provides Washington State educators a coherent collection of teaching materials on wetlands. The activities in this guide focus on what wetlands are, what makes them valuable, and how human actions have affected them. With its expanded field studies unit, this guide will be of great interest to the many schools who have discovered a nearby wetland to use as a study site. . . This copy of Discover Wetlands is a thorough revision of the original 1988 version. It has been expanded from a target age of grades 4-8 to include activities for kindergarten through twelfth grade."
Although the curriculum has been prepared for educators in the state of Washington, it is more generally applicable.
| Welcome to the Water Sourcebooks. An adobe acrobat version of a the complete curriculum. This is an index page from which you can link to Wetlands and Coastal Waters. |
The Water Sourcebooks contain
324 activities for grades K-12 divided into four sections: K-2, 3-5, 5-8,
and 9-12. Each section is divided into five chapters: Introduction to
Water, Drinking Water and Wastewater Treatment, Surface Water Resources,
Ground Water Resources, and
Wetlands and Coastal Waters. This environmental education program explains
the water
management cycle using a balanced approach showing how it affects all
aspects of the environment.
| National Sea Grant Library Select the Digital Library; then Education then Curriculum, Field Trips and Activities. Or, select Search the Database; then wetlands. |
A collection of the state sea grant program publications addressing oceans, estuaries, wetlands.
WOW!
The Wonders of Wetlands
The wetlands curriculum in the Project WET program
SOS
Handbook for Wetlands Conservation and Sustainability
Produced by the Isaac Walton League
The Digital
Field Trip to Wetlands
Educational versions include workbook materials and public performance
rights
Wading
Into Wetlands
National Wildlife Federation's Nature Scope curriculum, one among many
Nature Scope curricula.
Bronx Zoo HELP Wetlands Curriculum
Wildlife Conservation Society wetlands curriculum, one among many HELP
curricula
Ideas
Activity List and School
Activities Ideas from EPA Region 4
Wetlands: Suggested Activites
and Contacts
by Terrene Institute
Frog Watch USA
An educational frog and toad monitoring program coordinated by the US
Geological Survey Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. Frogwatch USA relies
on volunteers, like you, to collect information regarding frog and toad
populations in neighborhoods across the nation.
Additional information on amphibian species
by Environment Canada.
Individual Web sites
Problem based learning projects
High school level issues resolution
Prepared by the Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
in Virginia.
Wetlands
Teacher/Leader Guide for Wetlands
Eight simple activities from the Michigan Sea Grant demonstrating the
influence of water in wetland development and the life in wetland soils.
Wetland
Lesson Plans
Prepared for Louisiana educators, this site is also more generally applicable.
Lesson plans:
Gunk in a Bottle: a classroom decomposition activity comparing
forest and wetlands.
Pondering Life: comparison of pond and freshwater marsh habitat.
Wetland Plants and Animals: study wetlands, do research, develop
a written report.
Ode to Odonata: describe the life cycles of the Odonata order (dragonflies
and damselflies).
Web Sites By Teaching Theme
Water
and Wetlands
Wetlands
and Ecosystems
Wetlands
versus Uplands
Listed below are a few of the informative books and magazine articles addressing wetlands that are likely to be found in your public, and possibly school, library. The EPA Wetlands Division has put together, in their Wetlands Reading List, a list of non-fiction and fiction books focused on wetlands which touch upon wetlands in reference, setting, or theme.
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
Walking the Wetlands. 1989. Janet
Lyons and Sandra Jordan. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York.
Marshes
and Swamps. 1983. Linda M. Stone. Children Press, Chicago
(elementary)
Wetlands. 1989. Linda M. Stone. Rourke
Enterprises, Inc., Vero Beach (elementary)
Estuaries, Where Rivers Meet the Sea.
1973. Laurence Pringle. The MacMillan Co., New York (elementary/middle
school)
The Mystery of the Bog Forest. 1984.
Lorus J. Milne and Margery Milne. Dodd, Mead and Company, New York (elementary/middle
school)
The
Life of the Marsh. 1966. William A. Niering.
McGraw-Hill, New York, NY. Although printed in 1966, this is still
a very worthwhile read. (middle/high school)
Life and Death of the Salt Marsh.
1969. John and Mildred Teal. Ballantine Books, New York (middle/high school)
Wetlands.
Kids Discover Magazine, Volume 7, Issue 10, December 1997
Wetlands. Ranger Rick
Magazine, Volume 30, No.4, April 1996.
Our Disappearing Wetlands. National
Geographic Magazine, Vol. 182, No.4, Oct. 1992
The Last Wetlands. Audubon Magazine,
Volume 92, No.4, July 1990
Wetlands Help Line EPA Wetlands Division
Terrene
Institute Wetlands: Educational Resources and Products
Resource Contacts
Wetlands Publication List EPA Wetlands Division
Publications Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds
EPA Kids, Students, and Teachers Page
EPA
Wetland
Contacts
This is a listing of nongovernmental organizations provided on the Izaak
Walton League of America (IWLA) website. According to the website, the
list was derived from the publication, "
Handbook for Wetlands Conservation and Sustainability" (June 1988).