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Environmental Education Resources for Teachers and Students

These resources were developed in partnership between the U.S. EPA, the Lloyd Center for the Environment, the New Bedford Public Schools' Sea Lab, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection and area educators.

On this page:
  • Classroom Activities
  • Environmental Issues Explained

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Classroom Activities

  • Biomagnification Role Play Activity (pdf) (115.09 KB)
  • Flexi the Flounder Program (pdf) (2.49 MB)
  • New Bedford Harbor: Discussion and Debate (pdf) (90.52 KB)
  • New Bedford Harbor: Go Fish! Activity (pdf) (46.25 KB)
    • New Bedford Harbor: Where Can We Fish? (pdf) (3.32 MB)
    • Go Fish Lesson Plan: Fish Images (pdf) (129.06 KB)
    • Go Fish Lesson Plan: Fish Symbols (pdf) (4.27 MB)
    • Fish Smart Symbols Sheet
  • One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish (pdf) (89.63 KB)
  • A Pot of Pollution (pdf) (32.94 KB)
  • The Water Cycle (pdf) (105.39 KB)
  • Watershed in a Box (pdf) (533.9 KB)
  • Watershed Watch Program (pdf) (239.46 KB)
  • Web of Life Activity (pdf) (68.58 KB)
  • Who Dirtied the Water: A Role Playing Activity (pdf) (25.12 KB)
  • Who Dirtied the Water? Connections to the Massachusetts Science and Technology/Engineering Curriculum Framework, May 2001 (pdf) (25.12 KB)
  • Geographical Features (pdf) (49.45 KB)
  • How Much Water Matching Game (pdf) (194.13 KB)
  • Ocean Chants (pdf) (91.34 KB)
  • Ocean Plant Facts (pdf) (47.76 KB)
  • Producers, Consumers and Decomposers (pdf) (89.31 KB)
  • Wetland Inhabitant Word Search (pdf) (96.55 KB)
  • Wetlands Crossword (pdf) (97.43 KB)
  • A Whale Is Huge (pdf) (31.65 KB)
Presenting a fish to a little girl

History of New Bedford Harbor

Imprint of the Past cover

Imprint of the Past Booklet (pdf) (5 MB)

More EPA Resources for Teachers

  • EPA Environmental Education Program
  • Resources for Teachers at the EPA Teaching Center

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Environmental Issues Explained

  • Bioaccumulation/Biomagnification Effects (pdf) (83.36 KB)
  • Combined Sewer Overflows in New England (pdf) (57.85 KB)
  • Common Coastal Fish of New England (pdf) (5.62 MB)
  • Ecosystems and their Elements (pdf) (190.8 KB)
  • Food Chains and Food Webs (pdf) (107.72 KB)
  • Groundwater (pdf) (198.38 KB)
  • More Than Just A Swamp (pdf) (43.02 KB)
  • Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) (pdf) (31.08 KB)
  • The Superfund Cleanup Program (pdf) (72.84 KB)
  • What is a Watershed (pdf) (252.54 KB)
  • What is Nonpoint Source (NPS) Pollution? Questions and Answers (pdf) (36.36 KB)
  • What You Can Do to Prevent NPS Pollution (pdf) (96.72 KB)

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Last updated on April 4, 2025
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