FLOW: Fisheries Learning on the Web (Credit: Michigan Sea Grant)
This Water Unit contains the five lesson plans listed below.
Lesson 1: Exploring Watersheds
Simulates the movement and pooling of water representing rivers, lakes and ponds in a watershed.
Lesson 2: Wetland in a Pan
Demonstrates important wetland functions including filtering, flood buffering, and fish and wildlife habitat.
Lesson 3: Water Quantity
Reveals the relative amount of surface fresh water available for human use.
Lesson 4: What Makes Water Healthy
Helps students think about different ways to determine water quality.
Lesson 5: Hydropoly: A Decision-Making Game
Requires students to make land use decisions that affect the environment, especially wetlands.
Limno Loan Manual Lesson Materials:
This pond-day lesson plan was developed by a Limno Loan educator. The lesson leads students through the collection of limnological and ecological data in a pond ecosystem to determine its overall health. The students can add their data to larger sets of data to compare their pond to a Great Lake or ocean.
Determining Water Quality (Credit: University of Michigan School of Education)
This activity helps students think about different ways to determine water quality. Students make observations and measurments of several water samples.