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Freshwater Ecology

Transform your students’ learning with direct observation of animal and plant life in freshwater ponds, streams, marshes, rivers, or vernal pools or by bringing aquatic samples to your classroom. Students investigate freshwater ecosystems hands-on and under microscopes, focusing on a few concepts, such as biotic and abiotic factors, evolution and adaptation, biotic health indicators, organism identification, and/or vulnerabilities to climate change. Students leave having engaged in real-world hands-on investigations, data collection, and communicating using evidence.

Program Location(s):

  • Broadmoor, Natick

  • Other location

  • Your school

Grades:

6, 7, 8

Price:

See current brochure for pricing.

Learning Standards Supported:

  • 6-MS-LS4-2 - Biological Evolution--Unity and Diversity - anatomical evidence for evolution

  • 7-MS-LS1-4 - From Molecules to Organisms--Structures and Processes - animal beh., plant structures repro.

  • 7-MS-LS2-1 - Ecosystems--Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics - resouces relates to population size

  • 7-MS-LS2-2 - Ecosystems--Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics - competition/predation/parasitism/etc.

  • 7-MS-LS2-3 - Ecosystems--Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics - matter and energy cycling

  • 7-MS-LS2-4 - Ecosystems--Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics - ecosystem disruptions can shift pop.

  • 8-MS-LS1-5 - From Molecules to Organisms--Structures and Processes - how env. and genetics influence growth

  • HS-LS4-5 - Biological Evolution--Unity and Diversity - env. changes drive evolution

Contact:

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