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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):

  • Habitat, Belmont

  • Other location

  • Your school

Grades:

6, 7, 8

Price:

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Learning Standards Supported:

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

  • 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.

  • 7-MS-LS2-6 (MA) - Ecosystems--Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics - biodiversity limit resources for humans

  • 8-MS-ESS3-5 - Earth and Human Activity - human activities and global temperatures

Contact:

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