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Lesson Plans - Introduction
This curriculum development project was funded by The Russell Family Foundation. Five teachers attended a ten-day workshop in July 2006 to learn about estuary science. They then created lessons to teach estuary science to their students.
These lessons provide students in upper elementary with a variety of learning experiences to improve science skills described in the Washington State Essential Academic Learning Requirements (EALRs) for Science and relevant Grade Level Expectations (GLEs). These science education reform tools rely heavily on the "systems approach" and these lessons explore estuary systems.
The Lessons
An estuary can be a valuable food source for people and other organisms
Applying Scientific Methods to Solve a Pollution Problem
Investigation of the relationship between nutrients and dissolved oxygen using aquarium models
Density and temperature changes in estuary water
Who's Right For This Job?
Tidal Patterns
Tide Zones
How Tides Work
Salish Sea Geography and Tides - A Web Search
Food Web of the Estuary
Estuary Webquest |
