In case you haven’t discovered them yet, here is a great resource for teachers.
The Ashley Cooper Stormwater Education Consortium is a collaborative community effort to “implement a regional, watershed-scale stormwater runoff education strategy in the Charleston urbanized area. The effort was spearheaded in the Charleston region by Clemson University’s Carolina Clear Program.”
As part of their work, the consortium publishes a terrific newsletter called Ripple Effect which is always packed with great resources.
Here are some highlights from the most recent edition.
If you are a school teacher, interested in teaching your students about watersheds, water quality, pollution and estuaries, then SC Sea Grant Consortium’s Enviroscape Classroom Demonstration Program is for you!
Request one of SC Sea Grant Consortium educators to conduct a free classroom Enviroscape© demonstration for your students by visiting HERE. Make sure to fill out the”Enviroscape© Classroom Demonstration Request Form.”
Questions? Email Sylricka Foster
These lessons have been developed and adapted by a curriculum developer and science teacher and are being made available FOR FREE for your classroom use. The three lessons and the SC Science Standards they meet are identified below. Each lesson also has a companion INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARD activity.
Because of the focus on water cycle and ecosystems in both 5th and 7th grade curriculum, there are ways that these lessons can be modified to enhance learning for both grade levels.
•Head for the Hills: Students pretend to be SC highlanders living on the tallest mountain in the mid 1700’s. They will find the different routes to get to SC’s early port cities without crossing rivers. Students will model how topography affects water flow. As a result, the students will understand that high topography serves as a boundary separating one watershed from another.
SCIENCE STANDARDS: 7-4.5
•A River Runs Through It: In this lesson, students will “develop” a parcel of land along a stream or river in order to generate income. They will later learn that their parcel is connected to other parcels along the river’s way to the sea.
SCIENCE STANDARDS: 5-3.6
•Tag a Toxin: In this game of tag, students will model and learn how pollutants are accumulated and passed from prey to predator in a freshwater food chain.
SCIENCE STANDARDS: 5-2.4, 5-3.6
Click here to download lessons
For more great environmental education news and resources, subscribe to the Ripple Effect at AshleyCooper.org
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