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This page contains lesson plans and online tools to introduce Third grade students to environmental education and science topics related to our water resources. To open a lesson plan or activity, click the corresponding image. 

Topic: What is a Wetland? 

Wetland in a Pan

From "WOW: Wonders of Wetlands," students make a model demonstrating the flood-buffering and filtering effects of wetlands.

Topic: What is a Watershed? 

Students build watershed models with paper and hypothesize about rainfall patterns based on the topography of their watershed.

Topic: Wetlands Across Georgia

Topic: Effects of Pollution on Waterways

Students will develop riverside property while learning about point-source and nonpoint-source water pollution

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