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This page contains lesson plans and online tools to introduce Fourth 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: The Water Cycle

S4E3. Obtain, evaluate, and communication information to demonstrate the water cycle.

Topic: Energy Flow within an Ecosystem

Students work in groups to create a food web. Groups are faced with 'fuzzy situations' that may cause changes to the food web and environment.

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