This page contains lesson plans and online tools to introduce Seventh 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?
Topic: What is a Watershed?
Next Generation Science Standards: Three-Dimensional Learning Unit
Phenomena: Bird species affected by Ecosystem changes
S7L4. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to examine the interdependence of organisms with one another and their environments
Many bird species play a critical role in their ecosystems
Five Lessons that introduce students to the interdependence of ecosystems and how different species respond to ecosystem changes; includes a group project to compare and contrast wetland bird species with species found in schoolyard
Topic: Classification & Biodiversity
S7L1. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to investigate the diversity of living organisms and how they can be compared scientifically.
Topic: Inherited Characteristics
S7L5. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information from multiple sources to explain the theory of evolution of living organisms through inherited characteristics.
