Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Fish Habitats
During this instructional activity, young scholars spend time looking at pictures of fish and their habitat, talking about what all animals need to live, making a poster of a fish habitat, and finally visiting a lake.
Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri Botanical Garden: Lakes and Ponds
This illustrated website features facts about lakes and ponds and their special place in geography, natural history, and as a biome.
Other
Www.lifeguardskils.co.uk
This site contains information about performing duties as a lifeguard. It has training tips, data, and a video.
Other
Current Great Lakes St. Lawrence Water Levels
This page has a map showing the Great Lakes and the gauging stations located on the various lakes.
Other
Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force: Habitattitude
Dedicated to aquatic resource conservation, this task force addresses the expansion of harmful plants, fish, and other animals and invasive species
Other
Freshwater Ecology
This is a comprehensive and detailed site providing information on aquatic macroinvertebrates. The emphasis is on biomonitoring of water quality through quantitative assessment of numbers and types of small aquatic organisms.
World Wildlife Fund for Nature
Wwf: Our Earth: Ecoregions: Habitats: Freshwater Wetlands
An introduction and overview of freshwater wetland habitats.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Reference: Habitats: Freshwater
Learn about the plants, animals, and other characteristics of some freshwater ecosystems.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Freshwater Biomes
Listen to this podcast discussing the similar characteristics of the freshwater biomes of the world. [0:47]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Freshwater Biomes
This presentation provides information about the characteristics of several different freshwater ecosystems.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Freshwater Biomes
This colorful slideshow provides a nice introduction to the freshwater biomes around the world.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Carleton College: Living in an Alkaline Environment Web Quest
Create a field guide for organisms living around Mono Lake (an alkaline environment) in this WebQuest. The process for completing this field guide is well laid out along with available resources. There is also a teacher page that gives...
Education.com
Education.com: 1st Grade Reading & Writing Resources
[Free Registration/Login Required] This collection of first grade reading and writing resources contains lesson plans and worksheets that can be used during the research process.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Duckweed Bioassay
This lab was designed with the intent to mimic the effect fertilizers can have on plants in a lake or pond ecosystem. Students determine the effect different fertilizer concentrations have on the growth rate of duckweed plants, as...
Other
Kidfish: Our Lakes
A complete site that examines the geology of a lake, anatomy of a lake, seasons of a lake, and the life span of a lake.
PBS
Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Lakes
What is a lake? Discover the answer to this question when you explore this informative resource. This site provides information on how temperature and seasonal changes effects lakes, how lakes are formed, how lakes compare in numbers to...
Math Science Nucleus
Math/science Nucleus: Observing Different Landforms
Lesson plan with subsequent pages to use with the lesson. Images with landform word match up and additional work on earth modeling.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Lake
With this resource the students will learn about the culture and origin of the Lake, a native American people.
Other
Ihm School: Landforms
Student created reports on landforms. Each landform has a brief description and an example. Pictures accompany the reports. Learn more about the landforms that shape our world.
Ducksters
Ducksters: United States Geography: Lakes
Kids learn about the major lakes of the United States including the Great Lakes, the Great Salt Lake, Crater, and Tahoe. Geography of the US.
Math Science Nucleus
Math/science Nucleus: Wetland Animation
This animation in storybook format tells the story of Tules Pond and also gets into pond and lake ecosystem information.
Arizona State University
Arizona State University: Water
This online lesson from the Arizona State University teaches students about earth's water cycle yet uses music as a part of the instructional process. Creative and simple. Non-music specialist could easily use the lesson.
Curated OER
Landforms
Student created reports on landforms. Each landform has a brief description and an example. Pictures accompany the reports. Learn more about the landforms that shape our world.
Curated OER
Lake
What is a lake? Discover the answer to this question when you explore this informative resource. This site provides information on how temperature and seasonal changes effects lakes, how lakes are formed, how lakes compare in numbers to...