Web Resources
Environmental Concern – A nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting public understanding of wetlands.

Wetlands Activities and Resources for Educators – from the Environmental Protection Agency.

Wetland Maps – the National Wetlands Inventory from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

National Wetlands Research Center – Educator resources, fact sheets, maps, and discussions of current wetland issues.

Freshwater Ecosystems: Wetlands – A student-friendly survey of wetland ecosystems


Learning Resources
from the Gardening with Kids Store

Classroom-to-Garden GeoScopes
Our microscopes help kids investigate growing things easily and with a sense of adventure. The Super GeoScope offers 50x magnification, a detachable base, computer-designed optics, built-in light, 2 specimen slides, water dropper, tweezers, belt holster, and illustrated activity guide. You can even use it underwater! The GeoScope 30x has the same rugged construction with 30x magnification, built-in light, and holster. Both use 1 AA battery (not included).

 

 

Aquatic Ecosystem
The Square Aquatic Ecosystem is a self-contained growing system that enables students to design and create a dynamic, biologically active ecosystem geared for hands-on learning.

Within the unit, four distinct habitats form a self-supporting, leak-proof wetland ecosystem that you and your students create. As the habitat grows, observe the dynamics of natural systems, study plant and animal relationships,and even add a small amount of waste to the system to see how pollution affects nature!
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Creature Peeper
Children love investigating insects with our kid- and bug-friendly microscope! The viewer has two 3x magnifiers, enabling kids to study a bug's belly (through a side viewer with cleverly angled lenses), or peer at its pincers from above. The lightweight, watertight viewing chamber safely contains anything from beetles to tadpoles and even a little pond water! Durable, stable base won't break or tip over.

 

 


The Indoor River Book
A step-by-step illustrated teacher's guide on building and maintaining an indoor aquatic habitat complete with a marsh, river, and drainage pond. Includes 25 hands-on ecological activities with connections to science, math, language arts, and the humanities. Grades 2-8.


 

 

 


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