Lesson Plans

These lessons have been created by participants in the Rivers to Reef Teacher Workshop to assist fellow educators in teaching the concepts of watersheds, nonpoint source pollution, water cycle, rocks and minerals, water quality and much more.

Grades K-2:

• Is all Water the Same? - Students will observe different types of water.
• What is Water Pollution? - Students will learn what water pollution is and how we contribute to it.
• Water Woes - Students will examine the state of the Earth's natural fresh water resources.

Grades 3-5:

• Thirsty Anyone? - Students will describe what pollution is, identify sources of non-point source pollution and learn how humans will effect the environment and its influence on the plants and animals that share it with us.
• From Brook to Ocean - Students will be able to create an understanding that everyone is part of a watershed and that humans can affect that watershed in positive and negative ways.
• What is a Watershed? - Students will learn what a watershed is and how rivers are connected to the ocean.
• Useable Water - Students will investigate the concept that water is a limited resource.
• Pollution Solutions - Students will examine what water pollution is and types.
• Protecting our Backyard - Students will identify variables that impact our schoolyard creek and ultimately our watershed.
• Watery Webs! - Students will be able to describe the diversity and interdependence of organisms within various habitats of a watershed.
• What is the Story with Sand? - Students will differentiate between sand, soil and other small particles and understand that sand is the result of weathering and erosion.
• Erosion and Deposition along Rivers and Seashores, Part 1: Modeling in the Classroom - Students will understand the causes and effects of erosion, deposition and weathering.
• Erosion and Deposition along Rivers and Seashores, Part 2: Hunting from Space - Students will understand the causes and effects of erosion, deposition and weathering.
• Eye in the Sky - Students will investigate land use and water quality.

Grades 6-8:

• Effects of Turbulence on Dissolved Oxygen - Students will discover the importance of dissolved oxygen to a healthy aquatic ecosystem and how dissolved oxygen in water can be increased.
• Sim's Isle - Students will gain the perspective of a variety of stakeholders on development of barrier islands. Students will exercise environmental decision-making, critical thinking, creative thinking and problem solving.
• The Ocean's Nursery - Through the use of art, students will investigate marsh life and the impact that pollution in estuaries has on the food chain and local economics.
• What is a Watershed? - Students will learn what a watershed is and how rivers are connected to the ocean.
• Song of the Chattahoochee: Appreciating Nature Through Literature – Students will identify literary elements of a poem and discuss ways in which they are connected to water.
• What is the Story with Sand? – Students will differentiate between sand, soil and other small particles, and understand that sand is the result of weathering and erosion.
• Useable Water – Students will investigate the concept that water is a limited resource.
• Water, Water, Everywhere - Students will be able to identify point and non-point source pollutants, and understand the cumulative effects of non-point source pollution.
• Who, me? – Students will explore the concept of water, how we affect it and need it. Click here for the supporting PowerPoint presentation
• Crazy Classification - Students will explore how classification is used to identify an organism.
• The Sound of the Beluga - Students will describe different uses for sound in the human and animal world.

Grades 9-12:

• Chemical Testing of Water Quality - Student will explore the concept of chemical testing of water.
• Dissolved Oxygen vs. Temperature - Students will learn the effects of varying temperatures on the dissolved oxygen content of water.
• Ecdysis in Arthropods - Students will investigate how arthropods grow.
• An Estuary Field Study - Students will learn what an estuary is and will identify local estuarine environments.
• Everything Flows to the Ocean - Students will develop the understanding that all things are connected, and realize the importance of balancing human needs and sustainability of the environment.
• Sustainable Seafood Delight - Students will understand what a sustainable population and fishery is, and how they can be impacted by human utilization of the oceans.

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