Correlations are available for the following programs:
Fred the Fish
Students go on an imaginary journey with Fred the Fish to learn how different kinds of pollution affect the fish in a stream. This is a very visual activity where students see the affects of water pollution.
Standard-Earth and Space Sciences
Organizer- Process that Shape the Earth
Benchmark and Grade Level Indicator- Benchmark B 1.3, Benchmark C K.3
Standard-Life Sciences
Organizer- Characteristics and Structure of Life
Benchmark and Grade Level Indicator- Benchmark A 1.1, Benchmark A 2.1,
Benchmark B 2.2, Benchmark B 2.3
Standard- Life Sciences
Organizer- Diversity and Interdependence of Life
Benchmark and Grade Level Indicator-Benchmark A 2.5, Benchmark B 2.6
Standard-Science and Technology
Organizer-Abilities to do Technological Design
Benchmark and Grade Level Indicator-Benchmark B K.3,
Standard-Scientific Inquiry
Organizer-Doing Scientific Inquiry
Benchmark and Grade Level Indicator-Benchmark B K.10, Benchmark C 1.5,
Benchmark C 2.5, Benchmark C 2.6
Standard-Scientific Ways of Knowing
Organizer-Ethical Practices
Benchmark and Grade Level Indicator-Benchmark B K.3, Benchmark B 2.3
Standard-Scientific Ways of Knowing
Organizer-Nature of Science
Benchmark and Grade Level Indicator-Benchmark A K.2, Benchmark A 1.2
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Animal Tracks and Wildlife
Students view a variety of animal skins and discuss animal characteristics. They learn about how pollution and litter can affect the animals within an ecosystem. Students get to take home an animal track made from plaster of paris.
Standard-Life Sciences
Organizer-Diversity and Interdependence of Life
Benchmark and Grade Level Indicator- Benchmark B K.5, Benchmark A 1.4,
Benchmark A 2.5
Standard-Life Sciences
Organizer-Diversity and Interdependence of Life
Benchmark and Grade Level Indicator-Benchmark B K.5, Benchmark A 1.4,
Benchmark A 2.5
Standard-Life Sciences
Organizer-Characteristics and Structure of Life
Benchmark and Grade Level Indicator-Benchmark A 1.1, Benchmark A 2.1,
Benchmark B 2.3
Standard-Life Sciences
Organizer-Heredity
Benchmark and Grade Level Indicator-Benchmark C K.3
Standard-Science and Technology
Organizer-Abilities to do Technological Design
Benchmark and Grade Level Indicator-Benchmark B K.3
Standard-Scientific Ways of Knowing
Organizer-Ethical Practices
Benchmark and Grade Level Indicator-Benchmark B K.3, Benchmark B 2.3
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Web of Life / Links in the Chain
By playing a game, students learn how pollution enters the aquatic ecosystem. They learn how non-point source pollution affects the organisms in the food chain of that ecosystem, what a food chain is,and how biological magnification affects those organisms.
Standard-Life sciences
Organizer-Characteristics and Structure of Life
Benchmark and Grade Level Indicator-Benchmark A 2.1, Benchmark B 2.2,
Benchmark B 2.2, Benchmark B 2.7
Standard-Life Sciences
Organizer-Diversity and Interdependence of Life
Benchmark and Grade Level Indicator-Benchmark A 2.5
Standard-Science and Technology
Organizer-Understanding Technology
Benchmark and Grade Level Indicator-Benchmark A 2.1,Benchmark A 2.3
Standard-Scientific Inquiry
Organizer-Doing Scientific Inquiry
Benchmark and Grade Level Indicator-Benchmark C 2.10
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Finding The Connections
Students construct a poster and connect the insects and animals in a given food chain and ecosystem while they describe the interdependence between them.
Standard-Life Sciences
Organizer-Characteristics and Structure of Life
Benchmark and Grade Level Indicator-Benchmark A 1.1, Benchmark A 2.1,
Benchmark B 2.2, Benchmark B 2.3, Benchmark B 2.7
Standard-Life Sciences
Organizer-Diversity and Interdependence of Life
Benchmark and Grade Level Indicator-Benchmark A 1.4, Benchmark A 2.5
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Making Paper / Recycling
This program teaches students that we can recycle old newspapers into new products such as decorative magnets, pins, Christmas ornaments and more. Students learn the advantages of recycling and paint their own ornaments to keep.
Standard-Science and Technology
Organizer-Understanding Technology
Benchmark and Grade Level Indicator-Benchmark A K.2, Benchmark A 1.3,
Benchmark A 2.2, Benchmark A 2.3
Standard-Science and Technology
Organizer-Abilities to do Technological Design
Benchmark and Grade Level Indicator-Benchmark B 2.4
Standard-Earth and Space Science
Organizer-Earth Systems
Benchmark and Grade Level Indicator-Benchmark D 1.1
Standard-Physical Sciences
Organizer-Nature of Matter
Benchmark and Grade Level Indicator-Benchmark D 1.2, Benchmark A 1.3
Standard-Scientific Ways of Knowing
Organizer-Science and Society
Benchmark and Grade Level Indicator-Benchmark C 1.3
Standard- Scientific Ways of Knowing
Organizer-Ethical Practices
Benchmark and Grade Level Indicator-Benchmark B K.3, Benchmark B 2.3
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Indoor Stream Monitoring
Students utilize scientific inquiry to compare 2 different artificial streams. They sein for macroinvertebrates and learn how these macroinvertebrates can determine the quality of water in a stream.Students learn how tolerance to water quality conditions varies from species to species.
Standard-Scientific Inquiry
Organizer-Doing Scientific Inquiry
Benchmark and Grade Level Indicator-Benchmark A 2.2, Benchmark B 2.7,
Benchmark C 1.4, Benchmark C 1.5, Benchmark C 1.9, Benchmark C 2.5,
Benchmark C 2.6, Benchmark C 2.10
Standard-Scientific Ways of Knowing
Organizer-Ethical Practices
Benchmark and Grade Level Indicator-Benchmark B 2.3
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Enviroscape Watershed Model
This models helps students understand what a watershed is and how it drains. Students will place simulated pollutants on the land to see how we contribute to water pollution.
Standard-Earth and Space Science
Organizer-Processes that Shape the Earth
Benchmark and Grade Level Indicator-Benchmark B K.2, Benchmark B 1.3,
Benchmark D 1.1, Benchmark B 1.2
Standard-Scientific Inquiry
Organizer-Doing Scientific Inquiry
Benchmark and Grade Level Indicator-Benchmark A 2.1, Benchmark B K.10,
Benchmark C 2.5, Benchmark C 2.6, Benchmark C 2.10
Standard-Scientific Ways of Knowing
Organizer-Nature of Science
Benchmark and Grade Level Indicators-Benchmark A K.2, Benchmark A 1.2
Standard-Scientific Ways of Knowing
Organizer-Ethical Practices
Benchmark and Grade Level Indicators-Benchmark B K.3, Benchmark B 2.3
Standard-Scientific Ways of Knowing
Organizer-Science and Society
Benchmark and Grade Level Indicators-Benchmark C 1.3
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Guess What I am / Felt Board
Students learn about ecosystems and how everything within them rely on soil & water utilizing felt objects and a felt board. Seasonal changes are discussed. 'Guess What I Am' involves feeling objects in a bucket and discussing if its natural or man made. Decomposition of material into soil is explained.
Standard-Earth and Space Science
Organizer-Processes that Shape the Earth
Benchmark and Grade Level Indicators-Benchmark C K.5, Benchmark B K.2,
Benchmark B 1.3
Standard-Earth and Space Science
Organizer-Earth Systems
Benchmark and Grade Level Indicators-Benchmark D 1.1
Standard-Life Sciences
Organizer-Characteristics and Structure of Life
Benchmark and Grade Level Indicators-Benchmark A K .1, Benchmark A 1.1,
Benchmark B 1.5, Benchmark A 2.1, Benchmark A 1.2
Standard-Life Sciences
Organizer-Heredity
Benchmark and Grade Level Indicators-Benchmark C K.4
Standard- Life Sciences
Organizer-Diversity and Interdependence of Life
Benchmark and Grade Level Indicators-Benchmark B K.6
Standard-Scientific Ways of Knowing
Organizer-Ethical Practices
Benchmark and Grade Level Indicators-Benchmark B K.3
Standard-Physical Sciences
Organizer-Nature of Energy
Benchmark and Grade Level Indicators-Benchmark C 1.8
Standard-Scientific Inquiry
Organizer-Doing Scientific Inquiry
Benchmark and Grade Level Indicators-Benchmark A 1.1
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Stream Table
This is an exciting hands-on way to learn about stream morphology. The stream table is available for loan, teaching concepts of stream behavior. A teaching guide is included; the stream table can demonstrate stream bank erosion, streambank protection, stream energy and slope change, among other concepts.
Standard-Earth & Space Science
Organizer-Earth Systems
Benchmark and Grade Level Indicators-Benchmark C 2.4
Standard-Science and Technology
Organizer-Understanding Technology
Benchmark and Grade Level Indicators-Benchmark A 2.1, Benchmark A 2.2,
Benchmark A 2.3
Standard-Scientific Inquiry
Organizer-Doing Scientific Inquiry
Benchmark and Grade Level Indicators-Benchmark A 2.1, Benchmark A 2.2,
Benchmark A 2.3, Benchmark B 2.4, Benchmark C 2.5, Benchmark C 2.6,
Benchmark C 2.7, Benchmark C 2.10
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