Photo: Ohio River Foundation

Under an Ohio Environmental Education Fund grant, Clermont SWCD worked with Greenacres Foundation to develop a Rain Garden Lesson Guide tied to Ohio Academic Content Standards. With this guide, schools can turn their rain gardens into outdoor learning labs.

The Lesson Guide provides six separate activities. Each activity has separate options for elementary (3-5), middle (6-8) and high school (9-12) students. Links to PDFs of the entire guide as well as the individual lessons are provided below:

• Lesson 1: Nowhere to Run (407 KB)
• Lesson 2: Capture, Store and Release (152 KB)
• Lesson 3: How Deep Will it Flow? (173 KB)
• Lesson 4: Put on Your Design Cap (118 KB)
• Lesson 5: Get Down and Dirty (180 KB)
• Lesson 6: Measuring Up (40 KB)
• Lesson Guide Appendices (260 KB)

For in-class assistance with any of these activities, contact the Clermont SWCD’s Education Specialist at (513) 732-7075, ext. 5