This activity provides an opportunity for students to investigate how thermal expansion of water affects sea level rise. The suggested lab activity allows students to observe and describe the change in water level in a container when the water is exposed to heat.
What is pH and how does carbon dioxide released from the burning of fossil fuels increase the acidity of the ocean? Students explore the answers to these questions in this two-part lab investigation.
This curriculum, created by The Tribal Communities of the Pacific Northwest, the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, and the Seattle Aquarium, helps students learn about salmon through story, experience and information. https://www.k12.wa.us/sites/default/files/public/indianed/curriculum/onewiththewatershed.pdf
“This Toolkit is an educational resource featuring important native foods in Salish Country and the rich cultural traditions that surround them. The foods were selected because of their high nutritional value, cultural significance, and reasonable availability. The toolkit includes: • A cedar bentwood box, cooking tongs, cooking rocks, display containers, […]
Here’s the first draft of our Water Quality Curriculum created in partnership with South Sound GREEN. Let us know if you use it and what you think!
The purpose of the Engineering Solutions stormwater curriculum is to develop a deeper understanding of the serious issues facing our community with stormwater runoff and specific actions we can take to improve the quality of our water. State and federal governments have established strict regulations regarding stormwater management, including funding […]
Polluted stormwater runoff is the number one threat to the water quality of Puget Sound. Our salmon and other aquatic life depend on clean water for their survival. The purpose of the Elementary Stormwater Curriculum is to develop an understanding of the serious issues facing our community from stormwater runoff […]
Island Wood Homewaters Program created this Island Wood Sakai Stream Curriculum that can be adapted for use at your own monitoring sites! This five week, 15 lesson unit culminates in an engineering project.
For the active teacher who is looking for help in lesson planning a new unit, or a teacher who is starting a new curriculum, Project Learning Tree is a fantastic place to go. The hands-on approach and critical thinking requirements of each lesson fulfill the expectations of today’s classroom.
This curriculum, created by Olympia School District, was our featured curriculum for Summer Teachers Institute 2012. It is a compilation of Salmonids in the Classroom by Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Kennedy Creek Salmon Trail Education Project, Salmon Rescue Curriculum (WDFW), The Salmon Box: An Educational Curriculum about Pacific Salmon, Wenatchee River […]
This site houses the Since Time Immemorial Curriculum: resources, materials, lessons, and entire units that support the teaching of tribal sovereignty, tribal history, and current tribal issues within the context of OSPI-recommended units for Washington and US history in the elementary and middle school levels and US history and Contemporary […]
Where the River Meets the Sound, an educator’s guide to Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, offers complete information about field trip planning, preparation and pre- and post-field trip activities. It has background information about the indoor and trail activities offered at the Refuge. All activities are matched with Washington State Essential Academic […]