The River Association is devoted to providing educators reliable information that can be used in and out of the classroom. The table below is full of lesson plans, activities, and power point presentations on a variety of water related topics. If you don’t find the information you are looking for feel free to contact our project coordinator and we will help make a lesson plan/activity that is right for you!
Please contact the Project Coordinator with any questions.
| Topic | Title | Grade Level | Material | Author |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water Cycle | Build Your Own Watershed Model | 4-12 | Watershed Model Build | Southern Sierra-Critical Zone Observatory |
| You'd be surprised where your drink of water has been! - Poem | All Ages | Water Poem | Dr. Verne Rockcastle | |
| Water Topics | K-12 | A Water Rebus | Southwest Florida Water Management District | |
| Water in Action: Capture the Water Cycle In A Bag | 2-4 | Water Cycle In Bag Material | Unknown | |
| Water Conservation | Arrest Those Drips: Experimenting on a Dripping Faucet | 4-8 | Arrest Those Drips Worksheet | Unknown |
| Water Pollution | Healthy Water Hopscotch | 3-8 | Instructions Signs 11x17 | Healthy Water Healthy Peopld KIDS Booklet. Modified by: Susan Schultz & Jennifer Smidebush |
| Aquatic Life | Macro-Invertebrate Identification Key & Tolerance Codes | 8-12 | Key & Tolerance Codes | Mike Beauchene, Project SEARCH, CT. Modified by: Gary Montz, MN DNR |
| Macro-Invertebrate Game | 5-12 | Lesson Plan Game Cards FBI-Calculator | Jared House PDTRA | |
| Microorganism Presentation | 4-6 | PDTRA Microorganisms- Power Point Examples of microorganisms | Jared House PDTRA | |
| Tabletop Biosphere | All Ages | Instructions | Martin John Brown | |
| Hydrology | Stream Flow Measurement Activity | 8-12 | Stream Flow Measurement Using an Orange (CFS) | Dept. of Ecology, State of Washington |
