Lesson 2: Sink – Float
Lesson Plan describing students learning about what objects sink and what objects float. Includes book “River Parade” and then observing objects as they are placed in a water table to see if they sink or float.
Author: Heather White
Date Developed: August 2009
Subject(s): Science
Level(s): Elementary School
Category: Books and Publications Lessons and Activities
Standard(s): Standard 4
Keywords: water sink float
Lesson 3: Water’s Surface
Lesson Plan describing students learning about what objects sink and what objects float. Includes water tension activity using water table and learning about the water strider and how it uses water tension to travel across water.
Author: Heather White
Date Developed: August 2009
Subject(s): Science
Level(s): Elementary School
Category: Books and Publications Lessons and Activities
Standard(s): Standard 4
Keywords: water water tension
Lesson 4: River Otter
Lesson Plan describing students learning about River Otters. Includes “My Little Book of Otters” coloring and spelling activity.
Author: Heather White
Date Developed: August 2009
Subject(s): Science
Level(s): Elementary School
Category: Books and Publications Lessons and Activities
Standard(s): Standard 4
Keywords: water river otter
Living and Non-living things in the St. Lawrence River Habitat
Students will learn to identify living and non-living organisms from the St. Lawrence River and create habitats for these organisms. Students will also learn about Save The River and how they preserve and protect organisms and their habitats on the River.
Author: Patrick Sullivan
Date Developed: August 2010
Subject(s): Science
Level(s): Elementary School
Category: Curricula
Standard(s): Standard 4
Keywords: ecosystem living non-living
Lesson 1: Where Do We Find Water?
Lesson Plan describing students learning about where water flows. Includes book “From Brook to Ocean” and then observing water as it runs down the mountain simulation.
Author: Heather White
Date Developed: August 2009
Subject(s): Science
Level(s): Elementary School
Category: Books and Publications Lessons and Activities
Standard(s): Standard 4
Keywords: water river
Lesson 5: My River, Our River
Lesson Plan describing students learning about River Otters. Includes book “My River” reading and creation and sharing of River scene.
Author: Heather White
Date Developed: August 2009
Subject(s): Science
Level(s): Elementary School
Category: Books and Publications Lessons and Activities
Standard(s): Standard 4
Keywords: water river stewardship