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Lesson 9: Community Presentations and Engagement, Investigating Crayfish and Freshwater Ecosystems
Lesson Summary Students make presentations and/or create videos about their crayfish research project(s). In this way,…
Lesson 7: Crayfish as Indicator Species, Investigating Crayfish and Freshwater Ecosystems
Lesson Summary Students will first read about a hypothetical mysterious phenomenon about crayfish disappearing from a…
Lesson 6: Competing Crayfish Game, Investigating Crayfish and Freshwater Ecosystems
Lesson Summary In this lesson, students model impacts of invasive species by playing an engaging game…
Lesson 5: Collecting Reliable Crayfish Data, Investigating Crayfish and Freshwater Ecosystems
Lesson Summary In this lesson, students participate in a scientific field study* and apply what they…
Lesson 3.3: Persuading Parker’s Party Place, Plastic Pollution and You
Background This lesson is part of the Plastic Pollution and You curriculum developed by the educators…
Lesson 3.1: How Does Plastic Pollution Get into the Water? Plastic Pollution and You
Background How does plastic get in the water? This lesson is part of the Plastic Pollution…
Lesson 1: Crayfish and Freshwater Ecosystems, Investigating Crayfish and Freshwater Ecosystems
Lesson Summary This lesson is designed to be highly adaptable, but options include a brief “crayfish…
Lesson 1.3: Types of Plastic, Plastic Pollution and You
Background This lesson is part of the Plastic Pollution and You curriculum developed by the educators…
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