Bridget Harrison of the Clear Lake Township Land Conservancy shares the Aquatic Macroinvertebrate lesson.

The following 2016 Indiana Academic standards are incorporated into the lesson:

1.LS.3 Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats. (LS2.C: Ecosystem Dynamics, Functioning, and Resilience; LS4.D: Biodiversity and Humans)

2.LS.2 Compare and contrast details of body plans and structures within the life cycles of plants and animals. (LS1.A: Structure and Function; LS1.B: Growth and Development)

2.LS.3 Classify living organisms according to variations in specific physical features (i.e. body coverings, appendages) and describe how those features may provide an advantage for survival in different environments. (LS3.B: Variation of Traits)

4.LS.2 Use evidence to support the explanation that a change in the environment may result in a plant or animal will survive and reproduce, move to a new location, or die.  (LS2.A: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems; LS2.C: Ecosystem Dynamics, Functioning, and Resilience)

Dichotomous Key to Macroinvertebrate Life in the River (also posted below)

Hoosier Riverwatch Biological Monitoring Data Sheet (also posted below)

Art Franke of the Natural Resource Conservation Service in Steuben County, Indiana, shares the Earth as an Apple lesson.

The following 2016 Indiana Academic standards are incorporated into the lesson:

2.ESS.4: Obtain information to identify where water is found on Earth that it can be solid or liquid (ESS2.CT The Roles of Water in Earth’s Surface Processes)

3.NS.3: Understand a fraction, 1/b, as the quantity formed by 1 part when a whole is partitioned into b equal parts; understand a fraction, a/b, as the quantity formed by a parts of size 1/b. [In grade 3, limit denominators of fractions to 2, 3, 4, 6, 8.]

3.NS.6: Understand two fractions as equivalent (equal) if they are the same size, based on the same whole or the same point on a number line 

Aimee Wentworth of the Steuben County Soil and Water Conservation District shares the Forests lesson.

The following 2022 Indiana Academic standards are incorporated into the lesson:

K-ESS3-3 Earth and Human Activity – Communicate solutions that will reduce the impacts of humans on the land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment.

4-LS1-1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes – Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.

John Brittenham of the Blue Heron Ministries shares the Invasive Species lesson.

The following 2016 Indiana Academic standards are incorporated into the lesson:

K.ESS.4 Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment. 

1.LS.3 Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats. 

2.LS.3 Classify living organisms according to variations in specific physical features (i.e. body coverings, appendages) and describe how those features may provide an advantage for survival in different environments. 

4.ESS.4 Develop solutions that could be implemented to reduce the impact of humans on the natural environment and the natural environment on humans. 

4.LS.2 Use evidence to support the explanation that a change in the environment may result in a plant or animal will survive and reproduce, move to a new location, or die. 

6.LS.4 Investigate and use data to explain how changes in biotic and abiotic components in a given habitat can be beneficial or detrimental to native plants and animals. 

Env.5.5 Identify the indirect and direct threats to biodiversity (e.g. habitat loss and destruction, invasion by exotic species, commercial over fishing and hunting, pollution, climate change, and bioaccumulation and biomagnification of toxins). 

Aimee Wentworth of the Steuben County Soil and Water Conservation District shares the Native Species lesson.

Helpful Resources include:

The Xerces Society  www.xerces.org

Indiana Native Plant Society www.indiananativeplants.org 

National Wildlife Federation Native Plant Finder  www.nwf.org/nativeplants/ 

Steuben County SWCD  www.steubenswcd.org 

The following 2016 Indiana Academic standards are incorporated into the lesson:

K.ESS.4 Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment. 

1.LS.3 Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats. 

2.LS.3 Classify living organisms according to variations in specific physical features (i.e. body coverings, appendages) and describe how those features may provide an advantage for survival in different environments. 

4.ESS.4 Develop solutions that could be implemented to reduce the impact of humans on the natural environment and the natural environment on humans. 

4.LS.2 Use evidence to support the explanation that a change in the environment may result in a plant or animal will survive and reproduce, move to a new location, or die. 

6.LS.4 Investigate and use data to explain how changes in biotic and abiotic components in a given habitat can be beneficial or detrimental to native plants and animals. 

Env.5.5 Identify the indirect and direct threats to biodiversity (e.g. habitat loss and destruction, invasion by exotic species, commercial over fishing and hunting, pollution, climate change, and bioaccumulation and biomagnification of toxins). 

Aimee Wentworth of the Steuben County Soil and Water Conservation District shares the Pollinator lesson.

The following 2022 Indiana Academic standard is incorporated into the lesson:

4-LS1-1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.

The following 2016 Indiana Academic standards are incorporated into the lesson:

K.ESS.4 Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment.

K.LS.1 Describe and compare the growth and development of common living plants and animals.

K.LS.3 Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.

1.LS.3 Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.

Aimee Wentworth of the Steuben County Soil and Water Conservation District shares the Recycling lesson.

The following 2022 Indiana Academic standard is incorporated into the lesson:

K-ESS3-3  Earth and Human Activity – Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment.

Aimee Wentworth of the Steuben County Soil and Water Conservation District and Tami Mosier of Purdue Extension--Steuben County share the Soil lesson.

The following 2022 Indiana Academic standards are incorporated into the lesson:

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The following 2016 Indiana Academic standards are incorporated into the lesson:

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Aimee Wentworth of the Steuben County Soil and Water Conservation District shares the Stormwater lesson.

The following 2022 Indiana Academic standard is incorporated into the lesson:

K-ESS3-3 Earth and Human Activity Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment.

The following 2016 Indiana Academic standards are incorporated into the lesson:

K.ESS.4  Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment.

2.ESS.3  Investigate how wind or water change the shape of the land and design solutions for prevention.

Aimee Wentworth of the Steuben County Soil and Water Conservation District shares the Water Pollution lesson.

The following 2022 Indiana Academic standards are incorporated into the lesson:

2-ESS2-3 Earth’s Systems Obtain information to identify where water is found on Earth and that it can be solid or liquid.

3-ESS2-3 Earth’s Systems Use a model to demonstrate how water, in its different forms, moves through the water cycle.  Investigate places where water is found in different forms on Earth.

5-ESS2-2 Earth’s Systems Describe and graph the amounts of salt water and fresh water in various reservoirs to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth.

The following 2016 Indiana Academic standards are incorporated into the lesson:

K.ESS.4 Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment.

2.ESS.3 Investigate how wind or water change the shape of the land and design solutions for prevention.

Env.7.2 Differentiate between natural pollution and pollution caused by humans.

Aimee Wentworth of the Steuben County Soil and Water Conservation District shares the Watershed lesson.

This lesson creates awareness of the watershed in which you live and where the water drains.

Aimee Wentworth of the Steuben County Soil and Water Conservation District shares the Weather Patterns lesson.

This lesson creates awareness of why weather patterns have changed and what can be expected as we look to the future.