• Table of Contents
• Unit 1 – Overview
• Unit 2 – Watersheds
• Unit 3 – Waste
• Unit 4 – Erosion and Runoff
• Unit 5 – Ecosystem Diversity
• Unit 5 (alternate) – Let’s Take a Dip Lesson
• Unit 6 – Issue Investigation and Action Projects
• Appendices

Unit 2 – Watersheds

• Watershed Address (detailed version)
• Watershed Address (simple version)

Unit 3 – Waste

Unit 4 – Erosion and Runoff

• Data Sheet for Water Quality Testing
• Water Quality Jeopardy
• Suck It Up
• Water Quality Index Parameters
• Water Quality Investigation
• Water Quality – Up a Creek
• Soil Study
  • A Trip through Time at HBF
  • Form and Function – Soils
  • Habitat Guide
  • Just Passing Through
  • Leaf Grow
  • Losing Ground
  • Origin and Importance of Soil
  • Soil Ecosystem Transparency
  • Soil Organic Matter
  • Soil Structure
  • Soil Texture
  • The Story of Soil

• Grants
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Mini Grant
  • Mini EE Application Package
• Green Schools
  • Green Schools Overview
  • Green Schools Rubric
  • Green Schools Criteria
  • Green Schools Application Guide
• Outdoor Lessons
  • Gr K Nesting Word Problems
  • Gr 1 Life Cycle
  • Gr 3 Die and Decay
  • Gr 3 Fractions
  • Gr 3 Natural Resources
  • Gr 3 Traditions
  • Gr 3 Worms
  • Gr 4 Composting
  • Gr 4 Fractions
  • Gr 4 Informational Paragraph
  • Gr 4 Rocks
  • Gr 4 Tall Tales
  • Gr 5 Energy in Ecosystems
  • Gr 5 RLA Descriptive Writing
  • Gr 5 Winter Adaptations
  • Gr 5 Winter Poems
• PowerPoint Timers
  • 1 min
  • 5 min
  • 10 min
  • 15 min
• Project Lessons
  • Incredible Journey
    • Animal cube
    • Clouds cube
    • Glacier cube
    • Groundwater cube
    • Lake cube
    • Ocean cube
    • Plant cube
    • River cube
    • Soil cube
    • Water Cycle Game Instructions
    • Water Cycle Roll
  • Adopt a Tree
  • Bird Olympics
  • Drop in the Bucket
  • Fine Art of Nesting
  • Habitat Lap Sit
• Rain Barrel
  • Rain Barrel Presentation
  • Rain Barrel Lesson Plans
  • Rain Barrel Resources
• Book List
• Chesapeake Natives
• No Mow Brochure
• Creating a Schoolyard Tree Nursery
• Ornithology Resources
• Rain Gardens
• Rain Garden Handbook
• Rubrics for Assessing Student Achievement
• Engaging Students in STEM
• Useful Websites
• Where the Wild Things Are: Using Nature to Build Living & Learning Skills

• Appendix – Illustrated Glossary
  • Adaptation 1
  • Adaptations
  • Biodiversity
  • Composting
  • Energy Cycle – Food Chains and Food Webs
  • Erosion
  • Habitat
  • Niche
  • Predator – Prey
  • Recycling
  • Sedimentation
  • Soil
  • Vermiculture
  • Water Cycle
  • Watershed
• Unit 2 – Watersheds
  • Crumpled Paper Watershed
  • Journaling
    • Analyzing the Ten Minute Exercise
    • Blank Journal Entry Page
  • Mapping Basics
    • Mapping Basics Student Sheet
    • Topographic Map Symbols
    • Manual GIS Overlay Data Assignments
    • Watershed Address – Chesapeake Bay Watershed Map
• Unit 3 – Waste
  • Composting
    • Complete the Compost Heap Card Game
    • Composting
  • Take Out the Trash
    • How to Plan a Trash Free Visit
    • Trash Data Analysis Worksheet
    • Trash Free Lunch Worksheet
    • Trash Reduction Home Challenge
  • Trash Tally
  • Vermicomposting
  • Summative Activity – Rethink, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
  • Student Introduction to Waste Management
• Unit 4 – Erosion and Runoff
  • Bernie’s Toes
  • Designing a Schoolyard
  • Does Your Soil Perc
  • Sediment – Choking the Life Out of the Bay
  • Soil Study
    • Feel the Texture
    • Soil Profile Diagram
  • Water Quality Testing
    • Q Values
    • Student Data Sheet of Water Quality Testing
    • Turbidity Fact Sheet
    • Dissolved Oxygen Fact Sheet
    • Nitrates Fact Sheet
    • pH Fact Sheet
    • Phosphates Fact Sheet
  • Student Introduction to Runoff
• Unit 5 – Ecosystem Diversity
  • Animal Adaptations Field Study
    • Fish Anatomy Diagrams
    • Read a Fish
  • Ecosystem Food Web Mural
    • Ecosystem Food Web Mural Scoring Rubric
    • Ecosystem Food Web Mural Student Sheet
  • Frankenfish Adaptation Cards
  • Let’s Take a Dip
    • Habitat Population Frequency Table
    • Let’s Take a Dip Data Analysis
    • Sample Habitat Population Frequency Table
  • Macroinvertebrate Field Study
    • Stream Health Indicators
    • Stream Health Student Data Sheet
    • Macroinvertebrate Identification Key
    • What Macroinvertebrates Can Tell You About Stream Health
  • Eat Like a Bird Data Sheet
  • Student Introduction to Ecosystem Diversity

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