Project WILD Aquatic Activities for Grades 5-8

Grade / Activity Title / Page / Description / Grade Level Expectations
5 – 8 / Fishy Who's Who (8) / 8 / Inquiry:Students complete an inventory of fish habitats that exist in their area. Language Arts: Students obtain information about the various fish species that occur in local habitats and locate the fish species on a map. / SCI GLE 0507.Inq.1
SCI GLE 0507.5.1
LA GLE 0501.4.2
5 – 8 / Whale of a Tail (10) / 10 / Math:Students use computational, graphing, and measuring techniques to draw or sculpture life-size replicas of whales. / SCI GLE 0507.5.1
Math GLE 0506.4.3
5 – 8 / Migration Headache (15) / 15 / Students portray migrating water birds traveling between nesting habitats and wintering grounds. / SCI GLE 0507.2.3
SCI GLE 0507.5.1
5 – 8 / Wetland Metaphors (39) / 39 / Language Arts:Students are presented with a selection of objects to investigate as metaphors for the natural functions of wetlands. / SCI GLE 0507.2.3
LA GLE 0501.8.3
5 – 8 / Pond Succession (66) / 66 / Language Arts:Students create murals showing three major stages of pond succession. / SCI GLE 0507.2.3
LA GLE 0501.7.2
5 – 8 / What's in the Air? (136) / 136 / Through simulations and direct measurement, students experience differing conditions of acidity in aquatic habitats and explore the consequences of acidic conditions on aquatic life.Inquiry: Students collect data over a two week period on grass seedlings “watered” with different vinegar solutions. Math: Students graph data and compare results for different vinegar treatments. / SCI GLE 0507.Inq.1
SCI GLE 0507.2.3
Math GLE 0506.1.5
SCI GLE 0607.Inq.2
SCI GLE 0607.2.3
Math GLE 0606.1.5
SCI GLE 0707.Inq.2
SCI GLE 0707.7.6
Math GLE 0706.1.5
SCI GLE 0807.Inq.2
SCI GLE 0807.9.9
Math GLE 0806.1.5
5 – 8 / What's in the Water? (140) / 140 / Students analyze the pollutants found in a hypothetical river. Math:Students graph the quantities of pollutants in a hypothetical water sample.Language Arts: Students make recommendations about actions that could be taken to improve the habitat. / SCI GLE 0507.2.3
LA GLE 0501.2.4
Math GLE 0506.1.5
SCI GLE 0607.2.3
LA GLE 0601.5.1
Math GLE 0606.1.5
SCI GLE 0707.7.6
LA GLE 0701.5.1
Math GLE 0706.1.5
5 – 8 / Something's Fishy Here! (145) / 145 / Language Arts:Students read and discuss a story, inventing their own endings that lead to environmental action in their community. / SCI GLE 0507.2.3
LA GLE 0501.3.1
SCI GLE 0707.7.6
LA GLE 0701.3.1
5 – 8 / Water's Going On? (149) / 149 / Math:Students estimate and calculate water consumption. Inquiry andLanguage Arts: Students design and try out ways to conserve water. / SCI GLE 0507.Inq.1
SCI GLE 0507.2.3
Math GLE 0506.1.5
LA GLE 0501.5.2
SCI GLE 0607.Inq.2
SCI GLE 0607.8.1
Math GLE 0606.1.5
LA GLE 0601.5.1
SCI GLE 0707.Inq.2
SCI GLE 0707.7.5
Math GLE 0706.1.5
LA GLE 0701.5.1
5 - 8 / Alice in Waterland (151) / 151 / Students explore water use and its effects on wildlife habitat.Language Arts: Students experience a simulated field trip and discuss potential water use impacts.Inquiry and Math: Students gather data on their daily water use for 5 days. They implement water conservation and gather another set of data to compare results. / SCI GLE 0507.Inq.1
SCI GLE 0507.2.3
Math GLE 0506.1.5
LA GLE 0501.5.2
SCI GLE 0607.Inq.2
SCI GLE 0607.8.1
Math GLE 0606.1.5
LA GLE 0601.5.1
SCI GLE 0707.Inq.2
SCI GLE 0707.7.2 SCI GLE 0707.7.5
Math GLE 0706.1.5
LA GLE 0701.5.1
6 – 8 / Fishable Waters (158) / 158 / Students evaluate how healthy fish populations provide multiple benefits for their community, and play a card game to explore the connection between water quality, habitat, and “fishable and swimmable” waters, as stated in the Clean Water Act of 1972. / SCI GLE 0607.2.4
5 – 8 / Turtle Hurdles (172) / 172 / Students become sea turtles and limiting factors in a highly active simulation game. / SCI GLE 0807.5.5
5 – 8 / Aquatic Roots (177) / 177 / Language Arts:Students use reference materials to research various local aquatic plants, or animals, to find out whether they are natives or exotics and investigate their effects on people, other animals, and the environment. / SCI GLE 0507.2.3
LA GLE 0501.4.1
SCI GLE 0707.7.6
LA GLE 0701.4.2
SCI GLE 0807.5.5
SCI GLE 0801.4.2
5 – 8 / Where Have All the Salmon Gone? (180) / 180 / Math:Students graph and interpret actual fish population data in relation to historical events. / SCI GLE 0507.5.1
Math GLE 0506.1.5
SCI GLE 0707.7.6
Math GLE 0706.1.5
5 – 8 / To Dam or Not to Dam (184) / 184 / Students explore the arguments for and against dam construction. Language Arts:Students role-play individuals representing differing perspectives and concerns related to a complex land-use issue. / SCI GLE 0507.2.3
LA GLE 0501.2.4
SCI GLE 0707.7.6
LA GLE 0701.2.7
5 – 8 / Aquatic Times (188) / 188 / Language Arts:Students investigate, write, and produce a newspaper that features aquatic information and issues. Inquiry:Students can use this “newspaper writing” approach to communicate the results of inquiry. / SCI GLE 0507.Inq.4
LA GLE 0501.3.2
SCI GLE 0607.Inq.5
LA GLE 0601.3.1
SCI GLE 0707.Inq.5
LA GLE 0701.3.1
SCI GLE 0807.Inq.5
LA GLE 0801.3.1
5 – 8 / Kelp Help (195) / 195 / Language Arts:Students research kelp, create a mural, and report to the class their findings. / SCI GLE 0607.2.3
LA GLE 0601.4.2
5 – 8 / Dragonfly Pond (198) / 198 / Language Arts: Students discuss possible alternative land-use decisions and create a collage showingchosen land-use activities around a pond. / SCI GLE 0507.2.3
LA GLE 0501.2.4
SCI GLE 0707.7.6
LA GLE 0701.2.7

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