Category Archives: Watershed Neighbors
Connect the Species
Connect the Species lets students summarize all of the work they did during their All My Watershed Neighbors Watershed Experience. This activity extends the Scientific Conference Species Swap where students learned about the species that their classmates researched.
In Connect the Species, students describe connections among the species in their watershed habitats (including humans) and create ...
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Species Swap
A culminating step in the scientific method is to share your results. Throughout the All My Watershed Neighbors Watershed Experience, students have worked in small groups and as a class to explore local watershed habitats, discover species living within them (We’re Going on a Species Hunt), and study in depth a species of their choice ...
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Species Investigation
Students take on the role of a scientist as they research a species of interest to them that they discovered during We’re Going on a Species Hunt or listed in What Lives Here. Research questions challenge students to think about why species live here, what resources they need to survive, and their connections to human ...
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We’re Going on a Species Hunt
This activity guides students through a scientific investigation to prove or disprove the hypothesis they formed in What Lives Here about the different species that may or may not live within their watershed habitats. Students work together to plan a method, investigate, analyze data, and reflect on their findings. Did they find the species they ...
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My Scientific Study
Students who have participated in the Gulf of Maine Research Institute’s LabVenture! program will use their personalized websites to reflect on the research skills they gained and the species knowledge they learned. This activity will guide students through the four LabVenture! stations they completed by revisiting familiar content and answering new questions.
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My Watershed Habitats
This activity has students diving deeper into and identifying the different types of habitats (and microhabitats) that are within their own local watershed. Students were briefly introduced to habitats as they explored and defined watersheds in Be a Watershed or Get to Know your Watershed.
Working together as a class and using published definitions, students will ...
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What Lives Here?
Before scientists start an investigation they often research existing information about their question. Before letting your students loose in a habitat to explore, discover, and find different species that live there, have them do some research first. What Lives Here prompts students to use their personal knowledge, stories from community members, available resources, and species ...
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Species Sleuths
Students assume the role of scientists who are interested in knowing more about certain species that live in Maine habitats. They are presented with a series of different research scenarios, and are challenged to come up with creative ways to study what their species eats, what eats it, where it lives, what stages it goes ...
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Species Summit
Students organize in-person and virtual Species Summits to present what they learned during their All My Watershed Neighbors Watershed Experience. They engage their community in discussions around the species they share their watershed with, raise awareness of their collective needs for space and resources, and unveil the species cards they created (These Are the Species ...
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I Live Here Too