Educator Resources & Community

Welcome to the educator community and resource hub from Lake Champlain Maritime Museum! Our goal with this community is to give educators throughout the Lake Champlain Watershed a place where they can easily find high-quality, free content from non-profit organizations, federal agencies, schools, and other educators. Subscribe to our monthly newsletter and bookmark this page to access all resources and past newsletters.

Browse Resources & Past Newsletters

September 2023

• Read the September 2023 Newsletter
• Watershed Sleuth Challenge: A student-driven mini unit focused on learning about watersheds
• WikiWatershed Runoff Simulation: Using this tool, you can adjust the landcover, soil type, and the amount of rainfall to see how much of the water evaporates, infiltrates, and runs off
• Worksheet for Runoff Simulation

August 2023

• Read the August 2023 Newsletter
• River Runner: An interactive map that lets users follow the path of a raindrop to the ocean
• EPA How’s My Waterway: Explore water quality by zip code or body of water
• Lesson Plan for How’s My Waterway

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Are you interested in contributing lesson plans or materials to this newsletter to share with other educators? Lake Champlain Maritime Museum will pay educators $200 to share a lesson plan or piece of material (such as a worksheet, graphic organizer, etc.) with a write up describing how teachers can use it. If you’re interested in contributing, use the link below to fill out a brief interest form.

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