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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.

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September 2024

August 2024

  • Read the August Newsletter
  • Virtual Field Labs: This resource contains several science-based virtual field trips that are focused on climate science, blending math and science, making them a great resource in planning an interdisciplinary unit.
  • Youth for the Planet Action Resource Kit: This resource from WWF and WeAreTeachers has several lesson plans, activities, and tools that you can use to teach 7th-10th graders about climate change. It even has a Kahoot! that you can use to test your students’ knowledge.

July 2024

  • Read the July Newsletter
  • NOAA’s MWEE Course & Guide: The first of a two part series, this course is intended to help prepare teachers to facilitate MWEEs or Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences. If you’re not interested in taking the course but still want to learn about MWEE’s, then check out the Educator’s Guide!
  • Watershed Lesson Plan: The National Park Service has a great collection of lesson plans that were created by staff from national parks around the country, which you can use to give your students some great new insight into the importance of watersheds.

June 2024

  • Read the June Newsletter
  • Wave of Plastic: This five lesson unit was created by the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science and is designed for middle school students. The resource also comes with an in-depth Teacher-Facilitator Guide that gives a nice overview of the entire unit.
  • Environmental Service-Learning: This document, produced by the EPA, contains a collection of ideas for environmentally-focused service-learning projects and “project spotlights” that showcase projects done at schools around the country.
  • Pack a Waste Free Lunch! This EPA resource is geared toward decreasing the amount of waste the that is generated by school lunches.

May 2024

  • Read the May 2024 Newsletter
  • Green Schoolyards America: This resource from Green Schoolyards America is a great tool to use as you look for ways to get your students outside and has three different free digital books with lesson plans and ideas to get your students outside and learning right on your school grounds.
  • Watershed Explorer Challenge: This booklet encourages students to explore the Lake Champlain Watershed and learn more about different aspects of its ecology and geology. Includes FREE printed copies for all of your students at a variety of locations around the state-including the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum-or you can use the digital copy on the website.

April 2024

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December 2023

November 2023

October 2023

  • Read the October 2023 Newsletter
  • Meet the Scientist: A video series by Lake Champlain Basin Program spotlighting some of the scientists in our region who are working to better understand the water quality, ecology, and history of Lake Champlain and its watershed.
  • Vermont Fish and Wildlife Fish Culture Station Video: A video with Bret Ladago, a fisheries biologist, as he explains what fish culture stations are and their importance.
  • Tour of Salisbury Fish Hatchery: A guided video tour of the Salisbury Fish Culture Station, which shows all of the different parts of the station in addition to explaining some background information about it
  • Fish Culture Station Worksheet: A worksheet to go along with the two above videos that will push students to think like a scientist and fill out a research permit application.

September 2023

August 2023

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