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Wetlands Trunk – Detroit Lakes

Posted: September 11, 2019 by MAEE Administration

Category: Natural Innovations

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Wetlands Trunk – Detroit Lakes
Post Date: September 11, 2019
Resource Type:
  • Learning Kit
  • Audio | Video
  • Display | Poster
Description:

This wetland themed truck has a variety of hands-on educational materials and lesson plans. It includes visual examples of wetland functions, beaver pelt & skull, beaver adaptations activity and informational posters. Videos including Bill Nye the Science Guy's "Wetlands". Grades 3-6.
Pick up only. Reserve the trunk by calling the US Fish & Wildlife Service, Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District at 218-847-4431.

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ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY SCOPE AND SEQUENCE
SYSTEM CONCEPT(S) TO BE ADDRESSED:
Habitat
Niche
Ecosystem
Population

SYSTEM BENCHMARK(S) TO BE ADDRESSED FOR GRADES preK-2, 3-5:
Grades preK - 2
A-2 Social systems and natural systems may not continue to function if some of their parts are missing.

Grades 3 - 5
B-1 In social and natural systems that consist of many parts, the parts usually influence one another.
B-2 Social and natural systems may not function as well if parts are missing, damaged, mismatched, or misconnected.

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MINNESOTA ACADEMIC STANDARDS
MINNESOTA SCIENCE STANDARD(S) TO BE ADDRESSED:
3.I.B.1 - The student will ask questions about the natural world that can be investigated scientifically.

3.IV.C.2 - The student will know that changes in habitat can be beneficial or harmful to an organism.

4.I.A.1 - The student will explore the uses and effects of science in our interaction with the natural world.

4.III.A.1- The student will identify and investigate environmental issues and potential solutions.

5.IV.E.1 - The student will recognize that individuals of some species differ in their characteristics and that sometimes the differences give individuals an advantage in surviving and reproducing.

5.IV.E.2- The student will recognize that extinction of a species occurs when the environment changes and the adaptive characteristics of a species are insufficient to allow its survival.

5.IV.F.2- The student will use food webs to describe the relationships among producers, consumers, and decomposers in an ecosystem in Minnesota.

5.IV.F.3- The student will recognize that organisms are growing, dying and decaying, and that their matter is recycled.

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NI3
NI4
NI5
NI6

Posted by Natural Innovations

Author: Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District
Topic:
  • Ecosystems
  • Animals
  • Water
  • Conservation
Audience:
  • Grades PreK-5
  • Formal Educator
  • Youth
Length in pages or time:
Fee?: 0
Library Loan?:
Is Training required?:
Seasonal?:
Language other than English:
Order information or contact: US Fish & Wildlife Service Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District 26624 North Tower Road Detroit Lakes, MN 56501 PH. 218-847-4431 detroitlakes@fws.gov
Link: http://www.fws.gov/midwest/detroitlakes
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