Caring for Aquatic Systems; Unit 4 of A Child's Place in the Environment Series

Contact Information

Reservations/Ordering Info: Order form available on website or call Olga at 707-263-7249

Main Contact: Olga Clymire

Phone: 707-263-7249
Fax: 707-263-0197

Email: olganc@pacific.net

Street Address: 1152 South Main Street
Lakeport, California 95453

Last Updated: 11-22-2005

Compendium Resource

Reviewer Comments

General Content
"These books should be in every classroom as a resource guide. "

"I like the eco-hero section and political action components (the simulations)."

"Tremendous depth."

Pedagogy
"Complete as a stand-alone curriculum. Activities could also support other environmental [education] programs."

"Would like to see systems thinking in this material."

Teacher Usability
"Links to the California Science Content Standards."

"Useful for enhancing particular concepts."

"There is too much to wade through!"

Focus on Communities
"A treasure to the field of environmental education and [study of] human communities."

EE Program/Resource ss Details

Provided by: A Child's Place in the Environment Program Lake County Office Of Education

Description: Unit 4: Caring for Aquatic Systems
Through 20 interdisciplinary and thematic lessons using the constructivist process, fourth- and fifth-grade teachers help their students to learn how water on Earth moves between oceans and land, how moving water erodes landforms, why fresh water is limited, and why it is important
to balance the use of water to meet the needs of all living things. Literature is integrated into the curriculum and Marjory Stoneman Douglas and John Muir are the featured heroes. Students participate in projects that enhance their environment. The lessons support the following subconcepts:
- Water cycles through living and nonliving things.
- Water is essential to all living things.
- The ways people acquire and use water affect living things.
- People can choose to conserve water, maintain or improve its quality, and protect specific bodies of water.
This curriculum is published by the California Department of Education. Student activity pages are available in Spanish.

Web Address: http://www.acpe.lake.k12.ca.us

Program/Resource Type: Curriculum

Audience Served: 4, 5, Teachers, Nonformal Educators

Cost: $45 per item plus tax/shipping

EE Focus: Ecosystems-Watershed, Environmental Sciences, Natural Resources/Res. Mgmt., Nature Awareness, Plants & Animals, Pollution Prevention, Recycling/Waste Mgmt., Stewardship, Water

Academic Focus: Language Arts, Science, Interdisciplinary

Correlated to these State Standards: English/Language Arts, Science
Correlations to Standards have been determined by the Provider and have not been verfied by CREEC Network staff or CDE.

Counties Served: Lake, Statewide

Additional Languages: Spanish

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Report Card

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General Content
Presentation
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Teacher Usability
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Discipline Emphasis

Science
History/Social Science
Health
Mathematics
Visual/Performing Arts
Language Arts
Industrial/Vocational Ed.
Foreign Language