Sustainability
Curriculum
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Enhancing environmental education through a community project based process which engages both environmental and human needs.

Trout Creek Assessment and Restoration Project
Curriculum

This curriculum plan was developed by Sue Mock, Sierra Mountain Middle School.

Schedule:

Fall, 1996

  1. What is a Watershed? Adopt-a-Watershed, Lesson 1
    Making a Place for Wildlife. Adopt-a-Watershed, Lesson 2
    Wildlife games
  2. Visit Trout Creek
    Evaluate habitat; status of necessary components, needs of wildlife, limiting factors?
  3. Restoration Phase I: trash removal.
  4. 7th Grade Science Curriculum
    Study local topo maps; contour lines, how to read a map
    Learn to use a compass and topo maps
  5. Visit Trout Creek
    Map creek using GPS with Forest Service
    Identify areas of erosion
    Study stream flow, sediment loads
  6. Present map to Town Council
    How can student work fit into Town Master Plan?

Late Fall/Winter, 1996/97

  1. 7th Grade Science Curriculum
    Study scientific method

Spring, 1997

  1. Visit Trout Creek
    Water quality assessment
  2. 7th Grade Science Curriculum
    Classification of living things - 5 Kingdoms
    Dichotomous keys
    Scientific Names - Genus and species
  3. Visit Trout Creek - Apply Scientific Method
    Data Collection: identification and inventory
    Macroinvertebrate studies
    Plant studies
    Animal studies
  4. Restoration - Phase II
    Continue trash pick up
    Plant vegetation for erosion control
    Other erosion control

1997/98 School Year

  1. Repeat procedure
  2. Compare data, correlate and assess
  3. Present to Town for consideration during Master Plan development.
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