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Handouts and Web Resources for Teachers
Student Handouts
   
Species Cards used in Objective 1, Lesson 2 "Environmental History of the Cuyahoga River- part II"  
   
  Land Cover matrix used in Objective 1, Lesson 4 "Social/Economic History of the Cuyahoga River- part II"
   
Lord of the River Scenario Cards used in Objective 1, Lesson 5 "Social/Economic History of the Cuyahoga River- part III"
 
Water Test Vocabulary used in Objective 2, Lesson 1 "Basics of scientific research"
   
  Land Cover Maps: Big Creek, Black Brook, Brandywine Creek, Breakneck Creek, Bridge Brook, Chippewa Creek, Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Cuyahoga River Navigational Channel, East Branch Cuyahoga River, Fish Creek, Furnace Run, Little Cuyahoga River, Lower Cuyahoga River, Middle Cuyahoga River, Mud Brook, Plum Creek, Sagamore Creek, Tare Creek, Tinkers Creek, Upper Cuyahoga River, West Branch Cuyahoga River,Yellow Creek
 
 
Web Resources
Environment:
 
Food Chain/Food Web
 
www.riverlee.org.uk Go to Science then to Food Chain and Food Web
 
www.vtaide.com/png/foodchains.htm Go to the Chain Reaction activity
 
Chain Reaction” EcoKids website (sponsored by Earth Day Canada)
This is a simple game that starts out with a very general explanation of the types of animals on the food chain/web (omnivores, herbivores, etc) then launches into a game in which the students must choose which animals go in which locations on the food chain- In the next section, the students discover what happens when one type of species is eliminated.

Engaging Science, www.engagingscience.org, contains a “lesson plan exchange” set up to help teachers locate science lesson plans for the classroom.
 
Create a Food Web with Friends is on the SciZone website. This is another example of an activity that can be done in a classroom in order to demonstrate the concept of a food web and the effect of disturbances.
 
Gotcha! The Food Web in Action: A Classroom Activity [PDF document] This online PDF document contains another lesson plan that can possibly be used with the species cards- some additional information should be included on the cards in order to play this game.
 
Environmental Concern, Incorporated- this is another activity that can be used which includes the human impact on the food web.
 
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