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Oklahoma Wildlife Feild Guide - posted from Newalla, OK

link: https://www.wildlifedepartment.com/wildlife/field-guide

Great videos on water - posted from Nolensville, TN

We enjoyed these videos during lesson one. Several are specific to our location (Nashville, TN) but others are general.
Freshwater Communities Video - https://www.pbs.org/video/natureworks-fresh-water-communities/
Your Drop Matters TEDx Talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLuT24tJ86A
Top Pollutants in the Cumberland River (Nashville) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=my11IwYIZuU&t=3s
Creek Critters in Cumberland River - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FALeNGs0Wcg
Pollution in our Water (Mill Creek) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ka2kR33vV4

link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLuT24tJ86A

Freshwater Virtual Field Trip - posted from Ravensdale, WA

link: https://www.pbs.org/video/natureworks-fresh-water-communities/

The Food Chain - posted from Phoenix, AZ

Short video walking you through a fresh water food chain in the Florida Everglades.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZOvqYypOuo

A free online game about saving freshwater lakes!! - posted from carrollton, TX

http://www.gameslearningsociety.org/project_citizen_science.php

Scary Freshwater Animals! - posted from Colorado Springs, CO

This is fun to read through with the kids.

link: http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/photos/scariest-fresh

Hudson River Freshwater Food Webs - posted from Colorado Springs, CO

I was searching for examples of animals and food chains found in freshwater habitats and stumbled on this. The Hudson River is a wonderful river to study during the Freshwater lessons since it's not only relevant to the lessons, but also historically significant. I'm including the link to the page, and you will find freshwater food chain visuals under the tab labeled "visuals."

link: http://www.caryinstitute.org/educators/teaching-materials/changing-hudson-p

http://hudsonrivervalley.com/NG_TheHudson/

Research on Freshwater Organisms and Food Web Activities - posted from El Dorado Hills, CA

Enchanted Learning has freshwater and pond habitat print-outs along with print-outs on each animal featured in each habitat. My daughter used them to complete her research for the Classifying Organisms and Food Web activities. While discussing the food chain, I drew arrows on the freshwater scene print-out showing the flow of energy. We drew a sun and started with that. With that imagery in mind, she created her own original food web. The web page also has print-outs for each of the invertebrates and vertebrates, except for the specific fish. We used the water mite for the arachnid. These links were very helpful:

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/biomes/marsh/freshwater.shtml

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/biomes/pond/pondlife.shtml

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/invertebrates/

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/coloring/vertebrates.shtml

Correction for Activity 1 Student Activity Page - posted from Linton, ND

In an early printing of this book, vertebrates and invertebrates were mislabeled. The corrected activity page is included here. Any printing after June 2009 will include the correct activity page.

file: Classifying Organisms - Corrected.pdf