Created by Barbara Sharp
Boone Elementary

Third Grade

Introduction

The students will learn the types of wetlands and their inhabitants. They will study the positive and negative environmental changes in wetlands along with the adaptation that helps plants and animals survive inherited traits of plants and animals.

Assignment:

Step 1: Define a wetland
Step 2: Find 3 living animals from your wetland
Step 3: Find 3 plants from your wetland
Step 4: Discover how your wetland is endangered
Step 5: Discover how your wetland helps the environment.
Step 6: Prepare a PowerPoint with your information.

Explore

Activity 1:

You and your group will begin working on your wetland. Find the definition and location of your wetland.
 

Swamps	Bogs
http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/types/swamp.html#forested	http://www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca/wetlands/chapter2/bogs.htm
Saltmarsh	Mangrove Swamp
http://stone.web.brevard.k12.fl.us/html/salt.marsh.html http://www.assateague.com/pl-salt.html	http://www.earthisland.org/map/index.htm  http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/types/mangrove.html
Prairie Potholes	Freshwater Marsh
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/othrdata/basinwet/basinwet.htm	http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/nwep7h.htm

 

Activity 2:

Using the links listed try to find 3 animals located in your websight.
 

Swamps	Bogs
http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/types/swamp.html#forested	http://www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca/wetlands/chapter2/bogs.htm
Saltmarsh	Mangrove Swamp
http://www.assateague.com/pl-salt.html	http://cbl.umces.edu/~atlss/cyp010.html
Prairie Potholes	Freshwater Marsh
http://patuxent.fws.gov/habitats.html#potholes	http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/nwep7h.htm

Activity 3:

Using the following listed find plants located in your websight.
 

Swamps	Bogs
http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/types/swamp.html#forested	http://www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca/wetlands/chapter2/bogs.htm
Saltmarsh	Mangrove Swamp
http://www.assateague.com/pl-salt.html	http://www.bio.ilstu.edu/armstrong/bigtree/mangroves/mangrove.htm
Prairie Potholes	Freshwater Marsh
http://patuxent.fws.gov/habitats.html#potholes	http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/nwep7h.htm

 

Activity 4:

After reading about your environment in the Wetlands, describe how it is endangered.
 

Swamps	Bogs
http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/types/swamp.html#forested;	http://www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca/wetlands/chapter2/bogs.htm
Saltmarsh	Mangrove Swamp
http://www.assateague.com/pl-salt.html	http://www.bio.ilstu.edu/armstrong/bigtree/mangroves/mangrove.htm
Prairie Potholes	Freshwater Marsh
http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/types/pothole.html	http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/nwep7h.htm;

 

Activity 5:

For your final activity, tell how your wetland helps the environment.

 

Swamps	Bogs
http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/types/swamp.html#forested	http://www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca/wetlands/chapter2/bogs.htm
Saltmarsh	Mangrove Swamp
http://www.assateague.com/pl-salt.html	http://www.bio.ilstu.edu/armstrong/bigtree/mangroves/mangrove.htm
Prairie Potholes	Freshwater Marsh
http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/types/pothole.html	http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/nwep7h.htm

 

 
Conclusion:
Using the information you have gathered you will now need to use your information to prepare a PowerPoint presentation using each activity as a separate slide.

Wetlands Institute
http://www.wetlandsinstitute.org

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