Curriculum
Map Activities
Hello Teachers! Linked to this page you will find a collection of activities and lessons plans that relate to the Milwaukee River Basin map. (543Kb)
You can pick up your copy of the map at one of the listed locations. Follow the link here to see where those locations are.
The first group of activities is designed to help students interpret information contained on the map and to use that information to better understand the interrelationship between themselves and the watershed.
Nine other lessons are also linked that will give students an understanding of the movement of water and how this relates to water quality.
These lessons, which are in Word Documents on the left, can be done as a mini-unit or as a stand-alone lesson:
If you are having difficulties opening the document in Word, please click on the identical page in html format on the right.
Interpreting the Map of the Milwaukee River Basin activities (Word doc, 44Kb) or (web page)
Home Survey (Word doc, 55Kb) or (web page)
How Groundwater Moves - See below
Lay of the Land (Word doc, 56Kb) or (web page)
Pump It Up (Word doc, 46Kb) or (web page)
Pondering pH (Word doc, 22Kb) or (web page)
Can Nature Cope? (Word doc, 42Kb) or (web page)
From the Rain to the Drain (Word doc, 30Kb) or (web page)
Resource Protection, Value and Conflict: It'll Go With the Flow - Groundwater Guardians website
Color Me A Watershed - Project WET website
Activities for Interpreting the Map of the Milwaukee River Basin were designed by the education staff of Pier Wisconsin.
Lessons 2 - 9 were gathered from the following resources:
Home Survey and From the Rain to the Drain from: EPA: What's Up With Our Nation's Waters?
http://www.epa.gov/owow/monitoring/nationswaters
How Groundwater Moves from the Groundwater Study Guide
Available through: Department of Natural Resources
CE6
101 S. Webster St.
Madison, WI 33707
608-266-2172
Lay of the Land, Pump It, Pondering pH, Can Nature Cope from:
Ways of the Watersheds
Available through: Frost Valley YMCA
Attn: Kathy Haskin
2000 Frost Valley Rd.
Claryville, NY 12725
curriculum@frostvalley.org
Color Me A Watershed from Project WET
For information about Project WET in your area:
http://www.Projectwet.org
Continuing the Learning
The following links will connect you to quality websites for further investigations about our water resources:
http://www.bellmuseum.org/mnideals/watershed/watershed2.html - on-line watershed game
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/ - on-line activities for students
http://www.ctic.purdue.edu/KYW/glossary/whatisaws.html - on-line information about watersheds
http://mbgnet.mobot.org/fresh/index.html - on-line exploration of freshwater habitats
http://www.wateruseitwisely.com/index.html - on-line game and information about water conservation
http://www.epa.gov/students - on-line information on global systems
http://www.epa.gov/surf/ - locate specific data about our own or any watershed in US
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/gmu/sidebar/whatis.htm - information from Wisconsin DNR about watersheds
Milwaukee River Basin Partnership
1845 N. Farwell Avenue, Suite 100
Milwaukee, WI 53202
(414)763-6170