Environmental & Natural Resource Systems
Websites
- Aquaculture Association (Maine) Teacher Resources
- Aquaculture Resources from ALEARN
- DNR - Minnesota Invasive Species
- DNR - Minnesota Waters
- Ecology Lesson Plans
- Energy Lesson Plans (gr 9-12)
- Environmental Expert
- Environmental Justice Case Studies
- EPA - Air Data
- EPA - Integrated Pest Management
- EPA Teacher Resources and Lesson Plans
- EPA - Water
- Forest Fire Lesson Plan
- Gary's Custom Rod and Reel
- Global Positioning System
- Journey North - A Global Study of Wildlife Migration and Seasonal Change
- Minnesota Dept of Health - Air Quality
- Minnesota Dept of Natural Resources
- Minnesota Dept of Natural Resources - Education and Safety Training
- Minnesota Environmental Education Resources
- Minnesota Native Trees
- Minnesota Pollution Control - Air
- Mud Hole - Ice Fishing Rod Supplies
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Natural Resources Conservation Service
- NRCS - Soils
- NRCS - Web Soil Survey
- Nutrients for Life Foundation
- Paper - Making Handmade Paper in 10 Easy Steps
- Teach Aquaculture from U of Florida
- USGS - Water Resources
- Water in the World
- What's Up With Our Nation's Waters?
- Wild River Distributing LLC - Ice Fishing Rod Supplies
Forestry
- Arbor Day Foundation
- Arbor Day Foundation "What Tree is That?"
- Minnesota SWCD Tree Handbook(.pdf)
- Penn State Forestry/Natural Resource Lesson Plans 9-12
Activities/Labs
- Adaptations - Garden of Eden
- Air Quality - Can Buildings Make You Sick?
- Board Feet (.doc) Board Feet Key (.pdf) from Forest Lake
- Building Sustainable Soil Packet
- Classroom Erosion
- Decomposition - Studying a Compost Pile
- Dichotomy Tree Key (.doc) from Forest Lake
- Energy Education Lesson Plans and Activities
- Energy Soil Model
- Environmental Solutions/Concerns
- Environmental Webquest - Water, Carbon, and Nitrogren Cycles
- Estimating the Age of the Forest Stand (.doc) from Forest Lake
- Fire Wars
- Fish Jeopardy Review (.ppt)
- Flood!
- Forestry Leaf Collection (.doc)
- Groundwater and Reservior Presentation with Exercises
- Global Warming Lesson Plan (.pdf)
- GPS Lesson Ideas
- GPS Lab #1 (.doc)
- GPS Lab #2 (.doc)
- GPS Hide and Seek (.pdf)
- GPS Mapping Refuge (.pdf)
- GPS Mystery Bug Challenge (.pdf)
- How Water Moves
- National Science Foundation - Green Revolution
- Natural Disaster Presentation Assignment (.doc)
- Pete the Particle of Water (.doc)
- Renewable Energy Lesson Plan
- Sizing Up a Tree (.pdf) from Forest Lake
- Soil Infiltratioin Test Brochure
- Tornadoes - Storms of Destruction
- Twister Movie Guide (.doc)
- Water Cycle (.doc)
- Water Cycle (students build a class model)
- Weather, Climate, and Atmosphere - Oh Sky!
- West Nile Virus
- Wetland Brochure (.doc)
- Wildlife Management Seminar (.doc)
Large Wildlife Mammals Curriculum
Introduction (.pdf)
Historical Developments
- 1a Influences on Population Development (.pdf)
- 1b Influences on Population Development (Case Study) (.pdf)
- 1c Influences on Population Development (Final Decision) (.pdf)
Characteristics
- 2 White-tailed Deer (.pdf)
- 3 Black Bear (.pdf)
- 4 Moose (.pdf)
- 5 Wolves (.pdf)
Population Management
- 6 Favorable Habitat Features (.pdf)
- 7 Factors Prohibiting Mammals from Depleting Habitat (.pdf)
- 8 Determining White-tailed Deer Population (.pdf)
- 9 Hunting Rules and Regulations (.pdf)
- 10 Conservation Enforcement Agencies (.pdf)
Economic Benefits
Harvest Management
- 12 Ethical Practices with White-tailed Deer (.pdf)
- 13 Planning a Hunting or Observation Trip (.pdf)
- 14 Orienteering (.pdf)
