Learning Through Leaf Packs: Stream Food Webs (Lesson 2 of 8)
by susan brown
This is an 8-lesson unit that is designed to be used together to learn about the health and diversity of your local watershed by placing leaf packs into a water source (natural or man-made ponds, lakes, streams, and rivers) and attracting macroinvertebrates. This is lesson 2 of 8. Links to all lessons and resources are included.
In this engaging lesson, students will familiarize themselves with benthic macroinvertebrates. They will create a food web of a stream ecosystem using macroinvertebrate cards.
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https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1plc5bFdW2pkOg0T7L3l7ZSAVMqk933Hu/edit?u…Related Content
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