Ecosystems, including food chains and food webs
Earth structure, Earth’s features
Habitat and the environment, including human impact
Animal studies, animal behavior, anatomy
Measuring and scientific inquiry
- Water Quality Probes -- using Vernier
- Concentrations -- understanding ppm
- Trout Journals -- a yearlong study of trout
- TIC Hydroponics -- understanding the nitrogen cycle
- Feeding Time -- measuring food by weight or volume
- Trout Length -- one strategy for measuring
- Thermometers -- how to know the temperature
- Water Testing -- learning colorimetric methods
- Trout Science Fair -- simple inquiry for the classroom
- Water Quality Graph -- plotted by time or population
- Population Graph -- tracking eggs and fry
- Trout Growth -- track their size
Stream study and field work
- Stream Assessment -- choose the best place for trout
- Dissolved Oxygen -- test the water
- Macroinvertebrate Collection -- seining and kick-netting
- Stream Clean-up -- why it matters
- Geomorphic Features -- stream shape and size
- Pebble Count -- what's on the stream bottom?
- Turbidity -- how clear is the water?
- Temperature -- how cold is the water?
- Stream flow -- velocity and volume
- Forest Hike -- the relationship between trout and trees
- Predator Tag -- trout chase mayflies, raccoons chase trout
- Bus Trip Scavenger Hunt -- look out the windows as you travel
- Sing "Happy Free Day" -- to the tune of "Happy Birthday"
- Postcards from the Watershed -- observation and sharing
- Aquatic Nuisance Species -- a South Dakota curriculum
- Scavenger Hunt -- looking around the stream
Chemistry, the properties of matter
- TIC Hydroponics -- understanding the nitrogen cycle
- Concentrations -- understanding ppm
- Water Quality Probes -- using Vernier
- Dissolved Oxygen -- test the water
- Solutions -- tank water is a complex mixture
- Nitrogen Cycle -- chemical changes in the tank
- Water -- a wondrous liquid
- Liquids -- take the shape of their containers
- Temperature -- its effects on the trout
- Water Quality Graph -- plotted by time or population
Weather and climate
Genetics and reproduction
- Reproductive Strategies -- why trout don't "parent"
- Trout Across America -- all the species in the U. S.
- Types of Trout -- species all over the world
- Stocked Trout -- why their genetics differ
- Trout Hatchery Visit -- see where your trout come from
Technology and innovation