Ecosystems, including food chains and food webs

• TIC Hydroponics -- understanding the nitrogen cycle
• What Trout Need -- components of a healthy habitat
• Dream Stream -- a perfect trout stream
• Web of Life Game -- to see the many connections
• Catch the Critter -- a macroinvertebrate game
• Mock Fly Tying -- mimic trout prey
• Bye-Bye Trout Song -- a farewell
• Stream Life Fashion Show -- design for everyone
• Aquatic Nuisance Species -- a South Dakota curriculum
• TU Conservation Success Index -- native trout mapping

Earth structure, Earth’s features

• Drawing Water -- gravity's role in water delivery
• Dream Stream -- a perfect trout stream
• 3-D Topographic Maps -- get a bird's-eye view
• TU Conservation Success Index -- native trout mapping

Habitat and the environment, including human impact

• Back the Brookie Module -- all about brook trout
• Humans and Trout -- our many interactions
• Culverts and Connection -- roads and streams intersect
• What Trout Need -- components of a healthy habitat
• Dream Stream -- diorama of a perfect trout stream
• Catch the Critter -- a macroinvertebrate game
• Trout Habitat Mural -- paint one at your school
• Trout Hatchery Visit -- see where your trout come from
• Bus Trip Scavenger Hunt -- look out the window as you travel
• Aquatic Nuisance Species -- a South Dakota curriculum
• Water Rights -- the Prior Appropriation Game
• TIC Hydroponics -- understanding the nitrogen cycle

Animal studies, animal behavior, anatomy

• Back the Brookie Module -- all about brook trout
• Trout Markings -- external features of a trout
• Trout Cookies -- edible external anatomy
• Trout Dissection -- a look inside the fish
• Trout "Guts" Collage -- internal anatomy artwork
• Follow a Trout -- observation activity
• Trout Length -- different strategies for measuring
• Trout Fin Dance -- feel how trout fins work
• Trout Life Cycle Song -- "Once I Was a Baby Trout"
• Bye-Bye Trout Song -- a farewell
• Population Graph -- tracking eggs and fry
• Trout Fashion Show -- design for everyone
• Trout Growth -- track their size
• Online Salmon Dissection -- less smelly than real fish

Measuring and scientific inquiry

• Trout Journals -- a yearlong study of trout
• TIC Hydroponics -- understanding the nitrogen cycle
• Feeding Time -- measuring food by weight or volume
• Trout Length -- different strategies 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

Chemistry, the properties of matter

• TIC Hydroponics -- understanding the nitrogen cycle
• 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

• Seasonal Changes -- trout behavior through a year
• Trout Distribution -- where are coldwater trout streams?
• TU Conservation Success Index -- native trout mapping

Genetics and reproduction

• Reproductive Strategies -- why trout don't "parent"
• 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

• TIC Hydroponics -- understanding the nitrogen cycle
• Chillers -- what are they and what do they do?
• Trout Cam -- use the web to share your trout
• TU Conservation Success Index -- native trout mapping
• Drawing Water -- collaborative water system building