Welcome to our educators page! Below you will find lesson plans related to watersheds, water quality, streams, soils, and a host of other topics. The lesson plans provided here were developed by the Ohio Division of Soil and Water Resources, individual Ohio Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCDs), and the USDA-NRCS unless otherwise noted. They have been used to train SWCD educators on Ohio state content standard correlations. Also, on this page, you will find other materials available for educational use and upcoming educational events!

Curriculum

Physical Monitoring

1. Physical Monitoring Benchmarks
2. Go with the Flow
3. Physical Water Grade Level Activities

Biological Monitoring

1. Water Quality Monitoring
2. Dry Side Creek Critter Caper
3. Stream Quality Monitoring Assessment Form
4. Macroinvertebrate ID Guide
5. Macroinvertebrate ID Guide #2
6. Macroinvertebrate ID Guide #3
7. Biological Monitoring Benchmarks
8. Biological Water Grade Level Activities
9. K-2 SQM Rock Rub
10. Stream Quality Monitoring
11. Ohio Sediment Stick

Groundwater

1. Groundwater Model Grade Level Activities
2. Groundwater Model Outline
3. Hydrologic Cycle
4. What is Groundwater?
5. Groundwater Movement
6. Recharge - Discharge

Watersheds

1. Enviroscape Grade Level Activities
2. Garbage Bag Watershed
3. Enviroscape Outline
4. Is this Water Polluted?
5. Watersheds: The Clean Job
6. Watershed Assessment
7. Streamulator Grade Level Activities
8. Measure a Maturing Stream

Soils

1. Soils Grade Level Activities
2. Triangle Tag
3. Compare Soils
4. Sediment and Stream Carry
5. Soils take in Water
6. Soils Types: Texture Test
7. Compost Sundae
8. Crop Cover Versus Soil Loss
9. Water Different Soils Hold
10. Slope of a Field
11. Compost in a Jar