Freshwater Ecology Activities and Links
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If you come across an excellent resource, let us know at hello@harborandsprout.com so we can add it to the list!Extensive list of projects and resources for pond life study: https://freshwaterlive.org/resources/lesson-plans
Eco Inquiry: https://www.caryinstitute.org/eco-inquiry/teaching-materials/hudson-river-ecology/ecosystems-action-cycling-matter-energy/aquatic
Pond water activity: https://flyingcolorsscience.com/pond-water-activity/
National Geographic Freshwater Ecosystems: https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/freshwater-ecosystem/
Freshwater Ecology lectures Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpzRQaei9Ks&list=PLa9XqF86ITz4VsBpKHF6-Qdc3qYJy00PC
The Water Cycle (Khan Academy): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFjI6y46QRk
Density of Water: https://youtu.be/HVrykjEmHxQ
Density of Water and Thermal Expansion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0Kh_m-qXy4
Specific Heat Capacity and Caliormetry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhNHJ7WdT8A
Distilling Science at the Experimental Lakes Area: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDIwPFL061o
pH vs. Total Alkalinity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-x-PCP3gug
pH & pOH (CrashCourse): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS67vS10O5Y
Buffering of Lakes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3WcSAqbg5c
What is the Difference Between Lotic and Lentic Ecosystems: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Hy6FcK56vU
Types of Freshwater Ecosystems: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SexLZIyo_FA
What is a Lake?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrOwBS5tbIE
Lentic Ecosystems: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbjQjecEw50
Lentic Ecosystem #1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2rBZXAaqd0
Lentic Ecosystem #2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frDRWmrYQT8
Lotic Systems: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfPR__mPRx4
The Evolution of Earth’s Most Massive Freshwater System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI-TDnVFjLs
Freshwater: A Natural History Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6d1bnrgbn4
Freshwater: A Natural History Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJh_AS8xO6o
Natureworks, the Freshwater Biome: https://www.pbs.org/video/natureworks-fresh-water-communities/
Freshwater Biodiversity and Why it's Important: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4bIa1eI8kI
Freshwater Biodiversity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcHca5yUZME
The Hidden World of Freshwater Algae: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ6khtDJaiY
Freshwater Invertebrates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teqhBUoTyOs
Animals of the Freshwater Habitat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp_WTa4hs-4
Everything you Didn’t know about Water Birds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfeAE0t3m7M
Largest Freshwater Bird: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/eEeniesDwY4
Earth’s Water Budget: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oKYXKKf28g
Human Impact on Freshwater Ecosystem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4EE5tnHaNU
Human Impact on Aquatic Environments (Khan Academy): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZjMRq9tev8
Human Impact on Watersheds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Gu1hHudITQ
Biodiversity Crisis in Freshwater: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZOOgCBfF6o
Emergency Recovery Plan for Freshwater Biodiversity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trTdq6_L7HQ
Irene Pepperberg: Alex & Me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62rXKjXgr60
Ecopoetry: A Brief Intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6KD_slw7fY
Professor on Ecopoetics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlNsa0rSSD4
Arthur Sze: Contemporary Practices of Ecopoetics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yNvds2J5Vk
Langston Hughes: CrashCourse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir0URpI9nKQ
Langston Hughes: Biography: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBijdHs8AVM
The Baroque Period: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otpFHNpC290
History of Opera, lesson 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PC2TbU3sEo
Handel Full Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydyB8vN75uE
Handel Water Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAyiidg25uE
Who Decides What Art Means?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoXyw909Qu0
Nigeria’s Waste Museum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoHAqfF87tc
Using Art to Raise Awareness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr9fsBjViG8
Dignidad Rebelde: Art is Protest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OMELtfF-5E
Unnatural Borders Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vMiTiT6hWE
Teaching Self-Awareness Through Art: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TWzcByMGUg
Art Journalling Tips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2kTcNNchtc
Worlding Podcast: Christina Gruber: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2YnDayOzqM
Simon Levin- Mathematical Ecology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6F6MRrDtrQ
Numbers in Nature: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p59ZoNFz7wU
Literary devices, definitions, and examples: https://writers.com/common-literary-devices
Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane
One River: Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon Rain Forest by Wade Davis
Where the Water Goes: Life and Death Along the Colorado River by David Owen
Birds of the Great Lakes by Dexter Patterson
Concise Pond Wildlife by Bloomsbury
Still Water: The Deep Life of the Pond by John Lewis-Stempel
The Flow: Rivers, Water and Wildness by Amy-Jane Beer
Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell by Sy Montgomery
River Poems by Dr Henry Hughes
The Weary Blues by Langston Hughes
The Golden Ratio: The Divine Beauty of Mathematics by Gary B. Meisner and Rafael Araujo
Freshwater Biomes by Louise A Spilsbury and Richard Spilsbury
The Wildlife Pond Book: Create Your Own Pond Paradise for Wildlife by Jules Howard