River Basin Center - Summit to the Sea

Produced for Summit to the Sea, a collaborative environmental education project initiated by the University of Georgia's School of Marine Sciences and Institute of Ecology and supported by the Sapelo Foundation and The Nature Conservancy. We intend to produce Unit Plans for other sections of the watershed.

Grade Level
This material addresses Georgia QCC's of 7th and 8th grade, but the material would be appropriate for high school biology and environmental science classes. Additional information can be found on pages in the Summit to the Sea General Interest and Technical sections.

Subjects

Grade 7

Reference skills
Living Things/Plants
Living Things/Animals
Ecology/Interdependence of Life
Grade 7 QCC's addressed in Lesson Plan

Grade 8

Human Interactions with the Environment
Geology
Hydrology
Astronomy
Grade 8 QCC's addressed in Lesson Plan

Duration
The Lesson Plan 1, Estuaries is intended to be covered over a period of 1 - 6 weeks.

Lesson Plan: Estuaries

Resource File

Websites
Books
Newspapers
Related Current Events

Guiding Questions of the Unit Plan

Background Information Required

New Terminology

Materials Needed

Assessment

Modifications for Special Needs Students

Reflection

Changes to Make

Visit Our Partners:

	Alliance for Quality Growth
	Center for Community Design & Preservation
	Georgia Museum of Natural History
	NARSAL

University of Georgia - Eugene P. Odum School of Ecology

UGA River Basin Center
110 Riverbend Road, Room 101
Athens, GA 30602-1510 USA
Phone: (706) 583-0463
Fax: (706) 583-0612

C. Ronald Carroll, Co-Director for Science - rcarroll@uga.edu
Laurie Fowler, Co-Director for Policy - lfowler@uga.edu

Map and Directions to the River Basin Center
For questions or comments about this web site email: bethgav@uga.edu