Housatonic River Elementary School Curriculum

Discovering the Housatonic Watershed

Chris Siry
Conte Community School, Pittsfield MA

Title Page & Acknowledgements

Part 1: Introduction to Watersheds

Objectives

What is the Housatonic watershed?

Teaching about the Housatonic Watershed.

Part 2: Teaching with the Housatonic River Watershed

Introducing the local Watershed

Characteristics of A Piece Of Your Watershed

Water Quality Analysis

Part 3: Resources and Appendix

Local Resources for Watersheds and Teaching Outdoors

Web Resources For Watersheds and Teaching Outdoors

Print Resources for Teaching with the Housatonic Watersheds

Appendix 1: Stream insect and crustacean sheets

Appendix 2: Watershed map and contour activity

Appendix 3: Massachusetts Science Framework connections

This project is funded by the Massachusetts Environmental Trust,  the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

 Although the information in this document has been funded in part by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under assistance agreement NE 981624-01-0 to Housatonic River Restoration, Inc., it may not necessarily reflect the views of the Agency and no official endorsement should be inferred.