Watershed Classroom Kits to Borrow Grades 5-12

NOAA B-WET Funded Activities

Listed below are products developed for teachers to borrow as a result of NOAA B-WET funding. These experiments and hands-on activities are available for teachers to check out and use with their students!

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Activity 1: Buoyancy

Professor Theodora Pinou

Contact email: pinouT@wcsu.edu

*Box will include all project worksheets and supplies*

Activity 2: Water Testing

Professor Theodora Pinou

Contact email:pinouT@wcsu.edu

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Activity 3: Winogradsky

Professor Hannah Reynolds

Contact email: reynoldsh@wcsu.edu

Handouts and Supplemental Material

Winogradsky Protocol

Winogradsky Organism list

Which Microbe Are You?

Winogradsky Final Activities

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Activity 4:

GPS Location Activity

Heating The Earth: Learn about heat transfer

Professor Theodora Pinou

Contact email: pinout@wcsu.edu

GPS Activity Handouts

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Activity 5: Mudd watts

WCSU Biology Department has a quantity of MuddWatts kits to lend to science teachers. This hands-on experiment demonstrates that electricity can be produced by anaerobe bacteria found in mud. Students collect mud, arrange in glass columns, and construct batteries to collect the electricity. This lesson can be conducted, observed and recorded by students for a month or more.

Biology Professor Hannah Reynolds

Contact email: reynoldsh@wcsu.edu

Educator Resources

MuddWatt: Teacher Guide

MuddWatt: “How To” Guide

MuddWatt: “How To” Guide (Espanol)

MudWatt Power and Microbe Population Calculator

For other information see https://www.magicalmicrobes.com/

*Box will include all project worksheets and supplies*