Researching Issues within the Lake Champlain Watershed

Third graders have been learning about the Lake Champlain Watershed and its ecosystems during this bend, Organisms and their Environment, in our Interdependence Science Unit.

As our concluding work in this unit, we worked in small collaborative groups to research specific issues in the Lake Champlain Watershed.  The issues we researched include:

• Storm water runoff in developed and urban areas (pavement, storm drains, roofs)
• Storm water runoff in areas with agriculture and farms
• Invasive species spread by boats and fishermen
• Invasive species introduced by the canals
• Invasive species from gardens or pets

Our goal was for groups of students to design a project to communicate ecological issues of Lake Champlain's watershed, the causes of these problems and possible solutions with the community.

Here's a website with all of our projects: Lake Champlain Watershed Issues.

We hope you learn many ways that YOU can help protect Lake Champlain and its Watershed!