List of Programs and Resources
Lake Champlain Basin Program
Contact: Colleen Hickey
- Free introductory classroom presentations on Lake Champlain issues: 20-45 minute program accompanied by a hands-on watershed model demonstration using the Enviroscape watershed model. >>Go
- LCBP’s on-line atlas >>Go
- Local watershed groups in NY, VT and Québec >>Go
- State of the Lake report. >>Go
- Lake Champlain fact sheets, posters, invasive species rebuses and other classroom materials >>Go
- Visit the LCBP Resource Room at ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center in Burlington, VT: LCBP staff on-site 7days/week for teacher and student assistance, resources for student watershed projects. >>Go
- Check out our Lake Champlain Bibliography >>Go
Lake Champlain Committee
Contact: Lori Fisher
- LCC’s award-winning book Lake Champlain: A Natural History offers comprehensive lessons on the lake offered in bite-sized pieces.
- Monthly updates on Lake Champlain through our Enews and Lake Look columns.
- Pamphlet on how to distinguish blue-green algae from other floating phenomena
- Bi-lingual (English/French) guide to boating on Lake Champlain and lake protection tips for boaters.
- Simple steps every person can take to help the lake encapsulated in LCC’s Lake Protection Pledge.
- Recreation guide for canoers and kayakers in our Paddlers’ Trail Guide Book
Our Curriculum Matters
Contact: Amy Desmarest
- Our Curriculum Matters - Explore your local place, the learning opportunities it offers, and connections to your curriculum. OCM provides support for designing standard-based authentic assessment in alignment with Vermont Framework of Standards and Learning Opportunities (Vermont), National Standards, and Common Core.
- Our Curriculum Matters online provides strategies, teacher stories, curriculum planning tools, and resources to support teachers' efforts to integrate their local environment—including cityscapes, neighborhoods, back schoolyards, and old buildings as well as natural components—into their curriculum. >>Go
- Watershed Education – The WatershED Matters Blog provides information on the latest resources and developments in curriculum planning and strategies. If you want to share your ideas or profile the work you and your students are doing, please contact us.
- This Lake Alive! An Interdisciplinary Handbook about Teaching and Learning about the Lake Champlain Basin includes chapters based on traditional subject areas that tell the stories of the Lake Champlain watershed. Download sections or whole chapters to make reading sets for your students
Shelburne Farms
Contact: Christie Nold
- Developed at Shelburne Farms, Project Seasons is a collection of hands-on education activities for discovering the wonders of the world. Classroom educators, pre-school & after-school teachers, camp instructors and parents will find it invaluable in cultivating an awareness and appreciation of agriculture and natural resources. >>Go
- The Healthy Neighborhood/Healthy Kids project engages youth in community planning and revitalization activities by encouraging them to draw connections between the design and condition of their communities and impacts on their health. Through evaluating the health and safety of their neighborhood and initiating service-learning projects that address their findings, youth play key roles in developing solutions to community issues. Involving youth in community decision-making benefits everyone: youth, adults, and the community. >>Go
- A Guide for Farm to School Community Action Planning is a starter “how to” for organizing a school committee to develop a Farm to School program. It’s perfect for any school food service staff, parent, teacher, principal, student, or community member seeking to make changes in their school food environment. It is published by Vermont FEED: Food Education Every Day, a partnership of Food Works, Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont (NOFA-VT), and Shelburne Farms. >>Go
- The Education for Sustainability Guide is a primer on the ins and outs of EFS and takes educators through a step-by-step curriculum development process. The Sustainable Schools Project approach is highlighted as an effective means to transform schools and service-learning is one of the promising practices. Free download. The Sustainable Schools Starter Kit can also be found on-line as a free download. The Starter Kit is a series of professional development modules for schools on EFS and the Healthy Neighborhoods/Healthy Kids project. >>Go
- Community Works’ Connecting Service Learning to the Curriculum: A Workbook for Teachers and Administrators was created by teachers for teachers and is a key resource for service-learning. The resource coherently integrates service-learning and sustainability as well as tools and strategies from implementing school/campus wide. It is designed for K-16 and community educators.
UVM Watershed Alliance - Lake Champlain Sea Grant
Contact: Erin De Vries
- Want your students to know about the health of a local stream? Build their knowledge and skills through the Stream Monitoring & Stewardship Program. >>Go
- Download a copy of the Stream Monitoring and Stewardship Teacher Handbook for curriculum and water quality monitoring tools. >>Go
- Explore Lake Champlain out on the University of Vermont’s R/V Melosira. Book your field trip for Spring, Summer or Fall. >>Go
Watch Conservation Correspondent Bridget Butler's report on the Floating Laboratory. >>Go - Visit our Related Links page and discover resources and national programs on watershed education, stream ecology, water quality standards and much more. >>Go
Vermont Agency of Natural Resources
Contact: Amy Picotte
- How’s my lake doing, and what fish live there? Check out the Vermont Lake Score Card >>Go
- Find Vermont deer habit, drilled wells, landfills, etc. at the VT ANR Atlas >>Go
- Learn about water quality monitoring from the Vermont Lay Monitoring Program >>Go
- Project WET educational resources, including lake activities and watershed models >>Go
- Read or write about Vermont rivers, lakes, and wetlands in “Out of the Blue,” an ANR newsletter >>Go