ECHO'S NEWTon Takes a Spin: Lake Champlain to the World's Lakes!

Follow ECHO at the Leahy Center for Lake Champlain's mascot NEWTon as he visits the world's lakes! NEWTon, a red-spotted newt native to the Lake Champlain Basin, learns a lot about world lakes through his travels. Share in his journey through pictures and activities in four subject areas: science, math, language arts, and social studies. This series was created through a partnership among LakeNet, ECHO at the Leahy Center for Lake Champlain and the LCBP.

Grade Level: Middle school grades 5-8

Materials: Visit the links to see samples in Adobe Acrobat. Contact the LCBP to receive FREE color copies for your classroom or homeschool group.

• One 24" x 36" poster
• Student work sheets
  • science
  • math
  • language arts
  • social studies
• Teacher answer key and guide (call for copy)

Additional Materials: More information about world lakes is available at the Lake Champlain Basin Program Resource Room at ECHO (call 802-864-1848 ext. 109 for more information).

This project was funded by the US Environmental Protection Agency New England. It is intended to help educators broaden their students' knowledge of freshwater issues around the world.