Curriculum Resources for the
Watershed Education Program
Kayla Croteau, Watershed Education Specialist, July/August 2022
All of these curriculum resources are part of the NHFG Watershed Education Program Teacher Manual that can also be provided in a 3-ring binder format. I prefer when possible to have teachers attend the necessary training to do the various phases of WEP. These resources are meant to be curriculum support, not a replacement, for that training.
PHASE I: Water Quality Monitoring
Water Quality Monitoring Resources
- WEP Water Quality Testing Protocol
- WEP Water Quality Data Sheet
- Interpreting VRAP Water Quality Monitoring Parameters
Macroinvertebrate Monitoring Resources
- Volunteer Biological Assessment Program
- Volunteer Biological Assessment Program Video
- Macroinvertebrate Identifications
- Key to Macroinvertebrate Life in the River
- UNH Stream Key
- Macroinvertebrates of North America
- Aquatic Insect Identification
- Stream Macroinvertebrate Collection Demo (informal example)
- Stream Macroinvertebrates (informal ID)
- Pond Macroinvertebrate Collection demo (informal example)
- Pond Macroinvertebrates (informal ID)
Collecting, Posting, Sharing, Analyzing Stream Data using ArcGIS online
PHASE II: Watershed Mapping and Land Use Assessment
What is a Watershed?
Watershed Pre-field Assessment
PHASE III: Aquatic Resource Management
Trout in the Classroom (Cold water fish tank)
- Hatchery Fish Spawning Video
- NH TIC Teacher Training PowerPoint
- Trout Tank Set Up Manual
- Trout in the Classroom (TIC) Teacher's Manual
- NH Trout in the Classroom (TIC) Activity Guide
- Fish For The Future A Hatchery Experience
- Habitat Characteristics and Management of Brook Trout in NH
- NH's Trout in the Classroom
- Trout in the Classroom Tank Set Up
- NH Trout in the Classroom Website
- National Trout in the Classroom Website
Simulating a NH River Ecosystem (Warm water fish tank)
- Simulating a NH River Ecosystem Resource Guide
- Simulating a NH River Ecosystem Teacher Training PowerPoint
- Living Like a Warm Water Fish
- New Hampshire Fish Identification (Confusing Species) - minnows
- New Hampshire Fish Identification (Confusing Species) - suckers
- Fish Species Code
- Identifying NH Freshwater Fish Using a Key
Understanding New Hampshire Fish
- Climate Change and NH Wildlife PowerPoint
- NHFG WEP Watershed Water Quality and Fish Map
- NH Fish Survey Story Map
- Fish Fact Sheets
- Freshwater Fish of NH ID for WEP
Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) Alignment
High School
Middle School