Education Portal
Lesson plans and activities are listed below. Click on a lesson plan or activity below to view and download all files associated with that lesson. Most lessons are already correlated to Montana and/or national education standards, with an emphasis on science and social studies. For further information on Montana education standards, refer to the Montana Office of Public Instruction website.
Watershed Science Lessons
The Bull Trout Curriculum
Developed by fisheries consultant Mike Bader, with support from regional experts, this curriculum covers:
- Bull trout identification, current status, and distribution
- Key components to healthy bull trout habitat
- Indicator species
- Population measurements
- Threats affecting bull trout’s ability to survive and recover
Bull Trout Curriculum Zip File
The Where’s My Mommy Curriculum
Students will be able to:
- Describe that young aquatic insects are very different in how they look and how they behave compared to the adult form.
- Discuss the life cycle stages of aquatic insects (from egg to adult).
- Describe the differences between complete and incomplete metamorphosis.
- Compare the length of time aquatic insects spend as young versus as adults to the length of life cycle stages displayed by humans.
History Lessons
The Cultural Survey Scientist Lesson
Developed by CFWEP, this lesson covers:
- The role of cultural survey scientists
- The importance of cultural surveys
- Role-playing the part of a survey scientist
- Practicing survey methods
- Making inferences about survey sites
- Collecting data related to survey sites
- Reporting the findings of cultural surveys