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Wetland Hotlist
"Wetlands can be very large or very small and those along coastlines are just a few examples of types of the wetlands. Along with the freshwater, intermediate, brackish, and salt marshes of the coastal area, there are freshwater inland marshes, bottomland hardwood forests, edges of creeks, streams and ponds, and low elevation spots in fields that are considered to be wetlands. Lesser known wetlands may be the inland salt marshes of Utah and the Dakotas, the bogs in the northeastern and north-central United States, and the potholes of the northern Great Plains." (From the U.S. Geological Survey Wetlands)
The following internet resources can help you learn more about wetlands ecosystems.
Wetlands
for Wildlife
http://www.audubon.org/campaign/wetland/index.html
According to this site--"Of
the original 215 million acres of wetlands existing 200 years ago in
the continental United States, less than 100 million acres remain."
From the Audubon
Society.
National
Wetlands Research Center : The Fragile
Fringe
http://www.nwrc.usgs.gov/fringe/ff_index.html
A guide for teaching about
coastal wetlands.
United
States Environmental Protection Agency : Office of Wetlands,
Oceans, and
Watersheds
http://www.epa.gov/OWOW/
They have a kid's page with an
educational component with teaching guides and activities. There's
one on Marine
Debris. They have a
fantastic reading
list of wetland books both
fiction and nonfiction for K-12. There's an interactive online
wetlands crossword
puzzle, too. Don't miss
the Teacher
Resource Center.
National
Wildlife Foundation :
Wetlands
http://www.nwf.org/wetlands/
Wetlands range from from bogs
to prairie potholes to bottomland hardwood swamps to coastal marshes.
Louisiana
Coastal Restoration Web
Site
http://www.LAcoast.gov/
From the Kid's Page section,
check out the printable pages the could be made into a wetlands
booklet for students. It has fun online quizzes about wetland
animals.
US
Geological Survey : Water
Posters
http://water.usgs.gov/outreach/OutReach.html
Order these free water
posters.
Society
of Wetland
Scientists
http://www.sws.org/
They have their own wetlands
journal that has a searchable online version.
The
Wonder of
Wetlands
http://www.wetland.org/mshmarkt.html
This is a resource guide for
teachers that can be purchased--but there is one sample activity
online about marshes.