Resources for Teachers/Families
Johnson Creek Watershed Council Resources:
Educational YouTube videos
These are instructional videos based on the field trips that we conduct at the council. Watch our channel for updates!
Partner Environmental Organization’s Education Resources:
Virtual 360 Interactive visit to Johnson Creek– Salmon Watch
FREE Ecology Field Guide textbook by Wolftrees watershed science education program 5th edition
Amphibians of Gresham Video
Children’s Clean Water Festival List of Resources
Portland Water Bureau watershed model activity
Oregon Zoo live videos and home activity resources
SOLVE & PGE care for your backyard and tour of Oregon from home
Regional Coalition for Clean Rivers Student video contest
Clackamas River Water Providers teacher resources
EPA Water sense for kids
Oregon Wild Wednesdays video posts
Project WILD parent resources
Project Learning Tree Activities for Families
Travel Oregon families guide to activities at home
Survive the Sound, fish migration activities
Tree data from Portland Parks and Recreation
City of Gresham Youth Climate Eco-challenge
West Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District Soil School 2021 Opening Session and School & Community Garden Soil Health Education
OSU free intro master gardener workshop
EMSWCD free workshops
Columbia Springs bug out scavenger hunts, tree activity, un-nature trail activity, and salmon habitat scavenger hunt
Tualatin SWCD Nature ABS scavenger hunt, backyard scientist, and seed germination experiment
Columbia Slough Watershed Education Activities
ODFW wildlife in Oregon videos
Cornell Lab of Ornithology live bird feeder cams
Oregon Agriculture in the Classroom virtual farm field trips
Forest Therapy walks
National Parks
Freshwater mussel video by Freshwaters Illustrated
DIY Mason bee condos
Amazing photos and information on macroinvertebrates
Salmon Watch Resources
The school garden curriculum
Chesapeake Bay Program An educators guide to the meaningful watershed educational experience (MWEE)
Purdue Extension Discovering the watershed lesson plan
Science Net Links Great Rivers Activity
UNL stormwater educational activities for kids
Connecting classrooms and communities through watersheds lessons
Freshwater lesson plans Grades k-12
Nature Journaling with Project Learning Tree
Oregon Natural Resources Education Program (ONREP) virtual field trips, online tours, and videos
Geospatial webinars for kids
What is a bird, song for kids, Pancake Manor
Free activity book download- Great Gorge Adventure by EMSWCD, in English, Spanish, Russian, and Vietnamese
O.Berk Water Cycle Glossary of Terms
Other Education Resources:
Passion Impact Youth Information Interview practice
Online courses with PUGS
Culturally Responsive Education Resources:
Confederated tribes of Grande Ronde Tribal History Curriculum
Confluence Story Collections- stories from Tribal partners
White Supremacy in the classroom
Creating a More Welcoming and Culturally Responsive School Community to Engage American Indian and Alaska Native Families series
Working with kids in nature
Erasing inequity by Grant HS
Branch out PDX, tree canopy equity in Portland
Culturally Responsive Instruction ASCD
Culturally Response Teaching, Equity Assistance Center at Education NW