ELC Livestream 2025: Wild About Water, K-3 grades

Thanks to support from Clackamas Water Environment Services, Oak Lodge Water Services, and Gladstone Public Works for making these programs accessible to students in their districts! They are designed primarily for K - 3rd graders.

Join us virtually at the Environmental Learning Center to explore the wetland in winter.

If your school allows online interaction, our nature specialists would love to take comments and questions from you or your students. If you send us questions before or after the event, we will make every effort to include answers live online!

For each program that you register, you will receive:

• Zoom link to the livestream program;
• Student activity sheet; and
• Recording of the episode.

Tuesday mornings, 10:00 – 10:20 am

January 7 – March 11, 2025

Recordings Available! - All registered teachers will receive zoom links and recordings, so don't worry if your class is unable to attend the live session! Recordings are sent out within 24 hours of the episode and are available to watch at your convenience. You may order recordings of episodes that have already aired; we will send you the recording link within several days of your order.

January 7, 2025: Go with the Flow

Where is water in nature and what does it do? We’ll discover water in surprising places and learn about the diversity of plants and animals that depend upon water for their survival. Key Concepts: water cycle, habitat

January 14, 2025: Mighty Tiny Wetland Creatures

We’ll look for the smaller, yet important, creatures that live in the water. We’ll explore their connections in the food web and how they are indicators of good habitat. Key Concepts: human impact on nature, adaptation, insects

January 21, 2025: Plants with Wet Feet

Join an ELC instructor as they put on waders and head into the water channel. We'll discover how wetland plants provide habitat to wildlife and help to clean the water. Key Concepts: human impact on nature, adaptation

January 28, 2025: Beavers - Nature’s Builders

We’ll learn about beavers’ adaptations for living in and around water and how their dam-building benefits other wetland creatures. Key concepts: adaptation, bodies of water, interrelationships, diversity

February 4, 2025: Animal Homes

The wetland is home to many creatures. We’ll explore the wetland for all aspects of an animal’s home or habitat: food, water, shelter, and space and meet some wildlife along the way. Key concepts: habitat, food webs, interrelationships

February 11, 2025: Wetland Wildlife in Winter

Winter at the ELC is about survival for our resident wildlife. We’ll go on a wetland wildlife hunt to find animal and plant friends and learn about their adaptations for the season. Key concepts: adaptation, habitat, survival strategies

February 18, 2025: Duck, Duck, No Goose

Mallards are frequently seen at the ELC. Join us to discover how the wetland provides habitat to this common and beautiful bird. Key concepts: adaptation, habitat, survival strategies

February 25, 2025: Nature’s Recyclers

The cycle of life includes the decomposition of things that die. We’ll meet some decomposers and learn about the important role they play in nature. Key concepts: decomposition, food web, changes in the environment

March 4, 2025: Water Check-up

We’ll give the water in the wetland a check-up by measuring the temperature to discover if it is in the “Goldilocks” zone of supporting a rich diversity of life. Key concepts: human impact on nature, adaptation

March 11, 2025: Water on the Move

A guest from Clackamas Water Environment Services will help us visualize water flowing through the channel by putting dye in the creek. Students will observe the dye move through the wetland and experiment with water flows. Key concepts: human impact on nature, engineering design

Student Activity Sheets accompany each episode and are designed to engage students in the Livestream program.

The Livestream programs compliment on-site school field trips to the ELC. Teachers can use the Livestream to:

• Introduce your students to the ELC and prepare them for a field trip
• Reinforce key concepts covered during a field trip
• Engage your students in learning more about local wildlife

To learn more about the ELC's field trips and to register your class, click here. Your school may quality for a free field trip!

If you have any questions, please e-mail Sarah Bidwell, ELC's Kids' Education Coordinator: [email protected].

You can find more information on all of our programs at www.clackamas.edu/elc/kids

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