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LaMotte Outdoor Education Lesson Plans

These Lesson Plans are provided to help organize an existing curriculum, allowing the teacher to spend more time on hands-on activities that meet key classroom learning objectives and improve student achievement. The Lesson Plans will aid the teacher in integrating LaMotte test kits and equipment into classroom activities that meet National Science Education Standards.

Note:
These lesson plans are designed to be used with LaMotte kits.

 

Lesson Plans using LaMotte Kits

The following lesson plans were developed by educators for use with LaMotte products. Click on a Product Code from the list of Recommended LaMotte Products to view the LaMotte products that can be used with each lesson plan.

LaMotte Company urges you to follow kit instructions and safety precautions when following these lesson plans. LaMotte Company does not guarantee the outcome of these experiments.

Clarity and Turbidity

Grades: 4-12 Submitted By:
The Education Program at the New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium
Recommended LaMotte Products: Secchi Disk with Calibrated Line Code 0171-CL

Link to Lesson Plan web page: http://www.http://njseagrant.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/clarity_and_turbidity.pdf

 

Leaf Pack Study

Grades: Junior High School Submitted By:
Sustainable Forestry Resource Center
Recommended LaMotte Products: Leaf Pack Experiments Stream Ecology Kit, Code 5882

Link to Lesson Plan web page: http://sftrc.cas.psu.edu

 

Oxygen in Water

Grades: 4-12 Submitted By:
The Education Program at the New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium
Recommended LaMotte Products: Dissolved Oxygen Test Kit, Code 7414 or
Dissolved Oxygen Test Kit, Code 5860
Armored Thermometer, Code 1066

Link to Lesson Plan web page: http://www.njseagrant.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/oxygen_in_the_water.pdf

 

pH

Grades: 5-12 Submitted By:
The Education Program at the New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium
Recommended LaMotte Products: Wide Range pH Test Kit, Code 5858
pH Meter, Code 5-0034

Link to Lesson Plan web page: http://www.njseagrant.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/ph.pdf

 

Salinity

Grades: 4-12 Submitted By:
The Education Program at the New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium
Recommended LaMotte Products: Hydrometer Kit, Code 3-0025

Link to Lesson Plan web page: http://www.njseagrant.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/salinity.pdf

 

Water Quality Lab Activities

Grades: Middle School Submitted By:
Centreville Middle School
Recommended LaMotte Products for Lesson 1: Dissolved Oxygen Kit, Code 5860
pH Kit, Code 5858
Nitrate Nitrogen Test Kit, Code 3354 or
Nitrate Nitrogen Test Kit, Code 3615
Turbidity Kit, Code 7519
Armored Thermometer, Code 1066
Water Sampler, Code 1054-DO
Recommended LaMotte Products Lesson 2: Leaf Pack Experiments Stream Ecology Kit, Code 5882
Seine net, Code 3-0022-P

Link to Lesson Plan web page: http://www.njseagrant.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/water_quality_monitoring.pdf

 

Water Quality Monitoring

Grades: Middle School Submitted By:
The Education Program at the New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium
Recommended LaMotte Products: Dissolved Oxygen Kit, Code 5860 or
Dissolved Oxygen Kit, Code 7414
Hydrometer Kit, Code 3-0025
Armored Thermometer, Code 1066
Wide Range pH Test Kit, Code 5858
Secchi Disk with Calibrated Line Code 0171-CL

Link to Lesson Plan web page: http://www.njseagrant.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/do_booklet.pdf