Salt and Ecosystems Case Studies
Part of the Ecology Disrupted Curriculum Collection.

Tamarack: John Lillis; Mountain Holly: Champlain Project; Table Salt: Everything Kitchens; Bird: US Geological Survey; Mammal (Deer): Clker
Rainbow Trout: US Fish & Wildlife Service; Table Salt: Everything Kitchens; Frog: USGS; Algae: US Department of Health & Human Services; Tap Water: Food & Water Watch
Eastern White Cedar: Forests for Maine's Future; Phragmites: Rob Bock/Sandbox; Hackensack River: Karl Musser/US Geological Survey
Thermometer: Florida Center for Instructional Technology, College of Education/University of South Florida; Otter: WA Department of Fish & Wildlife; Alewife: Department of Natural Resources - Cornell University/NY Department of Environmental Conservation; Atlantic Sturgeon: Department of Natural Resources - Cornell University/NY Department of Environmental Conservation
Great White Shark: Terry Goss; Sea Turtle: NOAA; Horseshoe Crab: NOAA; Right Whale: NOAA
DOWNLOADS
Ecosystem Fact Sheets slide show
Salt and Ecosystems Case Studies worksheet
TEACHER'S GUIDE
Have students review the Ecosystem Fact Sheets and, working in pairs, complete the graphic organizer. The fact sheets are available as a slide show to download or display from this page, and are also included in the Worksheets downloadable on this page, and the Investigation Booklet available on the lesson home page.