Year 1 Wrap Up
Year 2 Opportunities
Content
Get Involved

YEAR 1 WRAP UP
The first year of JASON Expedition: Disappearing Wetlands, school year 2004-2005, was a great success! Check it out!

Disappearing Wetlands Broadcast Student/Scientist Q & A
During the live Expedition Broadcasts at the Bell Museum, many students had the opportunity to videotape questions they had about wetlands. We selected the best questions and enlisted a cadre of local wetlands experts to provide answers. View the students' questions and scientists' answers here!

Disappearing Wetlands Student Art Contest
View the winning entries for the Bell Museum's Disappearing Wetlands Student Art Contest here!

YEAR 2 OPPORTUNITIES
It is not too late to join the ongoing JASON Expedition: Disappearing Wetlands! You may still purchase JASON Expedition: Disappearing Wetlands Teacher Packs and TJO Access for school year 2005-06 through the Bell Museum (while supplies last!). We even have two Teacher Packs available in SPANISH!

2005-06 JASON Expedition: Disappearing Wetlands Teacher Pack includes:

• Teacher's edition (hands-on classroom print curriculum)
• Student activity book (unit masters; one included with Teacher Pack; additional available to purchase directly from the JASON Foundation)
• Getting Started CD-Rom tutorial
• Introductory video (VHS available only)
• Team JASON Online subscriptions for all participating teachers and students (gated website)
• We have a limited number of DVDs of the live Expedition Broadcast, aired January/February 2005, which we will provide to new users free of charge while supplies last.

CONTENT
JASON Expedition: Disappearing Wetlands curriculum consists of three core units:

Unit 1 — Louisiana's Changing Wetlands
Research Questions

1. What is a river system?
2. How did the Mississippi River create Louisiana's coastal wetlands?
3. How do rivers interact with Earth's systems?
4. Why are Louisiana's coastal wetlands disappearing?

Unit 2 — Louisiana's Wetland Ecosystems
Research Questions

1. What kinds of wetland ecosystems can be found in Louisiana?
2. What kinds of plants and animals do Louisiana's wetlands support?
3. How do plants and animals depend on one another and their environment?
4. How are changes to Louisiana's wetlands impacting the plant and animal communities that live there?

Unit 3 — Managing Louisiana's Wetlands
Research Questions

1. How have humans impacted Louisiana's wetlands?
2. What are the social and economic effects of wetland loss in Louisiana?
3. How are people working together to restore Louisiana's wetlands?

Click Here to download a detailed outline of the full curriculum! (Word document)

Disappearing Wetlands meets National and State Standards
The JASON Online Correlator Tool allows you to generate customized reports of correlations of Disappearing Wetlands print, video, and digital lab resources with national and state education standards, and selected middle grades science textbooks.

Literature Selections

For Primary Grades:
Back to the Bayou by Jon Buller and Susan Schade

For Units 1-3 of Curriculum:
Flood (Mississippi, 1927) by Kathleen Duey and K. A. Bale
Swamp (Bayou Teche, 1851) By Kathleen Duey and K. A. Bale
The Missing Gator of Gumbo Limbo by Jean Craighead George

For History/Social Studies Connections:
My Louisiana Sky by Kimberly Willis Holt

For Advanced Readers and Older Grades:
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

For JASON Educators:
Bayou Farewell by Mike Tidwell

Click Here to download a detailed outline of the introductory video! (Word document)

Click Here to download a list of the featured researchers! (Word document)

GET INVOLVED

Questions?
To speak to the Bell Museum's JASON Expeditions coordinator:
Email: jason@bellmuseum.org
Phone: 612-626-2220

For even more information about JASON Expeditions, visit the JASON Foundation's website at www.jason.org

Registration
Download a Registration Form
Email: registrations@bellmuseum.org
Phone: 612-624-9050
Fax: 612-626-7704
Mail: Registrations Department
Bell Museum of Natural History
10 Church Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455