LCNRCD Educational Kits

Educational Kits are available for teachers within the Lamoille Watershed. There is a small fee for shipping and deposit required for loaning materials. Please contact LCNRCD to get details on loaning kits.  

Macroinvertebrate Field Study Kit
Kit contains sampling equipment; 3 sets of nets, keys, collection bins, magnifying lens, and guides for student groups to sample and learn about macroinvertebrates.

Chemistry Sampling Kit
LaMotte River Chemistry Kit can be used by teachers for students to sample pH, dissolved oxygen, phosphates, temperature, alkalinity, turbidity, and bacteria.

Macroinvertebrate Lab
This kit can be used by LWA staff with teachers as it contains more detailed techniques for sampling macroinvertebrates. The kit contains sediment jars containing macroinvertebrates, sieve, sampling trays, tweezers, “Guide to Aquatic Entomology”, detailed keys, and preserved macroinvertebrate specimens.

Lamoille Watershed Map Kit
Lamoille Watershed Map Kit contains maps for classroom use to study the landscape features of the Lamoille River such as watershed or wetland delineation, historical land use changes, and/or watershed surveys. Kit contains: USGS Laminated Maps, Laminated LCPC Lamoille River Watershed Maps, and a CD ROM  reproduction of the 1878 "Atlas of the Counties of Lamoille and Orleans  Vermont" . 

Reference Library
LWI has reference books and power point presentations available on a variety of watershed related issues for educators to use either for their own professional development of for classroom use. These are:

• Lamoille River Watershed Agricultural and River Resource Guide. Created by the LCNRCD for farmers, citizens, and educators to provide information pages, lesson plans, and guides on Phosphorus, Vermont Accepted Agricultural Practices, and Riparian Buffers.  Power Point Presentations are also available as a complement to the guide.
• River Fieldwork Guide. A Environmental Citizenship Curriculum Guide. Vermont Institute of Natural Science.
• Vermont Stream Bank Restoration Guide. USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service Vermont Riparian Enhancement Project. 
• Fluvial Geomorphology Power Point Presentation. Produced by Staci Pomeroy, ANR River Scientist for LWA River Dynamics Workshop.
• Let’s Talk Buffers! Power Point Presentation & Booklet.  USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service Communication Toolkit.
  
  

Lamoille Watershed Informational Pages
The following informational pages were collected by the LWI for educator’s use.  Please click on the appropriate heading to access the information.