Wetland Wednesdays is a product of the Louisiana 4-H Youth Wetlands Program and its partner network to help provide fun and educational activities to youth.
This page serves as a repository of the Wetland Wednesdays programming, and is free to use.
Become a wetlands protector in this week's activity. By picking up and quantifying litter, you can learn how to better protect our precious wetlands!
Wetland Wednesday - Wetland Protectors.pdf
Learn to build a simple dip-net with items around the house in order to explore your pond!
Wetland Wednesday - Pond Explorers.pdf
In this Wetland Wednesday, we'll show how you can collect macroinvertebrates to help determine water pollution levels in your area!
Wetland Wednesday - What is the Health of Your Pond
With just a few common household items, you can build your own wetlands model and see how wetlands act as natural filters for our water!
Wetland Wednesday - Build A Wetlands Water Filter
For this Wetland Wednesday, join Garrett Gauthier, a Louisiana 4-H Wetland Ambassador, on a brief nature walk to learn about some of the common native plants and invasive plants found in Louisiana's wetlands. Then, you use the activity and leaf guide below to go on your own nature walk and make leaf rubbings!
Wetland Wednesday - Make Your Own Wetlands Leaf Rubbings
There are different types of wetlands, and salinity is a big factor that determines what each looks like. In this activity, you'll investigate if you can detect changes in salinity.
In this Wetland Wednesday, discover why some animals seem to be made to live in the wetlands!
Learn how the ocean is becoming more acidic and how you can observe the effects of its rising acidity on seashells by doing an at-home activity.
Wetland Wednesday - Ocean Acidification
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