Social Studies
Content areas include: local history, Industrial Revolution, Civil War, labor movement, geography & economics. Programs include: heritage boat tours, museum activities covering cotton-to-cloth, productive resources, Civil War, Industrial Revolution, & geography of the Fall Line.
Science
Content areas include: natural, physical, and environmental science. Programs include: wildlife sightings, hydropower demos and walking tours, plant/animal habitat activities, water testing, environmentally-focused boat tours, and hands-on manipulatives.
Social Studies Lesson Plans
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Grades PreK-1: Canal ExplorersLocal land & water features, natural resources, jobs & transportation, time and change |
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| Anticipation Guide Mama's Cookin' Peas Vocabulary (see lesson plan) |
Puppet Show Map Lesson Song "Wheels at the Mill" Boat Ride |
Long Ago & Today What I Saw at the Canal |
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Grade 2: Historical WatersAll: Water transportation, water power, interdependence, workers and skills.GA: Rivers and Regions of Georgia SC: Natural Resources |
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| GA Lesson Plan 2 SC Lesson Plan 2 2018 GSE 2 |
Orientation Film's Vocabulary Google Map Activity GA-Where Are We? SC-Where Are We? |
Many Kinds of Jobs worksheet or History Hunt Map Lesson Boat Ride Puppet Show |
Depending on the Canal worksheet GA-River Cities ppt SC-Natural Resources ppt |
Grade 3: Ways to GrowAll: Workers and Skills, Water Power, Interdependence.GA: Productive Resources SC: Rivers and Regions of South Carolina |
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| GA Lesson Plan 3 SC Lesson Plan 3 2018 GSE 3 |
Orientation Film's Vocabulary Where Are We? (Google map activity) GA-Natural Resources ppt SC-River Cities ppt |
Many Kinds of Jobs Who Did It worksheet Map Lesson Boat Ride |
GA-Textile Mill Productive Resources Answers SC-River Cities ppt Depending on the Canal worksheet |
Grades 4-5: Historical WatersIndustrial Revolution, effects of individuals & technology on progress; Civil War |
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| Anticipation Guide Answers Orientation Film's Vocabulary |
Anticipation Guide Check "Who Said That?" worksheet Boat Ride |
Parallel Time Lines Canal Comparisons |
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Grades 6-7: Comparing Canals of the WorldAugusta Canal history and major canals of the world, with emphais on the Panama and Suez Canals. |
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| Anticipation Guide Answers Virtual Augusta Canal Tour (see website homepage) Vocabulary |
Anticipation Guide Check "Fall" Count Boat Ride |
World Canals Timeline and Map Newspaper writing activity |
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Grade 8: 'Falling' into PlaceGeographic Regions, Fall Line influence on economy & development in Georgia and South Carolina |
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Anticipation Guide
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Anticipation Guide Check "Fall" Count Boat Ride |
Fall Line Cities of GA/SC Answers Newspaper writing activity |
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High SchoolIndustrial Revolution, Civil War, labor reform, economics, and primary source investigation |
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| Lesson Plan HS | The "Lowell of the South" Financing the Canal Economics Vocabulary |
Historic Photo Analysis Boat Ride |
"Spoken on the Canal" Answers Risky Business-Canal Entreprenuership and You |
Science Lesson Plans
| Lesson Plan | Pre-Visit | On-Site | Post-Visit |
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Grades PreK-2: Critter CruiseAnimal Identification, Habitats, and Basic Needs |
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| Lesson Plan PreK Lesson Plan 1 Lesson Plan 2 |
Animal Name-Matching 5 Senses- Matching WS Vocabulary |
Critter Cruise Boat Tour Habitat ppt Animal Track-Matching Plant & Animal Discovery Center's Courtyard Critter Hunt |
Venn Diagram/Plant & Animal Basic Needs Leaf Measuring Activity |
Grade 3: Power PlayEcosystems and Energy/Hydro-Power |
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| Lesson Plan 3 Lesson Plan GA 2018 |
What do you see? Anticipation Writing Vocabulary-hydropower Vocabulary-environmental |
Eco-Boat Tour Hydro Power Walk Turbine Model Electricity ppt group activity |
What do you see? Assessment Writing Who is Michael Faraday? Research & Report |
Grade 4: Working WaterEcosystems, Hydro-power and Simple Machines |
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| Lesson Plan 4 Lesson Plan SC 2018 |
What do you see? Anticipation Writing Vocabulary-simple machines Vocabulary-environmental |
Eco-Boat Tour Hydro Power Walk Pulley Race Simple Machines ppt |
What do you see? Assessment Writing |
Grades 5-6: Canal CurrentEcosystems, Hydro-electricity, and Force & Motion |
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| Lesson Plan 5 Lesson Plan 6 |
What do you see? Anticipation Writing Vocabulary-hydropower Vocabulary-environmental |
Eco-Boat Tour Hydro Power Walk Turbine Model Electricity ppt |
What do you see? Assessment Writing Who is Michael Faraday? Research Assignment |
Grade 7: Water QualityEnvironmental Science |
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| Lesson Plan 7 | What do you see? Anticipation Writing Vocabulary (see lesson plan) MacroInvertebrate Quiz |
Water Quality Boat Tour Macro Invertebrate Collection Water Quality Web Game Macro Invertebrate ID& Water Quality Calculation |
Read & Report on |
Grade 8: Hydro PowerPhysical Science |
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| Lesson Plan 8 | What do you see? Anticipation Writing Vocabulary |
Eco-Boat Tour Hydro Power Walk Turbine Model Hydro Power & Scientific Laws ppt Canal Lock Demonstration |
What do you see? Assessment Writing Who is Michael Faraday? Research Assignment |
High School: Grades 9-12 |
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| Lesson Plan: Environmental Science, Ecology, Biology | What do you see? (environmental) Anticipation Writing Vocabulary |
Eco-Boat Tour Water Collection & Testing Drinking Water ppt Group Filtration Activity |
What do you see? Assessment Writing Read & Report Augusta Utilities Brochure Research & Report Fish Kill Stories www.gpb.org/news/fishkill/ related |
| Lesson Plan: Physical Science & Physics | What do you see? (hydropower) Anticipation Writing Vocabulary |
Eco-Boat Tour Hydro Power Walk Turbine Model Hydropower & Scientific Laws ppt Canal lock demonstration |
What do you see? Assessment Writing Coal vs Hydropower problem |
Gift Shop
The Augusta Canal Gift Shop carries books, educational toys and games that support lessons learned on field trips. Many classes include a visit to the Gift Shop as part of their experience. If your schedule doesn't allow time for this, prepackaged gift bags are available at $3-$5 per student.
