Santa Cruz River Lessons and Activities

Lessons, activities, and other materials have been created by teachers in the BIORETS Santa Cruz River Program.

Student artwork with flowers

Get to Know You Data Visualization

Image of foil wrapped structure with hands pointing

Watershed Motion Lesson

Water treatment pond at facility in Tucson AZ

Water Treatment Plant Virtual Field Trip

Variegated Meadowhawk dragonfly

Dragonfly Slow Reveal Graph Activity

Image of sunset with cactus in foreground and mountains in background

Science Storytelling Lesson

Image of student created petroglyph of house with stars

Petroglyphs: Snippets of Data Lesson

Diagram of aquaponic riparian ecosystem setup

Artificial Riparian Ecosystem Unit

Large Palo verde tree in bloom with yellow flowers by a road with a man standing in front of it

How Are Trees Important Research Project

Science With Scientific Doodles

Introduction to Science Unit

Food web in pictures of raptor snake frog insect plant and sun with arrows

Desert Dwellers Food Web Activity

Image of pressed botanic specimen with labels made by a student

Pressed Botanic Specimen Project

Image of saguaro cactus and other desert plants and animals to show energy flow

Cycles of Matter Lesson

City Map with sun and urban heat island effect wave

Urban Heat Island Activity

Image of Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) standing on a rock

Can You Name The Birds Around Us Activity

Cocklebur plant leaves

How Plants Use Their Resources Lesson

Wavy lines in different colors

Data Detectives Inquiry and Visualization Activity

Rainbow colored taxonomic ranking chart

Taxonomy Lesson

Student's drawing of water cycle featuring Tucson, Arizona landscape

Water Lessons for Tucson

human impacts on the desert

Human Impacts Lesson

Binoculars observing red cardinal bird

Human Impacts on Birds Project

Javelina looking at the camera

Animal Encounter Lesson

Close up of flower of Pink fairy duster (Calliandra eriophylla)

Can You Name the Plants Around Us Activity

Loteria card with sun, wind, corn, plant and words The Renewable Resources

SBAR Loteria Cards and Game Boards