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HIGH SCHOOL: Science

Amoebas & Temperature

Students learn about a disease-causing organism that likes warm water.

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Climate Change & Agriculture

Students learn about the impacts of climate change on Florida agriculture.

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Climate Change & Ecosystems

Students research interrelationships in ecosystems and predict the effects of climate change.

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Climate Then & Now

Students consider how climate affects us and whether our climate history recollections are accurate.

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Data Analysis

Students learn to evaluate and interpret data measurements.

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Data Overload

Students collect, organize and interpret real world water quality data.

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Exploring the Water Atlas

Students learn how to use the Watershed Atlas through a four-part series of activities.

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Hot Time in the City

Students investigate climate, land use and the urban heat island effect.

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It's Getting Hard to Breathe in Here

Students learn the importance of dissolved oxygen to aquatic life.

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Land Use Activity

Students examine possible correlations between land use patterns and water pollution.

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Macroinvertebrates

Students learn how "bugs" can help us judge the health of our lakes and streams.

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On The Rise

Students will investigate societal, economic and environmental impacts of sea-level rise.

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Rainfall & Water Level Graphs

Students make and analyze graphs to discover relationships between rainfall and water level.

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Saltwater Intrusion

Students learn how saline coastal groundwater can contaminate freshwater aquifers.

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Using the Watershed Excursion Tool

Students learn to use the Watershed Excursion Tool, develop a Watershed "Point of Interest."

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What Does all that Data Mean?

Students make and analyze graphs to discover relationships between rainfall and water level.

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What Does It Mean to be Green?

What does it mean to live sustainably? Students investigate options at different scales.

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