Students learn about a disease-causing organism that likes warm water.
Students learn about native, exotic, and invasive plants and their impacts on the environment.
Students learn how to use the Watershed Atlas through a four-part series of activities.
Students will examine rainfall, water levels and the likely impact of climate change on rainfall.
Students practice creating a best-fit trend line, and study the role of dissolved oxygen in water.
Students investigate what happens when a lake is overfed... too many nutrients cause problems!
Students learn about native, exotic, and invasive plants and their impacts on the environment.
Students investigate the causes of pollution in our surface waters.
Students learn the importance of dissolved oxygen to aquatic life.
Students will explore how plant life affects, and is affected by, the ecosystem where it lives.
Students learn about latitude, longitude, and the potential effects of climate change.
Students learn how "bugs" can help us judge the health of our lakes and streams.
Students learn about mapping methods and map scales.
Compare the plant species around two lakes using the Water Atlas, guidebooks and a lake visit
Students learn about different sources of pollution and how we can stop it.
Students make and analyze graphs to discover relationships between rainfall and water level.
Students will compile and utilize a statistical table using website data.
How and why does the shape of a lake change? Students investigate.
Students compare two streams and consider the implications of climate change and development.
Students learn to use the Watershed Excursion Tool, develop a Watershed "Point of Interest."
Students will compile and use a statistical table using water quality data.
Students will use the Water Atlas to learn about their own watershed.
Students learn about their own watersheds and how water moves through them.
