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- Grade Range
- 8th - 11th
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Students work as a team to gather organisms from a stream to evaluate if the water quality is excellent, good, or fair to poor. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students model a pond system that becomes enriched with nutrients (fertilizer). They manipulate variables, make observations over time, and draw conclusions that may lead to further inquiry. They, in groups, simulate a pond environment. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students define and describe harmful algal blooms. They compare and contrast ways in which algal blooms may be harmful. They describe actions that can be taken to reduce the impact of harmful algal blooms. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students investigate how water can be polluted by algal blooms. They grow algae with different concentrations of fertilizer or nutrients and analyze their results as environmental engineers working to protect a local water resource. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students perform an experiment where they learn how water can be polluted by algal bloom. They grow algae with different concentrations of fertilizers or nutrients and analyze their results. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students are introduced to GIS and its uses. Students participate as public health scientists to deliberate a course of action to explore possible research questions. Pupils interpret spatial data, and make predictions based on GIS data, developing hypotheses, formulating new scientific questions. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 12th
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Students identify point and nonpoint sources of pollution. Using a contour map, they discover clues about watersheds and water quality and graph given data sets. They compare and contrast their local water quality with that of the nation's standards. In groups, they create a list on ways to reduce pollution. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th - 10th
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Students collect pond water samples, using one jar as the control and the other as the fertilized sample. They observe for two weeks determine if the conclusion matches their hypotheses. Students explain the correlation between Pi concentration and algal growth. Full Review »
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- 10th
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Students determine the cause of an algal bloom in a classroom aquarium. Students analyze the situation and present a solution to the problem in the given time frame after researching and conducting experiments. Solutions are presented in the form of oral presentations and must include a PowerPoint slide show. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students reinforce math skills while learning about best practices for protection of water quality in the management of animal feeding operations. They make a table to show results of their calculations and compare and justify findings with a partner or in a small group. Finally, students explain their reasoning. Full Review »
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