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Students are able to use a secchi disk to measure the turbidity of water by determining the depth at which the sechi disk is no longer visible and using the data in a formula to quantify the results. They are able to use Vernier probes to condcut water quality testing for: dissolved oxygen, nitrates, pH, temperature, phosphorous and produce computer printouts of the data collected.

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biological limnology, invasive species, physical limnology, water chemistry, science
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Grade
9th - 12th
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Science
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5 days
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