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Spark 101: What Does Water Testing Tell Us About Water Quality? Instructional VideoSpark 101: What Does Water Testing Tell Us About Water Quality? Instructional Video
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Spark 101
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9th - 10th
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Spark 101: What Does Water Testing Tell Us About Water Quality?

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[Free Registration/Login Required] Students test water from multiple locations on the Potomac River for dissolved oxygen, nitrates, phosphates, pH levels, salinity, and turbidity. What do these tests tell us about the health of the river? Related videos on land use and species diversity allow us to look at the river through different lenses. [13:41]

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water quality, water testing, stem

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