Introduction
The activities in Stream Side Science bring a water focus to math and science.
The hands-on activities help students learn basic concepts while exploring watershed and water quality issues.
Each lesson plan contains background information, step by step instructions for the activity, suggestions for applying the data, and further discussion questions.
The Activities
The activities in Stream Side Science bring a water focus to math and science.
The hands-on activities help students learn basic concepts while exploring watershed and water quality issues.
Each lesson plan contains background information, step by step instructions for the activity, suggestions for applying the data, and further discussion questions.
What’s in the water?
Students observe and list abiotic factors in specific ecosystems. Students will observe and list abiotic factors in an aquatic system and measure four of them (pH, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, and temperature).
Who Lives in the Water?
Students explore diversity and adaptation to aquatic environments by observing aquatic macroinvertebrates using the Virtual Macroinvertebrates Identification Program.
The Effects of Sewage Discharge on the DO of a Stream
The discharge of effluent from wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) effect the health of aquatic ecosystems.
When Things Heat Up
Students learn how temperature and dissolved oxygen factors affect each other and are affected by other physical and biological conditions in a stream or lake.