Anything that happens on the land, in the water, or in the air of your watershed has an effect on the people, animals, and plants that live in the watershed. Because we all depend on water to live, the health of our watersheds is vital to both human and natural communities. Water is not the only thing that is transported to streams; watersheds also drain particles and dissolved materials. These particles and dissolved materials, which may include nutrients, sediment, and toxins, affect the living things in and around the water- including humans. The activities in this unit address important issues in our watersheds.

Who dirtied the water?
http://www.accessexcellence.com/AE/AEC/AEF/1996/hood_water.html

Clean water: is it drinkable?
http://www.accessexcellence.com/AE/AEC/AEF/1996/hood_water.html

Watershed modeling
http://www.eecs.umich.edu/mathscience/funexperiments/agesubject/
lessons/other/watershed.html

Exploring watersheds
http://www.pwd.org/education/lessons/Watershed%20lessons.htm

Thermal Pollution

Thermal Pollution and Aquatic Life (Web-based test questions after reading Thermal Pollution and Aquatic Life, By Joseph A. Mele, Ph.D. http://www.users.nac.net/jmele/TPAL.html)
http://www.users.nac.net/jmele/TPAL.pretest.html

Experiment on relation between dissolved oxygen availability and water temperature
http://library.bhbl.neric.org/outlab/thermal.html

Water quantity (QCC S.6.26)

Urban Water-Water and You
http://208.186.132.85/waterlearn/teachers_room/urbanwater/
junior_lesson_plan.htm

Don't Use It All Up
http://askeric.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Science/Environmental_Education/
ENV0039.html

Habitat loss (QCC S.7.21)

Bottle habitat
http://www.eecs.umich.edu/mathscience/funexperiments/quickndirty/eric/bottle.html

Loss of native species (QCC S.7.20.3)

Create a field guide of local plants
http://www.accessexcellence.com/AE/AEC/AEF/1996/paye_plants.html

Land use (QCC S.8.5.1)

Green Space in the City
http://www.eecs.umich.edu/mathscience/funexperiments/quickndirty/
access/greenspace.html

Laws and regulations (QCC S.8.5.1)

Water Quality Laws
http://www.dscc.cc.tn.us/brianwells/water_quality_laws.htm

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