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Water Quality Unit Overview

Lesson 1 – Climate Change and Severe Weather

  • Climate Change Text with Embedded Questions
  • Climate Change Text
  • Climate Change Reading Guide
  • Climate Change and Extreme Rain Events Jigsaw
  • Lesson 1 PPT
  • Climate Change and Severe Weather (Youtube)

Lesson 2 – Previewing Water Quality Data

  • Excel Instruction Sheet
  • Water Quality Indicators
  • Data Analysis Plan Template
  • Lesson 2 PPT
  • Watershed Modeling (Youtube)

Lesson 3 – Looking for Patterns

  • Data Analysis Template

Lesson 3.1 (modified for a more guided analysis)

  • Data Analysis Activity
  • Lesson Teacher Instructions
  • Water Quality Data (Youtube)

Lesson 4 – Representing Data

  • Introduction to Modeling
  • Data Representation Samples
  • Lesson 4 PPT
  • Harmful Algal Blooms (Youtube)

Lesson 5 – Eutrophication

  • Reading: Eutrophication Overview
  • Climate change and water quality relationships: Developing an Infographic
  • Lesson 5 PPT
  • Advice for Future Scientists (Youtube)

Data samples

  • Water Quality Data Top 10%
  • Water Quality data 10% coded, tables included
  • Water Quality Data by year, spring and summer
  • Water Quality Data, no coding

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