This stream ecology curriculum is intended for grades 6-12 and draws connections between aquatic life, water quality, and the way we live in our watersheds. Understanding their connection to the intricate web of life empowers students to join community efforts to protect water and habitat where they live.
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This DVD breathes life into the Splash Secondary Curriculum, Life in Our Watershed: Investigating Streams and Water Quality, by showing students how the organisms found in a typical local stream make a living. It presents a visual exploration of one of the many small foothill streams that fan out across into the Sacramento region.
Did you learn something new on a Splash field trip to the vernal pools? Did you enjoy a Nature in the Neighborhood program? Is there something we could do to make our programs even better?
The Splash program's bioassay materials provide us with another water quality monitoring tool for our project. Its curriculum focuses on the local history and current issues of Sacramento area watersheds.
— Cindy Suchanek, Environmental Science Instructor, Mira Loma High School