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Secondary Curriculum: Investigating Streams & Water Quality
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Investigating Streams & Water Quality
Teacher’s Manual
- Lesson plans
- Supplies
- Instructor Notes
- Extensions
- Standards Alignment
Teacher’s Manual Appendices
- Appendix A: Questions and guide for viewing The Living Watershed DVD
- Appendix B: Hints from teachers who have taught the curriculum before
Student Handbook
- Chapter I: The Watershed
- Chapter II: Living in the Watershed
- Chapter III: Improving Life in the Watershed
Student Workbook
- Activity I: Macroinvertebrates
- Activity II-A: Design an Experiment
- Activity II-B: Storm Water Pollution Bioassay
- Activity III: Design a New Neighborhood
BMI Guide
- Guide to stream Benthic Macro Invertebrates (BMIs)
Additional Curriculum Resources
- Standards Alignment for Grades 6 – 12
- Worksheet Activity III: Planning Grid
- Food Web Diagram
- Sacramento County Creeks Map