Watersheds Introduction, from Aquatic Science STEM curriculum Lesson 3 that includes topics: What is a watershed? Which watershed do you live in? When it rains at your home, what creek and river does the water travel to? How does the watershed affect the water body into which it drains? How do human activities affect the quality and quantity of water in a watershed? What is point-source pollution? What is non-point source pollution? What are examples of each? What is erosion? What causes it? What is sediment? Where does it come from? How does human activity affect erosion and sedimentation? What is the impact of erosion and sedimentation on aquatic resources? What are Texas' natural regions? Is the water in your region drinkable, swimmable and fishable? How does your location within a watershed affect the quality of water where you live? How can you influence the quality of water for others in your watershed?
Dr. Rudolph “Rudy” Rosen is a professor in the Meadows Center for Water and the Environment at Texas State University. His bio is here: [ Ссылка ]
Aquatic Science Lessons with Dr. Rudy Rosen is an on-line video curriculum arranged into 13 lessons in YouTube Playlists. Each lesson covers a major subject area and is broken down into short sub-topic video presentations. These short videos covering important aquatic science topics can be used in teaching instruction or for self-education. A comprehensive teaching guide and enhancements can be downloaded FREE here: [ Ссылка ]
The teaching textbook is published by the Texas A&M University Press and can be obtained here: [ Ссылка ] or at Amazon here [ Ссылка ]
The instructional website is here: [ Ссылка ]
Aquatic Science is a cooperative education project sponsored by The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment at Texas State University, Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Texas Parks and Wildlife, and the National Science Foundation sponsored Research Coordination Network for Climate, Energy, Environment and Engagement in Semiarid Regions (RCN-CE3SAR). Some materials were adapted from or provided by the Missouri Department of Conservation.
Watersheds Introduction - L3.1
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