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| Title | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental Sampling- Snowpack Project | Students collect data and samples at their field site(s). | Curriculum activity |
 Field sampling datasheet: culvert project |
Datasheet to be used to record data from the field sampling event | Handouts & worksheets |
 Blank data spreadsheet (mercury project) |
For data management in the mercury project. | Handouts & worksheets |
| Road to Toxicity game board (2 8.5x11 pages) |
Game board for game about the mercury cycle; including methylation. | Handouts & worksheets |
| Field datasheet explained: nitrogen project |
A primer for filling out the field data sheet | Handouts & worksheets |
| Mercury background math warm-up |
Worksheet on chemical concentrations and mathematical conversions. | Handouts & worksheets |
| Mercury background question set |
Background understanding worksheet on mercury contamination; concentrations; and scale. | Handouts & worksheets |
| Mercury background: TRI releases handout |
Worksheet to understand where mercury comes from; with Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) mercury data from 2007. | Handouts & worksheets |
| Biomagnification question set |
Worksheet on the mathematics of food chain tranfer of mercury. | Handouts & worksheets |
| Mercury availability+advisories question set |
Background questions to understand mercury. | Handouts & worksheets |
| Dragonfly data sheet |
Background information on dragonflies; including why we study them. | Handouts & worksheets |
| Graphing data sheet with questions (Data Analysis) |
Once the data have been graphed this is a very effective worksheet to state simply what the data say. | Handouts & worksheets |
| Field sampling datasheet: mercury project |
Datasheet to be used to record data from the field sampling event | Handouts & worksheets |
| BRI-Mercury Connections |
A 28-page article on mercury in the environment; with emphasis on effects on wildlife. | Handouts & worksheets |
| Habitat Connectivity lesson: video worksheet |
Students add to a stream diagram based on the information in the Habitat Connectivity video and answer a few questions. | Handouts & worksheets |
 Stream Invertebrate resident expert blank report |
A 3-slide report template for introducing a macroinvertebrate to classmates (for use with Powrepoint) | Handouts & worksheets |
| Stream Invertebrates: resident expert worksheet |
Instructions for researching one (or more) individual stream invertebrates | Handouts & worksheets |
| Macroinvertebrate guide |
Guide to identifying stream macroinvertebrates | Handouts & worksheets |
| Culvert lesson worksheet |
Question set about why we use culverts and how design may affect stream ecology. | Handouts & worksheets |
| Stream Environment stream pictures |
Pictures to use with the Stream Environment worksheet | Handouts & worksheets |
| Stream Environment worksheet |
A worksheet to help understand effects of stream abiotic conditions | Handouts & worksheets |
| Culvert lesson: questions worksheet |
A worksheet to use when building a background understanding to start developing questions for research. | Handouts & worksheets |
| Student questions worksheet (culvert project) |
A worksheet for developing questions while acquiring the background information during the research project | Handouts & worksheets |
| Research Question and Hypothesis Brainstorming Worksheet |
Worksheet for developing research questions and also developing hypotheses from those questions. | Handouts & worksheets |
| Hypothesis, or Scientific Claim, worksheet |
A worksheet for students to use to clearly state their hypothesis, or claim, and the reasoning behind that claim (with space for hypothetical graphs). | Handouts & worksheets |