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An Introduction to Stream Ecology with Steve Coghlan

Stream ecology from the perspective of shredders, collectors, gatherers and predators.

Project: 

Mercury in Watersheds
Culverts & Stream Ecology

Grades: 

  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9+

Topics: 

  • Earth's Surface Systems
  • Energy and Matter in Systems
  • Growth, Development and Reproduction of Organisms
  • Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
  • Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems
  • Natural Selection and Adaptations
  • Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information
  • Systems and System Models

Skills: 

  • information gathering and interpreting
  • thinking about patterns

Related Curriculum Activities: 

Stream invertebrates
An Introduction to Stream Ecology
Mercury in our study site, and how does it move?

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