Investigating human impact on stream ecology: locally and nationally
This activity is intended for students to lead investigations on stream ecology. Students will exercise critical thinking skills to interpret data sets and maps regarding water quality and usage. They will also learn how to manipulate the data and create presentations of the figures.
This activity is included in Volume 8 of Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology (TIEE).
This activity is included in Volume 8 of Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology (TIEE).
| Primary or BEN resource type | |
|---|---|
| Secondary resource type | |
| Format | |
| Core Concepts | |
| Classification | |
| Drought & Water-Ecosystem Services Collection | Off |
| Conservation Targets Under Global Change Collection | Off |
| Big Data Collection | On |
| Editor's Choice | Yes |
| Audience | |
| Pedagogical Use Description | This activity is intended for students to conduct a scientific investigation. Students will learn and practice the skills of interpreting data and generating graphs. This activity could also be done in combination with hands-on laboratory exercises testing water samples and collecting macroinvertebrates. |
| Keywords | data sets, human impact, toxicology, ecological investigation, TIEE, stream ecology, nutrient pollution, water quality, student-active, land use, data analysis |
| Life science discipline (subject) | |
| Primary Author Controlled Name | |
| Primary Author Affiliation | National Center for Ecological Analysis & Synthesis at the University of California, Santa Barbara |
| Primary Author email | hampton@nceas.ucsb.edu |
| Secondary Author Name(s) | Amelia Nuding |
| Secondary Author Affiliation(s) | National Center for Ecological Analysis & Synthesis at the University of California, Santa Barbara |
| Submitter Email | education@esa.org |
| Rights | National Center for Ecological Analysis & Synthesis at the University of California, Santa Barbara |
| Date Of Record Submission | 2012-04-02 |
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