Curriculum Extensions PEREC Tidal Potomac Teacher Training Workshop

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Curriculum ExtensionsPERECTidal Potomac Teacher
Training Workshop

• June 23-26, 2008
• Dr. Chris Jones Dr. Cindy Smith

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Potomac Environmental Research and Education
Center

• Mission
• To utilize the tools of scientific research,
  restoration, education, and policy analysis to
  help society understand and sustain natural
  processes in ecosystems, watersheds,
  and landscapes
• Research Foci for the Center
• Restoration of the Potomac River and
  its Tributaries
• Sustainability of Natural Ecosystems in
  Suburban Areas
• Impact of Global Climate Change on Management of
  Aquatic Ecosystems
• http//perec.cos.gmu.edu/

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Parks we visited...

• Occoquan Bay Natl Wildlife Refuge
  http//www.fws.gov/Refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id5
  1611
• PWCS 6th grade watershed activities contact
• Joy Greene, E.A.G.L.E.S. Center
  Coordinatorgreeneje_at_pwcs.edu 703-490-5162
• FCPS and other PWCS grades Contact Prince Wm
  Conservation Alliance http//www.pwconserve.org/yo
  uthed/index.html
• Kim Hosen, Exec. Directorkim_at_pwconserve.org
  703-499-4954
• Prince Wm Forest Park http//www.nps.gov/prwi/
• Nature center, hiking trails, cabin camping...
• Bridging the Watershed programs
  http//www.fergusonfoundation.org/btw/btw_index.ht
  ml
• Leesylvania State Park http//www.dcr.virginia.gov
  /state_parks/lee.shtml
• Historical and nature museum with live animals
  fishing, canoeing, hiking trails, group camping...

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Water Quality Glossaries

• Water Quality Parameters defined
  http//www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/waterq/wqglossary.
  html
• USGS glossary http//ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/diction
  ary.html
• Water Words Dictionary State of Nevada, more
  technical
• http//water.nv.gov/WaterPlanning/dict-1/ww-index
  .cfm
• Chesapeake Bay glossary http//www.chesapeakebay.n
  et/glossary.aspx?menuitem14875
• Nutrient Glossary
• http//www.epa.gov/waterscience/criteria/nutrient
  /glossary.html

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How Can I Participate in Stream Monitoring
Clean-up efforts?

• Fairfax County
• http//www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dpwes/stormwater/floa
  tables.htm
• http//www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dpwes/stormwater/volu
  nteer.htmWatershedStewardship
• Biological Stream monitoring (NVSWCD)
  http//www.fairfaxcounty.gov/nvswcd/
• Storm Drain Stenciling (NVSWCD)
• http//www.fairfaxcounty.gov/nvswcd/monitoring.ht
  m
• Stream Clean-Ups Adopt A-Stream Program (DCR
  http//www.dcr.virginia.gov/soil__water/adopt.sht
  ml
• Community Watershed Organizations (FFX Co.
  Stormwater Planning Division) http//www.fairfaxco
  unty.gov/dpwes/stormwater/
• Adopt-A-Spot (Clean Fairfax Council)
  http//www.cleanfairfaxcouncil.org/

Community involvement is a vital component in
developing and implementing the county's
watershed plans.
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How Can I Participate in Stream Monitoring
Clean-up efforts?
Prince William County Adopt-A-Stream PWSWCD
http//www.pwswcd.org/Adopt20A20Stream/Adopt-A-
Stream.htm Prince William Conservation Alliance
http//www.pwconserve.org/issues/watersheds.html
Nearly 40 of Prince William County lands drain
directly into the Occoquan Reservoir before
flowing to the Potomac River and on to the
Chesapeake Bay.
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More Stream Monitoring Clean-up efforts
Potomac Watershed Annual Clean-up http//www.fergu
sonfoundation.org/trash_initiative/trash_cleanup.h
tml This year Saturday, April 5, 2008, 9am -
12pm at numerous sites Stewardship Virginia April
1 - May 31 and Sept. 1 - Oct. 31
http//www.dcr.virginia.gov/stewardship/
An involved student becomes a conscientious adult
Get your students involved!
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Virginia Save Our Streams Monitoring Program

• http//www.vasos.org/
• Virtual training about stream monitoring
• http//www.vasos.org/virtualsosdemonstration/genin
  fo.htm
• Invertebrate Crustacean ID Sheets
• http//www.vasos.org/communityoutreachappendixc.pd
  f
• Tally Sheets Metrics
• http//www.vasos.org/communityoutreachappendixd.pd
  f
• DEQ Community Monitoring Efforts
• GIS map, click on site for WQ parameters
• http//gisweb.deq.virginia.gov/vwmc/viewer.htm

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Invertebrate keys review sites

• VA SOS invertebrate review
• http//www.vasos.org/virtualsosdemonstration/macr
  o_review4.htm
• NY State Key to macroinvertebrates
  http//www.dec.ny.gov/animals/35772.html
• Univ of MN Key http//www.entomology.umn.edu/mid
  ge/VSMIVP.htm
• WV Key to macroinvertebrates
• http//www.wvdep.org/item.cfm?ssid11ss1id202
• http//www.wvdep.org/Docs/14405_WVSOS_MacroIDGuide
  .pdf
• http//www.wvdep.org/Docs/15084_Macroinvertebrate_
  Identification.htm
• Wisconsin key detailed information on inverts
• http//dnr.wi.gov/org/caer/ce/eek/critter/watercri
  tter/critterindex.htm
• http//watermonitoring.uwex.edu/wav/monitoring/coo
  rdinator/ecology/coleoptera.html
• Biotic Index http//watermonitoring.uwex.edu/wav/m
  onitoring/biotic.html
• Great, close-up, underwater insect images
  http//www.troutnut.com/

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Potomac Waterfront History

• History of Prince William County Waterfront
  1500-1998
• An in-depth slide show beginning with native
  Americans up through 1998, before the big
  population boom in Prince Wm County
• http//www.pwcgov.org/docLibrary/PDF/000586.pdf
• Historical Timeline for the Potomac Watershed
  from the Alice Ferguson Foundation
• http//www.fergusonfoundation.org/btw/watershed_ti
  meline/timeline_frameset.html
• Chesapeake Bay History http//www.mariner.org/ches
  apeakebay/home.html
• Mapping a Watershed History activity
• http//www.longwood.edu/cleanva/images/Sec7.mapwat
  ershed.pdf

Pyrite Mine in Prince Wm Forest
Park http//www.nps.gov/prwi/historyculture/cabin-
branch-mine.htm Also visit the museum/nature
center excellent trail signage at Leesylvania
State Park for more Potomac Waterfront
history http//www.dcr.virginia.gov/state_parks/le
e.shtml
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Interactive fish games

• Fish ID game, teaches observation of markings and
  body shapes http//www.fergusonfoundation.org/btw/
  fishidbtw/index.html
• Anadromous (freshwater -gtocean-gtfreshwater) fish
  game, great tie in with Potomac Waterfront
  history http//www.fergusonfoundation.org/btw/gofi
  sh/index.html
• Build-a-fish http//scienceview.berkeley.edu/showc
  ase/flash/fish.html
• Becoming a big fish game http//www.nwf.org/flash/
  kidzone/juniornetgames/fishfood.html

• Fish sampling math activity http//www.dnr.state.w
  i.us/org/caer/ce/eek/teacher/fishactivity.htm

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Invertebrate games/activities

• Macroinvertebrate Match Game
• http//creekconnections.allegheny.edu/Modules/On-L
  ineActivities/AquaticMacros/MacroinvertMatch/Macro
  invertebrateMatchGame.htm
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• Masterbug Theater http//www.epa.gov/OWOW/NPS/kids
  /BUGTHTR.HTM
• Invertebrate matching game adult/larva
  http//www.vasos.org/communityoutreachappendixe.pd
  f
• More than Mud http//www.vims.edu/bridge/index_arc
  hive0202.html
• Macroinvertebrate Mayhem outdoor game
• http//www.stoller-eser.com/Education/SSI/Macroin
  vertebrateMayham.doc
• Stoneflies Worms game
• http//www.watersheds.org/tuac/macrogame.pdf
• Macroinvertebrate Lunch http//www.watersheds.org/
  earth/macro_resources.htm
• Virtual Pond from the UK http//www.naturegrid.org
  .uk/pondexplorer/pond3.html

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Water Quality Reference Infofor Virginia

• VA Dept of Env. Quality Draft 2008 Water
  Quality Assessment Integrated Report.
  www.deq.virginia.gov/wqa Within this report you
  can find out which streams are impaired
  why http//www.deq.virginia.gov/wqa/305b2008.html
• Surf your Watershed, information on your exact
  watershed, water use and impaired waters in your
  area http//cfpub.epa.gov/surf/locate/index.cfm
• USGS Weekly Drought monitor http//drought.unl.edu
  /dm/monitor.html
• VA real time stream temperatures
  http//water.usgs.gov/waterwatch/wqwatch/
• Natl Water Quality Assessment Program
  http//water.usgs.gov/nawqa/
• EPA Nitrogen Phosphorus Assessment
  http//www.epa.gov/waterscience/criteria/nutrient/
  

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Water Quality Parameters explained

• Water Clarity http//www.chesapeakebay.net/watercl
  arity.aspx?menuitem14656
• http//watermonitoring.uwex.edu/wav/monitoring/tr
  ansparency.html
• Sediment http//www.chesapeakebay.net/sediments.as
  px?menuitem14691
• Nutrients http//www.chesapeakebay.net/nutrients.a
  spx?menuitem14690
• Dissolved Oxygen
• http//watermonitoring.uwex.edu/wav/monitoring/ox
  ygen.html http//www.chesapeakebay.net/dissolvedox
  ygen.aspx?menuitem14654
• Temperature
• http//watermonitoring.uwex.edu/wav/monitoring/tem
  p.html
• http//www.chesapeakebay.net/physicalcharacteristi
  cs.aspx?menuitem14657

Image Source http//www.chesapeakebay.net/wqualit
y.htm
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How Wastewater is Treated

• Go With the Flow, an interactive online
  experience showing how water leaves the home,
  gets treated and is released into streams lakes
  http//www.wef.org/apps/gowithflow/theflow.htm
• http//www.wef.org/AboutWater/ForThePublic/Wastewa
  terTreatment/
• Water Treatment Activities http//www.wef.org/Ab
  outWater/ForEducators/CurriculumMaterials/
• What organisms live in wastewater?
  http//www.norweco.com/html/lab/microscope.htm
• Blue Plains interactive tour http//www.dcwasa.com
  /about/model_flash.cfm
• Water Science for Kids USGS http//ga.water.usgs.
  gov/edu/
• Wastewater treatment for kids http//www.metrocoun
  cil.org/environment/kids/index.htm

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USGS Water Posters out of print L but you can...

• Copy posters from this site into powerpoint use
  them with your white board
• http//water.usgs.gov/outreach/OutReach.html

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Interactive Watershed Models

• Watershed Model with NPS inputs
  http//www.watersheds.org/earth/karstmovie.htm
• Watershed Activities to Encourage Restoration
  http//www.watershedactivities.com/projects/fall/f
  all.html
• Virtual River http//nemo.sciencecourseware.org/ee
  cindex.php

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Wetland Watershed Activities/Guides

• Project WET (Water Ed. For teachers)
  http//www.projectwet.org/
• WOW the wonders of Wetlands https//sslserver.com/
  wetland.org/shop/mainpub.shtml?idpub1
• Printable excerpt http//www.epa.gov/region1/stud
  ents/pdfs/wetaccp1.pdf
• Project Webfoot, kit from Ducks Unlimited
  http//www.ducks.org/Project_Webfoot/ProjectWebfoo
  t/3531/ClassRoomMaterials.html
• Wetland 101 Online Wetlands Primer from Env.
  Concern. Wetland values, types mgmt
  http//www.wetland.org/education_wetland101.htm
• Clean Virginia Waterways http//www.longwood.edu/c
  leanva/images/Sec7.mapwatershed.pdf
• Chesapeake Academic Resources for Teachers
  http//chart.chesapeakebay.net/
• Teachers Guide to Wetland Activities
  http//www.greenwing.org/dueducator/ducanadapdf/te
  achersguide.pdf
• Adopt-a-Watershed clearinghouse
  http//www.adopt-a-watershed.org/index.php/watersh
  ed_links
• Env. Ed Links http//eelink.net/pages/EEActiviti
  es-Wetlands
• Flow (Fisheries Learning on the Web)
  http//www.projectflow.us/
• Healthy Water Healthy People http//www.projectwet
  .org/hwhp/hwpublications.html
• Chesapeake Science on the Internet for Educators
  http//www.vims.edu/chessie/
• Water Education for Kids http//www.epa.gov/water/
  kids/waterforkids.html

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Watershed Educationlinks

• Bridging the Watershed http//www.fergusonfoundat
  ion.org/btw/btw_index.html
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Water
  Conservation Tips http//www.epa.gov
• Non point source pollution online games for kids
  http//www.epa.gov/OWOW/NPS/kids/
• Chesapeake Bay Program http//www.chesapeakebay.ne
  t/
• Chesapeake Bay Health http//www.chesapeakebay.net
  /indicatorshome.aspx?menuitem14871
• Potomac Watershed Partnership http//www.potomacwa
  tershed.net/comcentr/edactive.html
• Chesapeake Bay Foundation (not the Chesapeake
  Program, but a conservation non-profit
  organization providing research and
  support.)http//www.cbf.org
• Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
  (DEQ)http//www.deq.state.va.us/
• Only Rain Down the Storm Drainhttp//www.onlyrain
  .org

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The Water Cycle explained
http//ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html
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Estuary Ocean extensions...

• Sea Grant Ocean Sciences Education Center, loads
  of lessons, primarily coastal topics
  http//www.vims.edu/bridge/
• Virtual Vacationland, online tool integrating
  earth science and water science
  http//www.bigelow.org/virtual/index_water.htmlwe
  b
• Estuary video Clips http//www.estuarylive.org/

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Frog Call Quiz

• Order the audio Cd, Play it during class,
  mornings...as background sound. Have students
  take the frog call quiz
• http//www.pwrc.usgs.gov/frogquiz/
• http//www.nwf.org/frogwatchUSA/content_sounds.cfm
  
• Challenge students to report in when they first
  hear certain species calling in spring. Images
  with sound http//www.naturesound.com/frogs/frogs
  .html
• Participate in FrogWatch USA http//www.nwf.org/f
  rogwatchUSA/