Program+Goals

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 * = **Student Learning Goals** ||= **Concepts** ||
 * * Making observations
 * Applying field sampling techniques
 * Calibrating scientific equipment
 * Following directions in methods and test kits
 * Recording and reporting data accurately
 * Reading a scale
 * Communicating orally
 * Communicating in writing
 * Asking questions
 * Forming and testing hypotheses
 * Designing experiments, tools, and models
 * Using water quality measurement equipment
 * Using tools to enhance the senses
 * Creating and reading graphs
 * Calculating averages
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Making comparisons over space and time
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Analyzing data for trends and differences
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Using the GLOBE database || * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Surface water exists in many forms and has observable and/or measurable characteristics.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Surface water characteristics are related to the characteristics of the surrounding environment.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">A watershed guides water to a common watercourse.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Watershed characteristics are related to the physical features of the land.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Moving water is a cause of erosion.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">The physical environment affects an organism’s response patterns; organisms adapt and survive, move, or die.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Organisms need water to survive.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">pH is a characteristic property that can be measured.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">The transfer of heat energy affects temperature.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Classification helps to organize and understand the natural world.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Classification helps to organize and understand the natural world.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center; display: block"> Enrichment ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center; display: block"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Topographical maps provide 3-dimensional information about the land.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Macro-invertebrates are sensitive indicators of water quality.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">//Source: http://globe.gov/fsl/educorn/assessment/hydrology/hydrologyhome.html