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Curriculum Extensions PEREC Tidal Potomac Teacher Training Workshop

Curriculum Extensions PEREC Tidal Potomac Teacher Training Workshop. June 23-26, 2008 Dr. Chris Jones & Dr. Cindy Smith. Potomac Environmental Research and Education Center. Mission:

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Curriculum Extensions PEREC Tidal Potomac Teacher Training Workshop

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  1. Curriculum ExtensionsPERECTidal Potomac Teacher Training Workshop June 23-26, 2008 Dr. Chris Jones & Dr. Cindy Smith

  2. 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/

  3. Parks we visited... Occoquan Bay Nat’l Wildlife Refugehttp://www.fws.gov/Refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=51611 • PWCS 6th grade watershed activities contact: Joy Greene, E.A.G.L.E.S. Center Coordinatorgreeneje@pwcs.edu 703-490-5162 • FCPS and other PWCS grades Contact: Prince Wm Conservation Alliance http://www.pwconserve.org/youthed/index.html Kim Hosen, Exec. Directorkim@pwconserve.org 703-499-4954 Prince Wm Forest Parkhttp://www.nps.gov/prwi/ Nature center, hiking trails, cabin camping... Bridging the Watershed programs: http://www.fergusonfoundation.org/btw/btw_index.html Leesylvania State Parkhttp://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state_parks/lee.shtml Historical and nature museum with live animals; fishing, canoeing, hiking trails, group camping...

  4. Water Quality Glossaries • Water Quality Parameters defined http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/waterq/wqglossary.html • USGS glossary http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/dictionary.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.net/glossary.aspx?menuitem=14875 • Nutrient Glossary http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/criteria/nutrient/glossary.html

  5. How Can I Participate in Stream Monitoring & Clean-up efforts? Fairfax County http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dpwes/stormwater/floatables.htm http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dpwes/stormwater/volunteer.htm#WatershedStewardship • Biological Stream monitoring (NVSWCD) http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/nvswcd/ • Storm Drain Stenciling (NVSWCD) http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/nvswcd/monitoring.htm • Stream Clean-Ups & Adopt –A-Stream Program (DCR http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/soil_&_water/adopt.shtml • Community Watershed Organizations (FFX Co. Stormwater Planning Division) http://www.fairfaxcounty.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.

  6. How Can I Participate in Stream Monitoring & Clean-up efforts? Prince William County Adopt-A-Stream PWSWCD http://www.pwswcd.org/Adopt%20A%20Stream/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.

  7. More Stream Monitoring & Clean-up efforts Potomac Watershed Annual Clean-up http://www.fergusonfoundation.org/trash_initiative/trash_cleanup.html 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!

  8. Virginia Save Our Streams Monitoring Program http://www.vasos.org/ ‘Virtual’ training about stream monitoring http://www.vasos.org/virtualsosdemonstration/geninfo.htm Invertebrate & Crustacean ID Sheets http://www.vasos.org/communityoutreachappendixc.pdf Tally Sheets & Metrics http://www.vasos.org/communityoutreachappendixd.pdf DEQ Community Monitoring Efforts: GIS map, click on site # for WQ parameters http://gisweb.deq.virginia.gov/vwmc/viewer.htm

  9. Invertebrate keys & review sites • VA SOS invertebrate review: http://www.vasos.org/virtualsosdemonstration/macro_review4.htm • NY State Key to macroinvertebrates: http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/35772.html • Univ of MN Key: http://www.entomology.umn.edu/midge/VSMIVP.htm • WV Key to macroinvertebrates: http://www.wvdep.org/item.cfm?ssid=11&ss1id=202 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/watercritter/critterindex.htm http://watermonitoring.uwex.edu/wav/monitoring/coordinator/ecology/coleoptera.html • Biotic Index http://watermonitoring.uwex.edu/wav/monitoring/biotic.html • Great, close-up, underwater insect images http://www.troutnut.com/

  10. 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 Watershedfrom the Alice Ferguson Foundation: http://www.fergusonfoundation.org/btw/watershed_timeline/timeline_frameset.html • Chesapeake Bay Historyhttp://www.mariner.org/chesapeakebay/home.html • Mapping a Watershed History activity http://www.longwood.edu/cleanva/images/Sec7.mapwatershed.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/lee.shtml

  11. Interactive fish games • Fish ID game, teaches observation of markings and body shapes http://www.fergusonfoundation.org/btw/fishidbtw/index.html • Anadromous (freshwater ->ocean->freshwater) fish game, great tie in with Potomac Waterfront history http://www.fergusonfoundation.org/btw/gofish/index.html • Build-a-fish http://scienceview.berkeley.edu/showcase/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.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/teacher/fishactivity.htm

  12. Invertebrate games/activities • Macroinvertebrate Match Game • http://creekconnections.allegheny.edu/Modules/On-LineActivities/AquaticMacros/MacroinvertMatch/MacroinvertebrateMatchGame.htm • l • Masterbug Theater http://www.epa.gov/OWOW/NPS/kids/BUGTHTR.HTM • Invertebrate matching game adult/larvahttp://www.vasos.org/communityoutreachappendixe.pdf • More than Mudhttp://www.vims.edu/bridge/index_archive0202.html • Macroinvertebrate Mayhem: outdoor game http://www.stoller-eser.com/Education/SSI/MacroinvertebrateMayham.doc • Stoneflies & Worms game http://www.watersheds.org/tuac/macrogame.pdf • Macroinvertebrate Lunchhttp://www.watersheds.org/earth/macro_resources.htm • Virtual Pond from the UK http://www.naturegrid.org.uk/pondexplorer/pond3.html

  13. 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 monitorhttp://drought.unl.edu/dm/monitor.html • VA real time stream temperatureshttp://water.usgs.gov/waterwatch/wqwatch/ • Nat’l Water Quality Assessment Programhttp://water.usgs.gov/nawqa/ • EPA Nitrogen & Phosphorus Assessment:http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/criteria/nutrient/

  14. Water Quality Parameters explained • Water Clarityhttp://www.chesapeakebay.net/waterclarity.aspx?menuitem=14656 http://watermonitoring.uwex.edu/wav/monitoring/transparency.html • Sediment http://www.chesapeakebay.net/sediments.aspx?menuitem=14691 • Nutrients http://www.chesapeakebay.net/nutrients.aspx?menuitem=14690 • Dissolved Oxygen http://watermonitoring.uwex.edu/wav/monitoring/oxygen.htmlhttp://www.chesapeakebay.net/dissolvedoxygen.aspx?menuitem=14654 • Temperature http://watermonitoring.uwex.edu/wav/monitoring/temp.html http://www.chesapeakebay.net/physicalcharacteristics.aspx?menuitem=14657 Image Source: http://www.chesapeakebay.net/wquality.htm

  15. 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/WastewaterTreatment/ • Water Treatment Activities: http://www.wef.org/AboutWater/ForEducators/CurriculumMaterials/ • What organisms live in wastewater? http://www.norweco.com/html/lab/microscope.htm# • Blue Plains interactive tourhttp://www.dcwasa.com/about/model_flash.cfm • Water Science for Kids USGS http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/ • Wastewater treatment for kids http://www.metrocouncil.org/environment/kids/index.htm

  16. USGS Water Postersout 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

  17. 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/fall.html • Virtual River http://nemo.sciencecourseware.org/eecindex.php

  18. Wetland & Watershed Activities/Guides • Project WET (Water Ed. For teachers)http://www.projectwet.org/ • WOW the wonders of Wetlandshttps://sslserver.com/wetland.org/shop/mainpub.shtml?id=pub1 • Printable excerpt: http://www.epa.gov/region1/students/pdfs/wetaccp1.pdf • Project Webfoot, kit from Ducks Unlimitedhttp://www.ducks.org/Project_Webfoot/ProjectWebfoot/3531/ClassRoomMaterials.html • Wetland 101: Online Wetlands Primer from Env. Concern. Wetland values, types & mgmthttp://www.wetland.org/education_wetland101.htm • Clean Virginia Waterwayshttp://www.longwood.edu/cleanva/images/Sec7.mapwatershed.pdf • Chesapeake Academic Resources for Teachershttp://chart.chesapeakebay.net/ • Teacher’s Guide to Wetland Activitieshttp://www.greenwing.org/dueducator/ducanadapdf/teachersguide.pdf • Adopt-a-Watershed clearinghousehttp://www.adopt-a-watershed.org/index.php/watershed_links • Env. Ed Links:http://eelink.net/pages/EE+Activities+-+Wetlands • Flow (Fisheries Learning on the Web)http://www.projectflow.us/ • Healthy Water Healthy Peoplehttp://www.projectwet.org/hwhp/hwpublications.html • Chesapeake Science on the Internet for Educatorshttp://www.vims.edu/chessie/ • Water Education for Kidshttp://www.epa.gov/water/kids/waterforkids.html • Water Science for Schools:http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/ • Wetlands & Ecosystems:http://www.epa.gov/R5water/wshednps/topic_wetlands_ecosystem.htm • Wetland Education:http://www.epa.gov/region5/water/wshednps/topic_wetlands_education.htm#webcurriculum

  19. Watershed Educationlinks • Bridging the Watershed http://www.fergusonfoundation.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.net/ • Chesapeake Bay Healthhttp://www.chesapeakebay.net/indicatorshome.aspx?menuitem=14871 • Potomac Watershed Partnershiphttp://www.potomacwatershed.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 • Northern Virginia Regional Commissionhttp://www.novaregion.org/index.html

  20. The Water Cycle explained http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html

  21. Estuary & Ocean extensions... • Sea Grant Ocean Sciences Education Center,loads of lessons, primarily coastal topicshttp://www.vims.edu/bridge/ • Virtual Vacationland, online tool integrating earth science and water science http://www.bigelow.org/virtual/index_water.html#web • Estuary video Clips http://www.estuarylive.org/

  22. 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/frogwatchUSA/

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