Oregon Coast STEM Hub

Muddy Waters: A Tale of Two Sloughs

Lesson Plan: Muddy Waters (pdf)

Links to the materials included in the lesson plan

• Resources may be available from your local:
  • Oregon STEM Hub
  • Oregon Watershed Council
  • ODFW STEP Biologist
• South Slough Reserve
  • South Slough NERR field trip info
  • Video: Tide of the Heron [12:31]
• Field Site Pre-Visit
  • Google Earth
  • Teacher Notes (pdf)
  • Video: What Causes Tides? [3:33]
• Measuring Water Quality
  • WQ Parameters (pdf)
  • Monitoring Estuaries tutorial, NOAA
  • Water Quality, MWEEs by the Sea
  • Data in the Classroom, NOAA
  • Centralized Data Management Office, NERRS
• How to Test WQ
  • Video: Salmon Watch Water Quality, ODFW [15:30]
  • Videos: Streamwebs Tutorials
• Turbidity
  • Video: Turbidity, ChapelHillGov [6:22]
  • What is Sediment Pollution?, EPA
  • Turbidity and Water, USGS
• Data Sheets
  • Student data collection sheet (pdf)(doc)(example)
  • Streamwebs data sheets
  • Class data spreadsheet (xls)
• Key Vocabulary
  • Vocabulary (pdf)(doc)
  • NOAA Estuary Glossary
  • Quizlet: Estuary and WQ
• Career Connections
  • Research Bio: Molly Keogh (pdf)
• Analyzing the Data
  • Google: Make a Chart
  • Video: Estuaries [7:03]
• The Watershed Game
  • Classroom Version

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