Students learn about watersheds, soil erosion, run off, and comprehend human impacts on natural resources. Students collaborate as a team to develop a filtration prototype to prevent soil from entering their waterway.
Students learn about watersheds and riparian buffers and construct a riparian buffer as a part of an experiment.
Students investigate impacts of major pollutants in the Rappahannock Watershed as they accumulate from its headwaters to the Chesapeake Bay. Introduce macroinvertebrate sampling and identification through a simulation in preparation for field investigations.