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  • PDF preview of Inquiry 2 FACTivities.
    The questions you will answer in this FACTivity are: Which land cover best protects water quality and why? Materials: 3…
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    FACTivity – Protecting Water Quality

  • PDF preview of the the Sediment-al Journey FACTivity.
    The question you will answer in this FACTivity is: What is the relationship between the level of chemicals in a…
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    FACTivity – Sediment-al Journey

  • PDF preview of the alternate FACTivity for Inquiry 2
    In this FACTivity you will answer the question: How much water is transpired by a tree during daylight hours? Transpiration…
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    FACTivity – Trees & the Water Cycle

  • PDF preview of the 'What's the Non Point?' FACTivity.
    The questions you will answer in this FACTivity are: How do standardized units of measurement help scientists to answer questions?…
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    FACTivity – What’s the Nonpoint?

  • Screenshot of FreshWaterLIVE: Scientists in Action video.
    Watch a 43-minute video taped live at Grand Lake, Colorado, featuring questions from students and answers by Carl Chambers, a…
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    Fresh Water LIVE from Colorado

  • Screenshot of FreshWater Live.
    Follow water on a journey through a watershed, from forest to faucet, in the Eastern United States. This is a…
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    Fresh Water LIVE from Eastern U.S.

  • PDF preview of "Full Throttle Model" article
    Read about efforts to model changes to land use within watersheds to help identify and prioritize watersheds with low water…
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    Full Throttle Model: Using Scientific Models to Quickly Assess Water Quality

  • The cover for the Green Means Clean article. The main image is a photo of a lake with trees on the coast.
    With two-thirds of the U.S. population drinking water from surface sources such as streams, rivers, lakes, and reservoirs, it is…
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    Green Means Clean! Assessing the Condition of U.S. Drinking Water Watersheds

  • Scientist standing inside cave
    From the formation of caves by the movement of groundwater to mapping them and exploring their unique ecosystems to the…
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    Learning Module – Caves & Karst

  • PDF preview of World's Forests 3 lesson plan.
    A guided reading lesson plan that walks students through each section of the journal. It includes graphic organizers and activities…
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    Lesson Plan – World’s Forests 3

  • Cover of the Mussel Mania article. The main image is a photo of a hand holding a mollusk shell on top of an area full of pebbles and other shells.
    Mussels are very sensitive to changes in the environment which makes them good indicators of the health of an aquatic…
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    Mussel Mania: How Streamflow Affects Freshwater Mussels Over Long Time Periods

  • The cover for the 'My Sediments Exactly' article. The main image is a photo of a mangrove forest.
    The scientists in this study wanted to identify which mangrove forests, growing in various conditions, were keeping up with sea…
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    My Sediments Exactly! – Can Mangrove Forest Sediments Keep up With Rising Sea Level?