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Hydrosphere

  • Alkalinity
  • Conductivity
  • Dissolved Oxygen
  • Freshwater Macroinvertebrates
  • Nitrates
  • Salinity
  • Water Temperature
  • Water Transparency
  • pH

Alkalinity

Students will measure the alkalinity of water using an alkalinity test kit.

Alkalinity protocol (PDF)

Data Sheets

Hydrology Investigation Data Sheet
Hydrology Investigation Quality Control Procedure Data Sheet
Hydrology Investigation Site Definition Sheet
Hydrology Site Map

Field Guides

Alkalinity protocol Field Guide
Bottling a Water Sample for Classroom Testing Field Guide
Collecting a Water Sample in a Bucket Field Guide
Documenting Your Hydrosphere Study Site Field Guide
Making the Baking Soda Alkalinity Standard Lab Guide
Mapping Your Hydrosphere Study Site Field Guide
Quality Control Procedure for Alkalinity Lab Guide

Learning Activities

Hydrosphere Learning Activities
Model a Catchment Basin
Modeling Your Water Balance
Practicing Your protocols
Water Walk

Supporting Protocols

Hydrosphere Protocols
pH Protocol
Site Selection Protocols
Water Sampling

Conductivity

Students will measure electrical conductivity of water at freshwater hydrology sites.

Electrical Conductivity protocol (PDF)

Data Sheets

Hydrology Investigation Data Sheet
Hydrology Investigation Site Definition Sheet
Hydrology Site Map

Field Guides

Bottling a Water Sample for Classroom Testing Field Guide
Collecting a Water Sample in a Bucket Field Guide
Documenting Your Hydrosphere Study Site Field Guide
Electrical Conductivity Calibration protocol Lab Guide
Electrical Conductivity protocol Field Guide
Mapping Your Hydrosphere Study Site Field Guide
Using A pH Meter (Electrical Conductivity Greater than 200 mS-cm) Field Guide
Using A pH Meter (Electrical Conductivity Less than 200 mS-cm) Field Guide

Learning Activities

Hydrosphere Learning Activities
Model a Catchment Basin
Modeling Your Water Balance
Practicing Your protocols
Water Walk

Supporting Protocols

Hydrosphere Protocols
Site Selection Protocols
Water Sampling
Water Temperature Protocol

Dissolved Oxygen

Students will measure dissolved oxygen in the water at their site using a dissolved oxygen test kit or probe

Dissolved Oxygen (PDF)

Data Sheets

Hydrology Investigation Data Sheet
Hydrology Investigation Quality Control Procedure Data Sheet
Hydrology Investigation Site Definition Sheet
Hydrology Site Map

Field Guides

Collecting a Water Sample in a Bucket Field Guide
Dissolved Oxygen protocol (Probe) Field Guide
Dissolved Oxygen protocol (Test Kit) Field Guide
Documenting Your Hydrosphere Study Site Field Guide
Mapping Your Hydrosphere Study Site Field Guide
Quality Control Procedure for Dissolved Oxygen Kits Lab Guide

Learning Activities

Hydrosphere Learning Activities
Model a Catchment Basin
Modeling Your Water Balance
Practicing Your protocols
Water Walk

Supporting Protocols

Hydrosphere Protocols
Site Selection Protocols
Water Sampling
Water Temperature Protocol

Freshwater Macroinvertebrates

Freshwater Macroinvertebrate Sampling Protocols (PDF)

Data Sheets

Freshwater Macroinvertebrate Identification Data Sheet
Hydrology Investigation Site Definition Sheet
Hydrology Site Map

Field Guides

Documenting Your Hydrosphere Study Site Field Guide
Freshwater Macroinvertebrate Sampling Technique for Gravel and Sand Field Guide
Freshwater Macroinvertebrate Sampling Technique for Muddy Bottom Field Guide
Freshwater Macroinvertebrate Sampling Technique for Submersed Vegetation Field Guide
Freshwater Macroinvertebrate Sampling Technique for Vegetated Banks or Around Snags, Logs, and Roots Field Guide
Freshwater Macroinvertebrate Sub-sampling Field Guide
Mapping Your Hydrosphere Study Site Field Guide
Multi-habitat Freshwater Macroinvertebrate protocol Field Guide
Rocky Substrates in Running Water Macroinvertebrate protocol Field Guide
Sorting, Identifying and Counting Freshwater Macroinvertebrate protocol Lab Guide

Learning Activities

Hydrosphere Learning Activities
Model a Catchment Basin
Modeling Your Water Balance
Water Walk

Supporting Protocols

Freshwater Macroinvertebrate Sampling Protocols
Hydrosphere Protocols
Site Selection Protocols

Nitrates

Students will measure the nitrate-nitrogen content of water using a nitrate test kit.

Nitrates (PDF)

Data Sheets

Hydrology Investigation Data Sheet
Hydrology Investigation Quality Control Procedure Data Sheet
Hydrology Investigation Site Definition Sheet
Hydrology Site Map

Field Guides

Collecting a Water Sample in a Bucket Field Guide
Documenting Your Hydrosphere Study Site Field Guide
Making the 2 ppm Nitrate Standard Option 1 Lab Guide
Making the 2 ppm Nitrate Standard Option 2 Lab Guide
Making the 1000 ppm Nitrate Standard Lab Guide
Mapping Your Hydrosphere Study Site Field Guide
Nitrate protocol Field Guide
Nitrate Quality Control Procedure

Learning Activities

Hydrosphere Learning Activities
Model a Catchment Basin
Modeling Your Water Balance
Practicing Your protocols
Water Walk

Supporting Protocols

Hydrosphere Protocols
Site Selection Protocols
Water Sampling

Salinity

Students will measure the nitrate-nitrogen content of water using a nitrate test kit.

Salinity (PDF)

Data Sheets

Atmosphere Investigation Integrated 1-Day Data Sheet
Atmosphere Investigation Site Definition Sheet
Atmosphere Investigation Integrated 1-Day Data Sheet
Atmosphere Investigation Site Definition Sheet

Field Guides

Bottling a Water Sample for Classroom Testing Field Guide
Collecting a Water Sample in a Bucket Field Guide
Documenting Your Hydrosphere Study Site Field Guide
Mapping Your Hydrosphere Study Site Field Guide
Quality Control Procedure for Salinity protocol Lab Guide
Salinity protocol Field Guide

Learning Activities

Hydrosphere Learning Activities
Model a Catchment Basin
Modeling Your Water Balance
Practicing Your protocols
Water Walk

Supporting Protocols

Hydrosphere Protocols
Site Selection Protocols
Water Sampling
Water Temperature Protocol

Water Temperature

Students will measure the temperature of water.

Water Temperature Protocol (PDF)

Data Sheets

Hydrology Investigation Data Sheet
Hydrology Investigation Site Definition Sheet
Hydrology Site Map

Field Guides

Calibrating the Hydrology Thermometer Lab Guide
Collecting a Water Sample in a Bucket Field Guide
Documenting Your Hydrosphere Study Site Field Guide
Mapping Your Hydrosphere Study Site Field Guide
Water Temperature protocol for Thermometer Probes Field Guide
Water Temperature protocol for Thermometers Field Guide

Learning Activities

Hydrosphere Learning Activities
Model a Catchment Basin
Modeling Your Water Balance
Practicing Your protocols
Water Detectives
Water Walk

Supporting Protocols

Hydrosphere Protocols
Site Selection Protocols
Water Sampling

Water Transparency

Students will first measure water transparency at their undisturbed study site using a transparency tube or Secchi disk.

Water Transparency Protocol (PDF)

Data Sheets

Hydrology Investigation Data Sheet
Hydrology Investigation Site Definition Sheet
Hydrology Site Map

Field Guides

Collecting a Water Sample in a Bucket Field Guide
Documenting Your Hydrosphere Study Site Field Guide
Mapping Your Hydrosphere Study Site Field Guide
Secchi Disk Transparency protocol (for deep, still waters) Field Guide
Transparency Tube Transparency protocol (for shallow or flowing waters) Field Guide

Learning Activities

Hydrosphere Learning Activities
Model a Catchment Basin
Modeling Your Water Balance
Practicing Your protocols
Water Detectives
Water Walk

Supporting Protocols

Hydrosphere Protocols
Instrument Construction Instructions for Making a Secchi Disk and Transparency Tube to Measure Water Transparency
Instrument Construction Instructions for Making a Secchi Disk to Measure Water Transparency
Site Selection Protocols
Water Sampling

pH

Students will measure the pH of water using either pH paper or a pH meter.

pH (PDF)

Data Sheets

Hydrology Investigation Data Sheet
Hydrology Investigation Site Definition Sheet
Hydrology Site Map

Field Guides

Bottling a Water Sample for Classroom Testing Field Guide
Collecting a Water Sample in a Bucket Field Guide
Documenting Your Hydrosphere Study Site Field Guide
Electrical Conductivity Calibration protocol Lab Guide
Electrical Conductivity protocol Field Guide
Mapping Your Hydrosphere Study Site Field Guide
Using A pH Meter (Electrical Conductivity Greater than 200 mS-cm) Field Guide
Using A pH Meter (Electrical Conductivity Less than 200 mS-cm) Field Guide
Using pH Paper (Electrical Conductivity Greater than 200 mS-cm) Field Guide
Using pH Paper (Electrical Conductivity Less than 200 mS-cm) Field Guide

Learning Activities

Hydrosphere Learning Activities
Model a Catchment Basin
Modeling Your Water Balance
Practicing Your protocols
The pH Game
Water Detectives
Water Walk

Supporting Protocols

Alkalinity protocol
Electrical Conductivity protocol
Hydrosphere Protocols
Site Selection Protocols
Water Sampling

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