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Can Nutrients in Water Cause Harm? Lesson PlanCan Nutrients in Water Cause Harm? Lesson Plan
Publisher
Baylor College
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Grade
3rd - 6th
Subjects
Science
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Duration
14 days
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Scientific Equipment
Year
2010
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Can Nutrients in Water Cause Harm?

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Ecology candidates culture pond water organisms over a few days time, then they experiment to find out how increasing nutrients affects the population. As part of a unit on water, this exploration gives your class an understanding of how important it is to protect freshwater bodies. This can be used as part of the water unit, or alone as a instructional activity on water pollution.

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water pollution, pollution

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water pollution, science

Pros

  • A neatly formatted two-color lab sheet comes in English and in Spanish
  • Lesson fits nicely into a water unit, or stands alone as a lesson in water pollution
  • Richly detailed teacher's notes
  • Interdisciplinary resources available to add depth to the lesson
  • Can be used to address Next Generation Science Standards

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