At the What’s in that H2O? (Quantity) station, students enter the creek and collect data to determine its rate of flow and connect water dynamics with water quality and overall stream integrity.
NGSS: HS-LS2-6, HS-LS2-7, HS-LS4-6, HS-LS4-5, HS-ESS2-5, HS-ESS3-1
WA SCIENCE Academic Learning Requirements (EALRs): 1.1, 1.2, 1.3,2.1, 2. 3.1
Measuring stream to calculate stream flow velocity
“What makes a river so restful to people is that it doesn’t have any doubt – it is sure to get where it is going, and it doesn’t want to go anywhere else.”- Hal Boyle