Investigating human impact on stream ecology: locally and nationally

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This activity is intended for students to lead investigations on stream ecology. Students will exercise critical thinking skills to interpret data sets and maps regarding water quality and usage. They will also learn how to manipulate the data and create presentations of the figures.
This activity is included in Volume 8 of Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology (TIEE).

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Primary or BEN resource type	Assignment/activity (non-laboratory)
Secondary resource type	Dataset
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Format	html
Ecological Core Concept	The science of ecology -- Statistical analysis Human impacts
Classification	Big Data Collection
Drought & Water-Ecosystem Services Collection	Off
Conservation Targets Under Global Change Collection	Off
Big Data Collection	On
Editor's Choice	Yes
Audience	Undergraduate upper division 15-16 Undergraduate lower division 13-14
Pedagogical Use Description	This activity is intended for students to conduct a scientific investigation. Students will learn and practice the skills of interpreting data and generating graphs. This activity could also be done in combination with hands-on laboratory exercises testing water samples and collecting macroinvertebrates.
Keywords	data sets, human impact, toxicology, ecological investigation, TIEE, stream ecology, nutrient pollution, water quality, student-active, land use, data analysis
Life science discipline (subject)	Hydrology & Water Resources Education Ecology Toxicology Biostatistics Agriculture & Aquaculture
Primary Author Controlled Name	Stephanie Hampton
Primary Author Affiliation	National Center for Ecological Analysis & Synthesis at the University of California, Santa Barbara
Primary Author email	hampton@nceas.ucsb.edu
Secondary Author Name(s)	Amelia Nuding
Secondary Author Affiliation(s)	National Center for Ecological Analysis & Synthesis at the University of California, Santa Barbara
Submitter Email	education@esa.org
Rights	National Center for Ecological Analysis & Synthesis at the University of California, Santa Barbara
Review Status	Accepted
Resource Editor	Unknown
Reviewer A	Unknown
Review A Submission Status	Review Not Submitted
Reviewer B	Unknown
Review B Submission Status	Review Not Submitted
Date Of Record Submission	2012-04-02

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