Review for:USGS Stream Flow

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posted: on March 22, 2008 at 8:18AM

My rating of this resource: ****

My experience using this resource:
Freshwater Ecology

Topic I was teaching:
Watershed

My learning goal for which this resource was used:
Have students develop data tables and graphs of the water volume at a given site

Course Level:
Intro or Regular

How I/my students used the resource:
Students can access the data and also the historical data to develop the stream discharge during different times of the year and during given time periods.

Value Added:
Increases graphing skills, Increases modeling skills, Provides access to data sets, Provides access to remote instrumentation, Increases data collection & analysis skills, Increases student engagement and motivation

Strengths:
Allows for different states data to be easily accessed

Weaknesses:
None

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