8.E.1.1 – Explain the structure of the hydrosphere including:
• Water distribution on earth
• Local river basins and water availability
- NC River Basins
- LakeNet
- Salt Lakes Info
- National Geographic on Freshwater
- WS- Surface water
- Mrs. Korman on…
NC River Basins Booklet EXPLORE NC River Basins NC River Basins Student Sheet
8.E.1.2 – Summarize evidence that Earth’s oceans are a reservoir of nutrients, minerals, dissolved gases, and life forms:
• Estuaries
• Marine ecosystems
• Upwelling
• Behavior of gases in the marine environment
• Value and sustainability of marine resources
• Deep ocean technology and understandings gained
- NOAA – Oceans & Coasts
- Coral Reef Coloring Sheets
- Deep Ocean Currents
- Effects of Melting Polar Ice
- Estuaries
- WS Oceanography
- WS Marine Biology
- Mrs. Korman on…
8.E.1.3 – Predict the safety and potability of water supplies in North Carolina based on physical and biological factors, including:
• Temperature
• Dissolved oxygen
• pH
• Nitrates and phosphates
• Turbidity
• Bio-indicators
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- USGS – Water Quality
- CITIZEN SCIENCE – Secchi Dip In
- CITIZEN SCIENCE – Stream Watch
- WS-Acids & Bases
- Ride along with Mrs. Korman aboard a research boat from the Flathead Lake Biological Station on one of the clearest lakes in the world (Flathead Lake in Montana) and find out how to operate a Secchi Disk
- Mrs. Korman on Water Quality Indicators
Water Quality Stations Water Quality – Additional Information Sheets Student Sheets
8.E.1.4 – Conclude that the good health of humans requires:
• Monitoring of the hydrosphere
• Water quality standards
• Methods of water treatment
• Maintaining safe water quality
• Stewardship
- Waterwater Treatment Interactive
- Water Conservation Tips (from NatGeo)
- Groundwater
- Wastewater Treatment Video
- Septic System Overview
- WS-Water supply
- WS-Drinking Water Quality
- WS-Water Supply & Demand
- WS-Drinking Water
- WS-Freshwater Pollution
- WS-Freshwater Pollution w/Diagram
- Mrs. Korman on…
