Lesson 3: Watershed Exploration
Student Objective:
This lesson focuses on connectivity of aquatic and terrestrial habitats through the watershed concept, and encourages students to identify ways that humans impact local waterways.
Students will:
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- Understand that habitats throughout Appalachia are connected by various processes.
- Evaluate the impact that habitat connectivity has on Appalachian fauna, particularly hellbender salamanders.
- Relate the concept of stream order to the way that water flows through a watershed across multiple spatial scales.
- Recognize the multitude of ways that human activity can impact water quality and species within the watershed.
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