Housatonic River High School Curriculum

Bill Bowers, Taconic High School, Pittsfield
Barbara Malkas, McCann High School, North Adams

Project Summary

Module 1: Mapping a Watershed

Module Introduction, Overview, and Framework Connections

Introduction to Mapping

Map Features and the Legend

Module 2: Land Use

Module Introduction, Outline, and Framework Connections

Activity 1 A: Snapshots of change / A Historical perspective

Activity 1 B: Growing a Population / Analysis of change

Activity 2: Think Pair Share/ Essay Development

Activity 3 A: Land Use and Contaminates - Up or Down the Watershed

Activity 3 B: Land Use and Contaminates - Soil & Water Contamination

Activity 4 A: Ground water and surface water contamination - Seepage & Weepage

Activity 4 B: Ground water and surface water contamination - Road salting

Activity 4 C: Ground water and surface water contamination - Additional Activities

Activity 5: Contamination of Water; Cradle to Grave

Module 3: Milfoil

Module Introduction

Tasks, Resources, Process, and Conclusion

Evaluation Rubric

Module 4: Developing a Sampling and Testing Program

Module Introduction

Steps to Developing a QAPP

Elements of a QAPP

Monitoring Program

LOPA Tributary Field Data Sheet

Tributary Monitoring Manual

This project is funded by the Massachusetts Environmental Trust,  the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

 Although the information in this document has been funded in part by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under assistance agreement NE 981624-01-0 to Housatonic River Restoration, Inc., it may not necessarily reflect the views of the Agency and no official endorsement should be inferred.