NCTE Activities For Hydrology

 

Protocol

Literacy Activity for Protocol Test

elementary
middle school
high school

water pH

Write a short mnemonic (memory aide) that will help you remember the colors for the different pH measurements.

Write a paragraph or short story that describes the water pH measurement from the point of view of a water molecule in the stream you are testing.

Write a paragraph or short story that describes where the extra H+ ions in acidic water or the extra OH- ions in basic water come from. 

water temp

Write a sentence to tell what you like to do in water that is at the temperature you measured today.

Describe similarities and/or differences in how plants that live in water and animals that live in water respond when the water temperature is the temperature that you measured today.

Write a short story from the point of view of a water molecule in the stream you are testing.  Describe what causes inconsistent water temperatures that require multiple water temperature measurements.

 


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