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Framework
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Topic outline
Click the linked topics below for additional
resources
| Water Resources |
| 1. Characteristics of water on Earth |
a. Properties of water
b. Physical, chemical, biological aspects
(adaptations)
c. Distribution
d. Watersheds |
| 2. Surface water |
a. Fresh - lakes, streams and rivers, wetlands
b. Estuaries
c. Salt - oceans |
| 3. Groundwater |
a. Models
b. Aquifer
c. Artesian well
d. Water table
e. Zones - cone of depression, recharge,
saltwater intrusion |
| 4. Human use |
a. Historical use
b. Use sectors - agricultural, residential,
commercial (including fisheries),
municipal,
industrial
c. Demands and consumption |
| 5. Impacts of water use |
a. Shortages
b. Salinization
c. Pollution/contamination - point vs. non-
point
d. Erosion
e. Waste management
f. Storm water/flooding
g. Water diversion |
| 6. Sustainable use of water/solutions |
a. Conservation and preservation
b. Reduced use
c. Irrigation management
d. Water rationing |
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RESOURCES
| Surface water - Fresh - lakes |
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Ice Research (video)
Source: In
Wisconsin, Wisconsin Public Television
Web site
UW Limnology researchers give us a snapshot of
Wisconsin's environmental future, frozen in time. What can the
ice covered lakes of the frozen tundra reveal? Data on seven
lakes in Vilas County reach back to the early 1980s. Information
for Lake Mendota in Madison has been kept for more than 150
years. Art Hackett reports on drastic shifts in the length of
time ice covers Wisconsin lakes. A good connection to local
climate change issues. 7 minutes |
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Understanding Lake Data (publication)
Source: UW-Extension
Publication (PDF)
If you do field study with your
students on a lake this 20-page PDF does a great job of
explaining the data you may gather. Portions can be copied and
used in lecture as well. The guide was written to help people
understand information about lake water quality and to interpret
lake data. It explains the physical and chemical compositions of
different types of lakes. |
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