Use water-quality parameters to investigate the health of a hypothetical urban waterway, predict how human actions affect the health of the waterway, and write a “prescription” for actions to improve the health of the waterway.

Student Pages
The Life and Times of Somewhere Creek
Stream Inhabitants

WILD Work Job Profiles and Videos
Water Quality Specialist

What is a Water Quality Specialist? https://www.environmentalscience.org/career/water-quality-specialist
Career Spotlight: Water Quality Specialist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqFDXNkrsTo
 

In Step with STEM Resources
How’s My Waterway? https://watersgeo.epa.gov/mywaterway/