For Teachers:
Water Quality Curricula -

Soil Testing

Grades K-2:

• Environmental Resource Guide:
  "Pond Scum," p. 41, model types and effects of pollution.

Grades 3-5:

• Environmental Resource Guide:
  "Too Many Nutrients," p. 45, model and observe types of nutrient pollution.
• The Water Sourcebook:
  "Stop that Sediment," p. 3-41, examine erosion sources.
• Bottle Biology:
  "TerrAqua Column, p. 61, model impacts of various nutrients on lake ecology.
• The Teaching Tank™:
  "Fertilizer Pollution," model impacts of nutrients. "Macro-Pond Life," model impacts of nutrients.
• Full Option Science System: Environments module, model habitats.
• Aquatic Wild:
  "The Glass Menagerie," p. 130, model impacts of nutrients.

Grades 6-8:

• Environmental Resource Guide:
  "Fertile Green," p. 19, observe effects of nutrient pollution.
• The Water Sourcebook:
  "Nutrients and Water Quality," p. 1-23, model nutrient pollutants. "Algae Growth," p. 3-19, nutrient pollution experiment.
• Bottle Biology:
  "TerrAqua Column, p. 61, model impacts of various nutrients on lake ecology.
• The Teaching Tank™:
  "Fertilizer Pollution," model impacts of nutrients. "Macro-Pond Life," model impacts of nutrients.
• Full Option Science System:
  Environments module, model habitats. Aquatic Wild: "The Glass Menagerie," p. 130, model impacts of nutrients.

Grades 9-12:

• Environmental Resource Guide:
  "Fed Up," p. 55, study impacts of nutrients on water quality.
• The Water Sourcebook:
  "Pollutants: How Much Total or How Much Per Unit of Water?" p. 3-53, examine concepts of concentration and loading.