Unit+9+Freshwater+&+Marine+Resources


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Laws:
Clean Water Act Federal Water Pollution Control Act Fishery Conservation & Management Act Marine Mammal Protection Act Ocean Dumping Ban Act Oil Spill Prevention Act Safe Drinking Water Act Source Water Assessment Act Water Quality Act Water Resource Development Act RAMSAR

Places:
3 Gorges Dam, Colorado River, Lake Baikal, James Bay, Quebec (dam), Kissimmee River, Mono Lake

Notes:
|| =Unit 9: Freshwater & Marine Resources=

Readings:
Chapter 15 Chapter 16

Goals: Freshwater Resources

 * Explain the importance of water and the hydrologic cycle to ecosystems, human health, and economic pursuits
 * Delineate the distribution of freshwater on Earth and describe major types of freshwater ecosystems
 * Discuss how we use water and alter freshwater systems
 * Assess problems of water supply & explain the issues surrounding the Aral Sea & Water Privatization
 * Propose solutions to address water supply issues (desalinization, xeriscaping)
 * Assess problems of water quality and propose solutions to address water pollution
 * Explain the problems of cultural eutrification and dead zones
 * Compare eutrophic and oligotrophic bodies of water
 * Identify and describe the major layers of a freshwater lake
 * Explain how freshwater lakes change throughout the year
 * Idenitify point and non-point source pollution
 * Explain how wastewater is treated
 * Discuss the pros and cons of dams
 * Explain the structure of aquifers and how groundwater is maintained
 * Describe the importance of various locations in regards to water, water diversions & dams, and channeling

Goals: Marine Resources

 * Identify physical, geographical, chemical, and biological aspects of the marine environment (upwelling, downwelling, ENSO events, gyres & thermoclines)
 * Describe major types of marine ecosystems
 * Outline historical and current human uses of marine resources
 * Assess human impacts on marine environments
 * Review the current state of ocean fisheries and reasons for their decline
 * Identify and describe the major layers of the ocean
 * Explain various types of modern fishing methods and explain how each impacts the environment
 * Evaluate marine protected areas and reserves as innovative solutions

Skills:

 * Perform water quality testing using chemical and physical tests
 * Perform water quality testing using a bioassay
 * Assess the primary productivity of a body of water
 * Analyze the impact of water pollution on dissolved oxygen, turbidity, nutrient content, and pH ||
 * ==Extras==

Water
Characteristics of Water USGS Water

Biomes
Aquatic Biomes

Freshwater Resources
Cleanwater PSA Matt Damon & Water Water PSA USGS Water Usage Growing Wine Hurts Fish Live Earth Aral Sea A Guide to Freshwater Ecology Map of Worldwide Domestic Water Use World Map of Industrial Water Use World Map of Agricultural Water Use Map Map Worldwide Poor Water Quality Map of Worldwide Water Availability Map of Worldwise Water Depletion Water Withdrawls for Irrigation by Country Desalinization Video Colorado, Where does Your Water Come From? Banning Bottled Water PBS Frontline: Poisoned Waters

Groundwater
Groundwater Groundhog Animation Groundwater Animation Groundwater Animations

Wastewater Treatment
Tour Through A Wasterwater Plant Supersand Cleans up Drinking Water

Waterborne Disease
List of Water Borne Diseases

Marine Resources
Upwelling Demo End of the Line GBR at Risk from Pesticides Coral Catch Disease from Sewage The Garden of Queens Ocean Trenches: What's Down There?

Oil Pollution
Oil Eating Bacteria Deal with Oil Spill in Gulf 1 Year After Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in Gilf Timeline

Fisheries
Changing Westcoast Fishery Commercial Fish are Shrinking! Man Catches 800 lb tuna! End of the Line Overfishing costing UK Big Money

Ocean Movement
Thermoclines 1 Thermoclines 2 || ==Assignments==

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