Module I: Water Resources of the Catskills

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LESSON 1: Introduction To Water

Summary
Activity 1 - Water Poetry
Activity 2 - Where Is All of the Water on Earth?
Activity 3 - The Water Cycle
Activity 4 - A Day in the Life of a Drop of Water
Activity 5 - Becoming Wary of Watersheds
Activity 6 - What Is Your Watershed Address

LESSON 2: Streamwatch

Summary
Activity 1 - Stream Characteristics
Activity 2 - Buckets of Bugs
Activity 3 - Much Ado about Macroinvertebrates
Activity 4 - Stream Field Trip

LESSON 3: Taking Care of Our Watershed

Summary
Significance of Wetlands
Activity 1 - Who Dirtied the Water?
Activity 2 - Non-Point Source Pollution on Stage
Activity 3 - Guessing for Groundwater
Activity 4 - House of Pollution
Activity 5 - Wetland in a Pan
Activity 6 - Trees, Forests, and the Water Cycle
Activity 7 - On the Farm
Activity 8 - Treating Our Wastewater

LESSON 4: New York City Watershed

Summary
Activity 1 - The Mission of the Mighty Molecule
Activity 2 - NYC Watershed Time Line
Activity 3 - Here Comes the Flood... Maybe
Activity 4 - Water Quality Issues - Where Do You Stand?
Activity 5 - Home in the Country

GLOSSARY

Glossary for Module I

RESOURCES

Resources for Module I

APPENDIX

Material for Lesson 2 - Streamwatch

-Physical & Chemical Data Sheet
-Biological Data Sheet
-Total Flow Data Sheet
-Habitat Survey Data Sheet
-Permission Slip
-Volunteer Form
-Izaak Walton Identification Key 1 / Izaak Walton Identification Key 2

Material for Lesson 4 - The New York City Watershed

-Maps of Flooded Villages
-NYC Watershed Map

Other Material

-A Walk Upstream
-Multiple Intelligences

USING THIS BOOK

• Vocabulary words that are italicized throughout this module are later defined in the Glossary.
  
  
• Following each activity are listed NYS Learning Standards that are met by the activity. There is a good possibility that the activity may meet more standards than those listed. The number of the standard, its title, and the topic heading are written out. Some topic headings are divided into key ideas, and their numbers are listed where applicable. Below is an example of how the learning standards are listed.
  

NYS Learning Standards:

English
Standard 3 - Language for Critical Analysis and Evaluation: Speaking and Writing

Math, Science, and Technology
Standard 4 - Science: Physical Setting 1-6
Standard 4 - Science: The Living Environment 7
Standard 7 - Interdisciplinary Problem Solving: Connections

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This publication was made possible with funds from The Catskill Watershed Corporation in partnership with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection and was funded in part by NYS Council on the Arts, the Bay Foundation, the Dorr Foundation, the A. Lindsay and Olive B. O'Connor Foundation, the Scherman Foundation, and USEPA. © 2000 The Catskill Center for Conservation and Development, Inc.