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Symposium on Water Resources and the World Wide Web
Seattle, Washington, December 5-9, 1999

Appendix A. Potential and Current WOW Lesson Topics Organized by Subject Area.

 

Subject Categories

 

 

Topic

Biology

Chemistry

Physics

Earth Sciences

Aquatic Science

Math & Data Analysis

Technology

Environmental Studies

Acid Rain

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

Algal ecology

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Instrumental analysis

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

Archimedes principle (buoyancy; density)

 

X

X

 

 

 

 

 

Calorie

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

Classification of lakes

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

Climate change

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

Conductivity

 

X

 

 

X

 

 

 

Cycles (diel)

X

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

Data analysis and presentation

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

Data capture

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

Dissolved oxygen

X

X

 

 

X

 

 

X

Environmental impact analysis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

Equilibrium (chemical)

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

Erosion

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

Eutrophication

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

Fish ecology (preferences, needs, productivity)

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

Gas solubility

 

X

X

 

 

 

 

 

GIS

 

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Graphics

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

Heat budgets of lakes

 

X

X

 

 

 

 

 

Hydrology topics

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

X

Internet use

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

Ionic strength

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

Land use planning

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

Limnology

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

Measures of variability

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

Metabolism (O2 & pH changes)

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Modeling

 

 

 

 

 

X

X

 

Natural variations in lakes

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Photosynthesis

X

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

pH, acidity (CO2)

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

Point and nonpoint source pollution

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

Primary productivity

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Programming

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

Properties of water

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

Respiration

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Road salt impacts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

Sampling design

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

Sediment suspension

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

Software

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

Solutions (solutes, solvent)

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stratification (lakes)

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

Temperature

 

 

X

 

X

 

 

 

Trend analysis

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

Trouble-shooting

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

Use of spreadsheets

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

Water chemistry (including pH)

 

X

 

X

 

 

 

 

Water quality

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

Water resource planning

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

Watershed linkages

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

X

Weather & climate effects on lakes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

Web navigation

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

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