Watershed Dynamics

by William S. Carlsen

Whether you're a stream studies novice or a veteran aquatic monitor, Watershed Dynamics gives you abundant practical resources to extend your students' investigations into local water quality and land-use issues. This two-part set is ideal for teaching biological and ecological concepts and research techniques. It also shows how the interplay between scientific data and human judgement can shape public policy decisions on zoning, flood control, and agricultural practices. The Teacher Edition explains how to guide student research and engineering design projects. Classroom-ready materials include detailed background, sample assessment tasks and rubrics, and guidelines for integrating peer review into classroom science. The Teacher Editon also includes the complete Student Edition. Watershed Dynamics is the final volume in the four-part Cornell Scientific Inquiry series designed to guide students in designing and conducting experiments, presenting their results, and exchanging feedback with their peers. See the other titles in the Decay and Renewal , Assessing Toxic Risk , and Invasion Ecology .

252 pages, Paperback

First published May 17, 2006

About the author

Professor of Education (Science Education)
Director of Graduate Studies,
Bill Carlsen is a former science teacher with training in the biological sciences and electrical engineering. He earned an A.B. in Biological Sciences at Dartmouth (1981) and a Ph.D. at the Stanford Graduate School of Education (1988). Bill has served as principal investigator on many professional development and instructional materials development projects funded by NSF and other entities, and is a coauthor of four books in the Cornell Scientific Inquiry Series. His research interests include engineering education, teacher knowledge, environmental science education, and scientist-school collaborations. Bill was the first director of Penn State's Center for Science and the Schools (CSATS).