Hey Everyone,
I hope that you enjoy your long weekend! I want to say that overall the presentations on Strawberry Creek's history, biology, geology, land use, and water quality were very helpful in setting the stage for November's field work - good work! There are two homework tasks related to the presentations and next steps that I want you to work on this weekend:
For Tuesday, 10/9:
1. I gave you all an assessment sheet for yourself and your presentation partners. I want you to fill that out, indicating one thing that each team member did well to contribute to the presentation, and something that each of you could have done beter to contribute to the team. Please be honest and specific - this is to help us all improve in this type of work in the future.
2. Based on what we know about Strawberry Creek at this time, and as we look to test the creek's water quality beginning in November, please come up with two questions that you have about the creek and two hypotheses related to those questions that we could test. Remember to refer to the work that we have done on the scientific method to guide this process. PLEASE EMAIL ME IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS ASSIGNMENT!
A reminder: I will also be collecting your science notebooks on Tuesday. Please check through this blog to make sure that all of your work is completed, and done well!
Friday, October 5, 2007
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks Reminder
Remember folks, the one-page typed essay to explain what you hope to gain on the Sequoia trip is due by dismissal on Wednesday (tomorrow).
Background on Strawberry Creek Watershed
Hi All,
Good work continues.....to review, we have been looking at issues related to quality and quantity of water globally and locally: Drop in the Bucket, the Water Cycle, What is a watershed? Contaminated groundwater in the Central Valley, and the need to continue saving San Francisco Bay. Now, let's focus on our watershed....
Beginning in November, we will be monitoring the water quality in Strawberry Creek from the headwaters near Grizzly Peak, through Strawberry Canyon and Cal's campus, into Strawberry Creek Park, and where it flows into the Bay at the bottom of University Avenue.
For Thursday, 10/4:
Work with your small group to provide a 2 to 3 minute overview of one of the different aspects of Strawberry Creek for Thursday. Your topic is one of the following: history, water quality, biology, geology and geomorphology, or land use. I am simply asking you to summarize the information provided on the following website: strawberrycreek.berkeley.edu. Click on your topic in the left margin.
Good work continues.....to review, we have been looking at issues related to quality and quantity of water globally and locally: Drop in the Bucket, the Water Cycle, What is a watershed? Contaminated groundwater in the Central Valley, and the need to continue saving San Francisco Bay. Now, let's focus on our watershed....
Beginning in November, we will be monitoring the water quality in Strawberry Creek from the headwaters near Grizzly Peak, through Strawberry Canyon and Cal's campus, into Strawberry Creek Park, and where it flows into the Bay at the bottom of University Avenue.
For Thursday, 10/4:
Work with your small group to provide a 2 to 3 minute overview of one of the different aspects of Strawberry Creek for Thursday. Your topic is one of the following: history, water quality, biology, geology and geomorphology, or land use. I am simply asking you to summarize the information provided on the following website: strawberrycreek.berkeley.edu. Click on your topic in the left margin.
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