Energy, Environment, and Health

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 12.07.03

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Rationale
  3. Objectives
  4. Background Information
  5. Human Impact
  6. The Quinnipiac River
  7. Teaching Strategies
  8. Classroom Activities
  9. Resources
  10. Websites
  11. Appendix 1 – Science Standards
  12. Appendix 2 – Water Audit Data Sheets
  13. Appendix 3 – Watersheds and Wetlands Questions

Knowing Your Watershed

Carol P. Boynton

Published September 2012

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Resources

Ahearn, Elizabeth A.. Streamflow in the Quinnipiac River Basin, Connecticut: statistics and trends, 1931-2000. East Hartford, Conn.: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey ;, 2002.

Andersen, Tom. This fine piece of water: an environmental history of Long Island Sound. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2004.

Anisfeld, Shimon C.. Water resources. Washington: Island Press, 2010.

Dobson, Clive and Gregor Gilpin Beck. Watersheds: A Practical Handbook for Healthy Water. Buffalo, NY, Firefly Books, 1999

Louv, Richard. Last child in the woods: saving our children from nature-deficit disorder. Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2005.

Moore, Jon A.. Quinnipiac fishes & fisheries: history and modern perspectives on the fishes and fisheries in the Quinnipiac Watershed. New Haven (Conn.): Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2001.

Rosenberg, Pamela. Watershed Conservation. Cherry Lake Publishing, 2008.

Wargo, John. Green intelligence: creating environments that protect human health. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2009.

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