Section outline

  • Lesson Description

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    Learn about the importance of stream and wetlands mitigation for site remediation.

    Lesson Objectives:

    Student should be able to

    • Understand stream and wetlands mitigation
    • Understand how to sample water and report the results

    This enrichment lesson is geared towards grades 9-12, Adults



  • Engage

    • Engage

      Wetland and Primary Headwater Streams Mitigation Conceptual Design Plan

      Scroll below the Habitat Resource Inventory and Habitat Suitability Modeling Report to read the overview of the mitigation conceptual design plan, then return here to continue.


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  • Explore

    • Hardware Setup

      What is contamination?

      Join Dr. Natalie Kruse and Jen Bowman to learn more about PCBs and other contaminants at the PORTS site, and what they mean for site remediation.

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  • Explain

    • Software Setup

      Mitigation Study

      Check out the mitigation study for the PORTS site. It's a very long report, for Part A focus on the Introduction (pg 10), the Background (pg 14), and the Conclusions (pg 71). For Part B focus on the Introduction (pg 73), and the Summary Recommendations (pg 133). But feel free to read as much as you'd like! When you're done, return here to continue.


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  • Extend

    • stream

      Hands-on at Home

      Learn how to sample water and record your results. 


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      If you'd like to participate you can download written instructions and a field sheet to record your observations. You can then contribute to science by uploading your observations to My Backyard Stream!

      Water Sampling Instructions

      Water Sampling Field Sheet

  • Evaluate

    • Combining Inputs and Outputs

      Review

      Let's review what we've learned.

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