This is an in-class activity where students learn about the interconnectedness of land use, water quality, and water resource management. Students are assigned a river front parcel of land to develop, unaware that each parcel is connected to someone else's parcel. Each team presents their development choices to the class and learns that all of the river sections are contiguous, leading to discussions about the effects of development and downstream water quality issues.

Concepts

land use, water quality, water

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Additional Tags

water resource management, a river runs through it: an exploration in land use and water resource management

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)