Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills

• Field Testing and Local
  Ecosystem Reports (Middle School)
• Field Testing and Local
  Ecosystem Reports (High School)
• Nonpoint Source Pollution
• Water Quality Sampling
• Wetlands
• Exploring Aquifers
• Water
• AP Environmetal Science
• Big Picture Project Ideas
• National Science Standards
• Short Stories, Poetry,
  Screenwriting, and PR

 

Big Picture Project Ideas

1. Overfishing: 8A-D, F; 5A, D; 6C; 7A, B

www.nmfs.gov

Gulf Coast Fisheries Council
Coastal Conversation Association
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
NOAA and National Marine Fisheries (NMFS)

2. Wetlands Decline: 8A-D; 5A, C-D; 6A-C; 7A-D; 8A-D; 9B; 10A-C

www.nmfs.gov

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
National Wetlands Center
Era.gov/owow/wetlands
Texas General Land Office

3. Erosion - cause and effect: 8A-D; 5A, C, D; 6B, C; 7B, C; 8A-D; 9B; 10A-C

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
U S Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Service (USFWS)

4. Salinity - Impact on FW ecosystems: 5A, C, D; 6B, C; 7A-D; 8A-D; 9B; 10A-C

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
U S Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
EPA Clean Waters Act

5. Introduction of exotic species: 8A-D; 5C, D; 6A-C; 7B-D; 8A-D

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
U S Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)

6. Pollution & Indicator Species: 8A-D; 5A-D; 6A-C; 7A-D; 8A-D

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
U S Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
EPA Clean Water Act
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC)

7. Carrying Capacity: 5A-D; 6A-C; 7A-D; 8A-D; 9B

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
U S Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)

8. Aquifer & Recharge Zones & Human Impact: 8A-D; 5A-D; 10A-C

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
U S Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)

9. Endangered Species & Courses: 5A-D; 8A-D; 7B, C

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
U S Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
Gulf of Mexico Program

10. Damming & Diverting Water Flow: 5A-D; 7B-D; 8A-D; 10A-C

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
U S Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
River Authorities

11. Nonpoint Source Pollution: 5A-D; 8A-D

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
U S Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
EPA
Texas General Land Office

12. International Laws and Impact on Ecosystems: 5A-D; 6C; 8C; 10C

13. Water Use: 3C; 6C; 8C

Policy
Individual/ Residential
Texas Water Development Board

14. Human Body & Water Demands: 3A

15. Coastal Reefs: 6C; 7D; 8A-D; 9B, C

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

16. Toxicity: 1A-B; 2A; 3A, B; 4C; 5D; 7B, C; 8A-D; 10B, C

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