Since Texas Stream Team's start in 1991, students of the environment have come to Texas Stream Team in search of answers. Citizens have asked us, "How safe is my water?" Environmental decision makers have asked, "How can Texas Stream Team provide more data for water quality assessment?" And Science teachers have come to Texas Stream Team in search of real-world activities to enhance their presentation of scientific concepts and information.

Water Monitoring Curriculum Companion

The water quality monitoring curriculum presented here is designed for High School and Middle School science teachers. For use as a companion to the Texas Stream Team Water Quality Monitoring Manual, this curriculum covers the key environmental and scientific concepts associated with Texas Stream Team's core water quality variables. In addition to presenting the procedures for performing the water quality tests, this curriculum provides lessons, exercises, evaluation materials and TEKS correlations. Texas Stream Team hopes this curriculum will facilitate the presentation of Texas Stream Team concepts in the classroom and field.

Conducting a Watershed Survey

This curriculum was created in collaboration with Margaret Russell, Christine Kelley, Evan Wilder, Cathy Springer and Allison Glass. Texas Stream Team would like to thank everyone who helped to produce this curriculum.

Data Analysis Curriculum

The "Surface Water Quality Data Interpretation Workbook and Curriculum Companion" is our newest addition of curriculum. The goal of this curriculum is for students to use critical thinking skills and scientific problem solving skills to interpret water quality data. These cross-curriculum exercises are appropriate for classrooms that have been collecting monthly water quality monitoring data at a local site or that are able to download water quality data from the web. This curriculum is appropriate for 8th Grade Science; Aquatic Science classes, Geology, Meteorology, Oceanography; Environmental Systems; 8th Grade Math; Geometry; Integrated Physics and Chemistry; Biology; Chemistry; and Computer Science.

Texas Stream Team would like to thank Christine Kolbe of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s (TCEQ) Surface Water Quality Monitoring Program for creating this excellent guide to understanding and interpreting water quality data.

Intermediate Student Guide to Water Quality Monitoring

The Intermediate Student Guide to Water Quality Monitoring was produced in cooperation with Cinde Jimenez and the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority for use by 4th through 6th Graders. This Guide introduces the four core water quality concepts and tests and is written in a style appropriate for younger students.