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Water quality is a critical concept for undergraduate students studying Earth Sciences, Biology, and Environmental Sciences. Many of these students will be asked to assess the impacts of a proposed anthropogenic activities on human water resources and/or ecosystems as part of their future careers. This module engages students in exploring factors contributing to the variability of nitrate in surface waters; one of the most common contaminants found in US rivers. Students will utilize real-time nitrate data from the US Geological Survey to statistically evaluate water quality impacts and to identify their causes.

Project EDDIE (Environmental Data-Driven Inquiry & Exploration) is a community effort aimed at developing teaching resources and instructors that address quantitative reasoning and scientific concepts using open inquiry of publicly available data. Project EDDIE modules are designed with an A-B-C structure to make them flexible and adaptable to a range of student levels and course structures.

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Researchers should cite this work as follows:

• C. A. Gibson, D. N. Castendyk (2019). Water Quality Module (Project EDDIE). QUBES Educational Resources. doi:10.25334/WCA6-BS39

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1. Activity Length
2. concentration
3. data
4. More than 1 hour
5. n
6. nitrogen cycle
7. Project EDDIE
8. Teaching material