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Modeling Watershed Pollution

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In this engaging and hands-on lesson, students will examine the Gold King Mine spill on the Animas River in Colorado before creating a model watershed in order to develop an explanation of human impacts to Earth's systems. All resources and step-by-step directions are included!

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