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Visualization Resources

Video

• (Living with Water)
  Jonathan Betz ’09 and Chris Grassi, Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology
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K-12 Educational Resources

The following lesson plans, developed by Lauren Fletcher '08 and Sieglinde Mueller '08, provide activities for students to help visualize and understand a watershed. Some of the activities are specific to the Saratoga Watershed.

• Backyard Watershed Swap
• Earthy Sundaes
• Follow the Raindrop
• Investigating Saratoga Lake Watershed
• Karner Blue Pond
• Life in Saratoga Lake
• Make a Watershed Model
• Wetland Models Option 1 and Option 2
• What Does Your Aquifer Look Like?
• What is a Watershed?

To view the full report, including 34 lesson plans from the Watershed Å·ÃÀÐÔ°®, click here.

 

GIS Center for Interdisciplinary Research

The Skidmore GIS Center for Interdisciplinary Research provides students and faculty with a computing lab and expertise to incorporate GIS into course offerings and research across disciplines. The Center is also a resource for local governments, environmental and social non-profit organizations, and historic societies with its extensive catalog of Saratoga County socio-economic, historic, and natural resource data.