SWRP Curriculum

These videos support the SWRP online curriculum related to the stream ecology experiments and community-based stream macroinvertebrate bioassessment. See the SWRP publications page for more information about the curriculum.

Relevant Publications

The Value of Long Term data Collected by Citizen Scientists (2016)

Three Simple Experiments to Examine the Effect of Sediment Pollution on Algae-Based Food Webs in Streams (2016)

A Unique Role for Citizen Science in Ecological Restoration: A Case Study in Streams (2018)

Citizen Science and Ecological Restoration (2020)

Investigating Ecological Disturbance in Streams (2021)

Virtual Stream Experiments and Background Material

Unit 1: Stream Ecology Overview

Unit 2: Stream Macroinvertebrates

Unit 3: Stream Insect Ecology

Unit 4: Stream Food Webs

Unit 5: Stream Experiments

Virtual Experiment: Algae vs No Algae

Virtual Experiment: Sediment Scour

Virtual Experiment: Sediment Deposition

Virtual Experiment: Stream Velocity and Colonization  

Virtual Experiment: Energy in the Drift

Virtual Experiment: Life History and Disturbance

Virtual Experiment: Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis

Virtual Bioassessment and Background Material 

Unit 1: Watersheds

Unit 2: Non-Point Source Pollution

Unit 3: Stream Macroinvertebrates

Unit 4: Community-Based Bioassessment

Unit 5: Calculating the Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI)

Unit 6: Conducting a Bioassessment

Unit 7: Improving and Restoring Streams

Virtual Bioassessment: Rock Creek

Johnson Creek Bioassessment (coming soon)