Water and Life - El Niño

Water and Life

Guiding Investigative Question 3: How does water in our environment impact living organisms?

Here are a few sample questions that you and your students might want to focus on:

• Is my environment prone to vector-borne disease?
• Is my environment a coastal or inland environment?
• How has water availability been affected by human habitation in my environment?

Below are a few suggested GLOBE Protocols that will help you explore answers to the Water and Life Guiding Investigative Question.

• Air Temperature
• Relative Humidity
• Mosquito Larvae
• Nitrates
• SMAP Soil Moisture
• Freshwater Macroinvertebrates
• pH
• Dissolved Oxygen
• Freshwater Macroinvertebrates

Here is a list of some good resources that you might use to teach about this guiding investigative question.