Quantifying Hydrologic Observations

and is replicated here as part of the SERC Pedagogic Service.
Alicia Wilson, University of South Carolina
Course: Surface and near-surface processes (Geomorphology and Hydrology)
24 students
Course: Surface and near-surface processes (Geomorphology and Hydrology)
24 students
Presenting students with a realistic problem-solving task draws them in.
The Activity
Students in small groups have to agree on
- how do you report the amount of water from a rainstorm, and
- how do you report the amount of water that flows from a river into the ocean.