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While the creation of a dam provides many benefits, it can have negative impacts on local ecosystems. Students learn about the major environmental impacts of dams and the engineering solutions used to address them.

Biology and nature’s cycles have traditionally been considered the domain of biologists and other scientists. However, with the rise of environmental awareness in engineering, engineers are increasingly interested in understanding these traditionally scientific realms. With some knowledge of ecosystems, engineers can more readily understand the environmental impacts of dams and devise solutions to mitigate ecological damage. List the major environmental impacts of dams.List the engineering solutions to decrease these impacts.15TeachEngineering.orgSara BornKristin FieldDenali LanderMichael BendewaldDenise W. CarlsonKagen, S. Cooperative Learning. San Juan Capistrano, CA: Kagan Cooperative Learning, 1994. (Source for Think-Pair-Share small group assessment tool.)http://people.virginia.edu/~sos-iwla/Stream-Study/StreamStudyHomePage/StreamStudy.HTMLS1141716International_Technology_Education_Association-ITEA_STL_StandardsTechnologyC. The use of technology affects the environment in good and bad ways.35S1141722International_Technology_Education_Association-ITEA_STL_StandardsTechnologyC. Individual, family, community, and economic concerns may expand or limit the development of technologies.35S114254EColoradoSciencea. Interpret and analyze data about changes in environmental conditions - such as climate change - and populations that support a claim describing why a specific population might be increasing or decreasing 66S11425A1ColoradoSciencea. Analyze and interpret data identifying ways Earth's surface is constantly changing through a variety of processes and forces such as plate tectonics, erosion, deposition, solar influences, climate, and human activity 55United StatesCopyright 2012 - Integrated Teaching and Learning Program, College of Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulderhttp://www.teachengineering.org/policy_ipp.phphttp://www.teachengineering.org/2010-08-205Teacher