Articles | Volume 4, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-4-209-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-4-209-2021
Research article
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13 Apr 2021
Research article |  | 13 Apr 2021

Introducing electronic circuits and hydrological models to postsecondary physical geography and environmental science students: systems science, circuit theory, construction, and calibration

Nicholas J. Kinar

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Postsecondary advanced hydrology students often work with electronic sensing systems at field sites but are rarely given the opportunity to build and test electronic circuits used for collection of environmental data. Students constructed custom-designed circuits for water detection and environmental measurement. The circuits taught students about systems theory and hydrological models. This activity motivated learning and showed how circuits are used to collect data for model application.
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