The 7th grade water quality unit is primarily a Fall unit, which lasts approximately eight weeks, with follow-up with November presentations at the annual TMACOG Watershed Watch. My fall activities were well-documented and shared on social media by Mrs. Cristina Toflinski online in the Ranger Roundup. I worked with Mrs. Toflinski to report on all of the activities we did, and it was posted in October of 2015. You can read all of our activities and highlights of those lessons and activities here, or you can read below.
Presenting at the annual TMACOG Watershed Watch.
When collecting water quality data, we used the following manual to collect Q-Values for all of the different variables affecting our water at Dry Creek. Collecting data in this way followed standards required by TMACOG using the field manual pictured below.
Using traditional methods (e.g., pH test strips and nets) and more advanced Vernier lab equipment, which was purchased through the OEEF mini-grant, students were able to test for levels of ecoli, pH, temperature, dissolved oxygen, phosphates, nitrates, flow rate (spring testing), dissolved solids, and macroinvertebrates. Data which we collected for the Student Watershed Watch can be found HERE.
Eleven 7th grade students were chosen to present at the annual TMACOG watershed watch. These students stayed after school and met at lunch several times after October 16th, 2015 to organize, analyze, and make conclusions about the health of Dry Creek's water. Their conclusions were presented at the annual TMACOG Student Watershed Watch in November. It was the highlight of the students' participation in water testing, as they earned the opportunity to travel to the University of Toledo to present their findings in a unique way--MINECRAFT--which is a "sandbox" game and extremely popular with their generation. The final video students presented is below.
Presenting at the annual TMACOG Watershed Watch.
When collecting water quality data, we used the following manual to collect Q-Values for all of the different variables affecting our water at Dry Creek. Collecting data in this way followed standards required by TMACOG using the field manual pictured below.
Using traditional methods (e.g., pH test strips and nets) and more advanced Vernier lab equipment, which was purchased through the OEEF mini-grant, students were able to test for levels of ecoli, pH, temperature, dissolved oxygen, phosphates, nitrates, flow rate (spring testing), dissolved solids, and macroinvertebrates. Data which we collected for the Student Watershed Watch can be found HERE.
Eleven 7th grade students were chosen to present at the annual TMACOG watershed watch. These students stayed after school and met at lunch several times after October 16th, 2015 to organize, analyze, and make conclusions about the health of Dry Creek's water. Their conclusions were presented at the annual TMACOG Student Watershed Watch in November. It was the highlight of the students' participation in water testing, as they earned the opportunity to travel to the University of Toledo to present their findings in a unique way--MINECRAFT--which is a "sandbox" game and extremely popular with their generation. The final video students presented is below.
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