EcoSpark works with communities and with schools, providing them
with the knowledge and tools to monitor their environment and
take action for positive environmental change.
Step 2: Preparing Students for the Stream Study Field Trip
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See the Stream Study Field Manual:
Teachers must prepare their students for the stream study field trip, but EcoSpark can help with this too. There are two parts to this preparation:
1. Building the stream analysis into a broader issue you are studying in class.
Topics could include:
- ecology
- waste management
- storm-water protection
- urban sprawl
- biodiversity
- city planning
- human health, etc.
2. Preparing students for the technical aspects of the stream study field trip by:
A. helping them learn why monitoring is important,
B. helping them learn the bio-monitoring protocols, and
With financial support provided by:
The Chawkers
Foundation
Foundation
