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 River/Stream Study Field Trip
See the Stream Study Field Manual:
Use our resources to prepare your students
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
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