Creek Week Snapshot Water Monitoring Day Sacramento Area Creeks Council 2015.
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Creek Week Snapshot Water Monitoring Day Sacramento Area Creeks Council 2015
Transcript of Creek Week Snapshot Water Monitoring Day Sacramento Area Creeks Council 2015.
Creek Week Snapshot Water Monitoring Day
Sacramento Area Creeks Council2015
Creek Week Snapshot Water Monitoring DayObjectives:
1) Deliver hands-on water quality education to the public
2) Provide volunteers with the opportunity to monitor water quality
3) Obtain baseline water quality data on Sacramento County waters
Outreach and Education
• Identifying audience
• Make lessons/programs scalable
• Identify learning objectives
• Planning outreach activities
• Evaluation
Learning Objective Ideas
• What is a watershed?
• What is water quality monitoring?
• Why do professionals collect this data?
• Why is it important to share the data?
Training
• This presentation provides information that will be helpful to obtaining a high-quality result
• If possible, please attend the April 11, 2015 Arcade Creek Exploration so we can meet and learn together
Evaluation
• Distribute surveys to volunteers and parents/guardians of volunteers
• Fill out anonymous survey
• Engage parents or volunteers in conversation after the activity(ies)
Resources
• Vital Signs: The Five Basic Water Quality Parameters
• World Water Monitoring Challenge Video Series
• Environmental Protection Agency’s Water Drop Patch Project for Girl Scouts
• Truckee Tahoe Snapshot Day example
Thank you!
• This PowerPoint presentation is only meant to be a guide.
• Questions? We are happy to help you prepare your program/activities. – Heather Smith ([email protected])– Bill Templin ([email protected])– Alta Tura ([email protected])
