Monday, December 22, 2008
Corey's post
This is going places! Walking around the School was fun. Outside we were investigating oil spots, run-off, and erosion. Mr. Rodgers calls them "hot spots".
Tiffany's blog
Tiffany’s Blog
Let’s see we have been working on a watershed grant with Mr. Rogers from Capacon Institute .We have gone outside and collected water and sampled it once we got back in class. There are a lot of different sample kits that you get to use for the water that you have collected. I have helped with setting up the data table that we have collected on an Excel spread sheet. I keep track of making sure that the data gets put up every time we sample it with the date is was sampled on. We have a blogging site and we post blogs about everything that we have done so far since we got this grant.
Mr. Rogers has given up his time to come and help us learn more about watersheds and what they are good for. They help us when we need to choose which place is best to catch water so it drains back in to the earth and we help plants out this way.
Let’s see we have been working on a watershed grant with Mr. Rogers from Capacon Institute .We have gone outside and collected water and sampled it once we got back in class. There are a lot of different sample kits that you get to use for the water that you have collected. I have helped with setting up the data table that we have collected on an Excel spread sheet. I keep track of making sure that the data gets put up every time we sample it with the date is was sampled on. We have a blogging site and we post blogs about everything that we have done so far since we got this grant.
Mr. Rogers has given up his time to come and help us learn more about watersheds and what they are good for. They help us when we need to choose which place is best to catch water so it drains back in to the earth and we help plants out this way.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Apples Get Wet...Some background
Apples Get Wet (AGW) is an environmental project at Musselman High, home of the Applemen! The entire science department is part of the program. Ecolab, Norcross, and the Toshiba foundations have provided funding to launch the project. AGW is a watershed study and uses GLOBE protocols. HSTA is sponsoring the program and Conceptual Chemistry is spear-heading the initiative. Any interested student is invited to participate.
Apples Get Wet (AGW) plans to improve the local watershed by converting retention ponds in Inwood into wetlands. Musselman will convert a retention pond on the school property into an active wetland and then replicate the process at local businesses in town. Local agencies such as the Soil and Water Conservation District and the West Virginia Conservation Agency are stepping up to the plate to help Musselman create an environmental partnership that reduces non-point source runoff into the Chesapeake Bay.
Musselman High School is located in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, just east of the Blue Ridge Mountains, a School dedicated to its students. “The mission of Musselman High School is to provide educational excellence for all students in an academically challenging, positive, and safe atmosphere.” AGW is encouraging students at all science levels to experience authentic chemistry.
Apples Get Wet (AGW) plans to improve the local watershed by converting retention ponds in Inwood into wetlands. Musselman will convert a retention pond on the school property into an active wetland and then replicate the process at local businesses in town. Local agencies such as the Soil and Water Conservation District and the West Virginia Conservation Agency are stepping up to the plate to help Musselman create an environmental partnership that reduces non-point source runoff into the Chesapeake Bay.
Musselman High School is located in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, just east of the Blue Ridge Mountains, a School dedicated to its students. “The mission of Musselman High School is to provide educational excellence for all students in an academically challenging, positive, and safe atmosphere.” AGW is encouraging students at all science levels to experience authentic chemistry.
Launching!
Launching! Apples Get Wet has started!
Frank Rodgers (cacaponinstitute.org) came 11/17/08 to present an overview of watershed dynamics all day to over 500 students at Musselman. The Conceptual Chemistry class has taken ownership of this project. The class has done some ground-truthing, started to identify "hot spots", learned how to conduct water tests, and collected water quality and GPS data. Conceptual Chemistry is completing a school survey and is documenting the process. Above are a few pictures the students have taken. Google Musselman High to see some of the "hot spots" the class has identified.
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