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.