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Water Quality Education
Water Quality Education
Student Water Quality Packets Available!
Student Water Quality Packets Available!
Water Quality Packets are available for students in Bourbon, Montgomery, and Nicholas counties in the Hinkston Creek watershed, and Boyle and Lincoln counties in the Dix River watershed. Contact us to learn how your student(s) or classroom can be eligible to receive a FREE packet(s)! Water quality packets include:
Project WET Watershed Protection Workbook
Schoolyard Watershed Fundana Bandana
Plant Me by the Stream Growable bookmark
Color Your Watershed Page and Colored Pencils
Make a Macroinvertebrate Card and Playdough
Watershed Activity Guide and Wax Paper
Reusable Get to Know Your H2O bag
Participating students and schools can meet with their assigned Environmental Educator to learn more about the Project WET workbook and participate in a Bluegrass Greensource virtual or in-person water quality lesson; OR complete all 3 of the water quality activities at the end of the Septic System, Riparian Buffer, and Water Quality pages on this site with a participating classroom; OR form a Watershed Heroes Team and agree to complete a school or community project to qualify to receive these packets. These are available on a first come, first serve basis. Contact us to learn more:
Kara Sayles, Environmental Educator, kara@bggreensource.org
Share your Watershed Discoveries!
Share your Watershed Discoveries!
We would love to hear about the things you learned and see photos of you completing the watershed activities with family and friends. Scan the QR code or click here to upload photos of your playdough macroinvertebrate and your watershed coloring page, show us where you planted your seed paper, and let's see those watershed fundana bandanas in action! We want to showcase your artwork on our website to help inform our communities of the importance of clean water!
Share your photos on social media with #KnowYourH2O and tag us @bggreensource!
Color Your Watershed-Download your Watershed Coloring Page:
Color Your Watershed-Download your Watershed Coloring Page:
Water Quality Curriculum
Water Quality Curriculum
Bluegrass Greensource will continue to be a resource in your classroom virtually through online videos, google classroom activities, and zoom. Below is a sample of the resources and activities we can offer for your students virtual learning experience.
Watershed Enviroscape
Watershed Enviroscape
The EnviroScape is a table-top model that introduces students to watersheds and point/non-point source pollution.
Stormwater Mapping
Stormwater Mapping
Students make observations from walking around their school or home and create a water flow map. They track storm drains, downspouts, and impervious surfaces to learn more about how the water flows around them.
Stream Table
Stream Table
Students learn about the flow of water in a stream and how runoff changes with more or less rain. The stream table shows how the land around the stream can be altered during flood events. Students can also see how erosion makes a stream more turbid.
Macroinverebrate ID
Macroinverebrate ID
Using the dichotomous key, students will determine which macroinvertebrate they have been given. Students can then sort the macroinvertebrates into groups according to what kind of water quality indicator they are.
Macroinverebrate Investigation
Macroinverebrate Investigation
The students will search for macroinvertebrates in the water or using an in online game to do an assessment of the water by comparing what benthic bugs they find. They learn about the biological indicators and how they help detect water quality.
Water Quality Testing
Water Quality Testing
In this activity students will conduct, or watch an online demonstration of chemical tests for pH, temperature, and dissolved oxygen and nitrate levels in the water to monitor the health and biodiversity of a stream.
Sum of the Parts
Sum of the Parts
This activity demonstrates how everyone contributes to the pollution of a river as it flows through a watershed and recognizes that everyone’s “contribution” can be reduced. Students are also lead to brainstorm ways to keep their part of the watershed clean.
Blue Ribbon Niche
Blue Ribbon Niche
Students research a plant or animal and it's habitat requirements in it's niche in an aquatic ecosystem. They then depict the plant or animal in a poster. The poster must show a simulated habitat and have students place their replicas in the correct location of the habitat.
Wastewater Enviroscape
Wastewater Enviroscape
The water treatment Enviroscape provides three demonstrations for water and wastewater treatments. The model shows where drinking water comes from and how it is delivered to us, what happens to water and waste after it has been used, and how bio-solids are disposed.
This work was funded in part by a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under §319(h) of the Clean Water Act.
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