Dia Mundial de la Calidad de Agua: Actividad para maestros y estudiantes

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El sabado septiembre 18 es el Día Mundial de la Calidad de Agua. En este día ciudadanos y estudiantes de todo el mundo estan invitados a ir a sus lagos, rios, mares y charcos mas cercanos y recolectar informacion sobre la calidad de las aguas y a compartir la informacion que recolecten con la comunidad cientifica mundial. Este es una excelente actividad para maestros K-12, familias, y estudiantes interesados en las ciencias y el medio ambiente. En la siguiente página pueden encontrar mas informacion sobre como participar y los materiales que se necesitan para poder medir cosas como el pH, la cantidad de oxígeno, temperatura, turbidez y otras cosas: http://www.worldwatermonitoringday.org/Test_Kits/Kits_Main.html **************************************** Saturday is World Water Monitoring Day http://www.scienceforcitizens.net/blog/2010/09/saturday-is-world-water-m... By Susan West On Saturday, September 18, citizen scientists from Virginia to Hawaii will dip jars into rivers, creeks, lakes, ponds, and the ocean, and perform simple tests to measure the quality of their local waters. It’s all part of World Water Monitoring Day, an annual international event designed to raise awareness about the need to protect our water resources. You can join in! It’s simple: Choose a waterway you’d like to test and register it on the World Water Monitoring Day site. While on the site, you can buy a test kit or find out how to make your own. The tests, which include checking the water’s clarity and acidity, are easy. Once you’ve got your data, be sure to report it on the site; the results that citizen scientists collect are published there each year. And if you can’t make the event on Saturday, you can still participate–the project accepts reports until December 31. Who knows, you might decide to become a dedicated water monitor, like those valiant volunteers who collect data all year round for environmental agencies and researchers. In case you do catch the water-monitoring bug, check the “oceans and water” category of our Project Finder for an effort near you. Here are some we’ve added in the last few months: * Yuba River Water Quality Monitoring * Jug Bay Macroinvertebrate Sampling * Central Wisconsin Riverkeepers * Florida LAKEWATCH * Colorado River Watch Network * Seward Park Water Chemistry Monitoring

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