Salty Water
Collecting baseline water samples on the Saranac River. Photo credit: M Alldred.
Project Description
Patterns of chloride contamination illustrate the impact of human activities on the Lake Champlain Basin. We will build two place-based, inquiry curricula that introduce students to the process of doing science. In one, students collect and analyze their own water samples, and in the other students query a public database of chloride data. The objectives of this project are to help students understand how chloride contamination is studied, to make data-supported cause and effect connections between contamination and contaminant sources, and to develop positive attitudes toward environmental stewardship in the basin. We will provide chloride measurement kits to schools and work with partner teachers to build the curricula.
Collaborators
Nancy Price, PI
Kimberly Coleman, Co-PI
Funding Sources
Lake Champlain Basin Program Education and Outreach Project. PI: Price
Mary Alldred
Associate Professor of Environmental Science
My research interests include nitrogen cycling, wetland ecology, urban ecology, and coastal management and restoration.