Water 2009: A Portfolio of Student Learning

Columbia Secondary School students explore Water through a month-long inquiry-based course centered on the question: "How can NYC ensure that it always has access to plentiful clean, drinkable water?"

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Physical and Chemical Properties of Water

Testing the Harlem Meer

Enterococci Testing @ 125th St.

South Street Seaport

Under Street Infrastructure

Various Species at BRF

DEP Limnologists and Engineers Explain How NYCs Water Quality is Monitored

Local Historians Help Explain the Story of the Old Croton Aqueduct

Brook Trout Study and Release at BRF

Water Skits at BRF

Trust and Team Building Games at BRF

Painting Watercolors at BRF

Lodge Life at BRF

Hiking and Camping at BRF

Scenic Shots of BRF

Testing Our Hypotheses for Explaining pH Changes in the BRF Watershed

Good Food

Water Poems

Animal Tracking

Turtle Population Study

Seine Netting at BRF: Biological Indicators of Water Quality

Kayaking the Hudson: A Search for Biological Water Quality Indicators

Modeling Groundwater Contamination

BRF: A Case Study in Green Building

The Water Cycle

Modeling the Physical Properties of Water