Educators! Come learn about water quality testing techniques, how they're used and how students can analyze water quality in classrooms.

About this event

In this online two part water quality workshop led by CUNY Brooklyn College, teachers will learn about dissolved oxygen (DO) in this first session, how they are used and how your students can analyze water quality in the classroom. Nutrients in water such as nitrogen and phosphorus are essential to life, but excessive amounts can cause algae to grow faster than ecosystems can handle. Significant increases in algae harm water quality and can disturb the ecosystem balance that other aquatic life need to thrive.

It is not mandatory to attend both workshops of this two-part training. You can attend one or both offerings of this water quality workshop!

This 1.5-hour workshop will demonstrate the methods used to test water quality parameters, and how to analyze the resulting data to determine marine/estuarine health around NYC. CTLE credits are available for teachers!

CTLE Credits

CTLE credits are provided through Pace University School of Education in support of its National Science Foundation research grants (DRL 1839656/DRL 1759006) sub-awards (CD00007433/CD00006463) to the Billion Oyster Project (Dr. Lauren Birney, Principal Investigator lbirney@pace.edu).Please email all inquiries (including questions about training logistics, registration, CTLE credits) to educate@nyharbor.org.

Thanks to the Billion Oyster Project partners and funders: Pace University, the National Science Foundation, and the New York City Department of Education.

"This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under NSF grant number EHR 1759006/1839656/PI Lauren Birney. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation."