Environmental Science Workshop

Saturday, May 21
Education 2103 - Keck Science Education Laboratory
Please note location

Dr. Norm Herr

9:00-Noon

SFVSP teachers receive $50 stipend & $50 equipment funds

 

• San Fernando Valley
  • mapping your environment
  • Los Angeles area resources
• Atmosphere
  • ozone - observing patterns
  • particulate matter - USB microscopy
  • inversion layers - simulation
  • air pollution toxicity - demo
  • convection currents
• Hydrosphere
  • determing water quality - test kits
  • watershed issues - your local watershed
  • monitoring water quality with probeware
    • pH, dissolved oxygen, temperature, turbidity
  • thermohaline current
• Lithosphere
• soil structure and composition - digital photography
• soil nutrients - test kits
• biodegradability - demo
• leachate - activity
• solid-wastes -plastics