Post on 14-Dec-2015
A TEAM APPROACH to BWTF WATER TESTING
4 High Schools having Several Teams per Schoolwith one Captain per School
TEACH AND TEST PROGRAM STRUCTURE
South Bays Team Captains SystemTeam Captains tasks:• Team Captains and Substitutes are assigned to each
participating school in September• They are trained in the protocols for both water
sampling and beach trash collection and are given a Captain’s Manual (40 pages)
• They meet the students that they will work with at the annual Kick-off meeting in late September
• They communicate with the students reminding them of sampling dates and times
• They meet students on all sampling dates and distribute the sampling materials to the student teams
• They make an informal log of students attending• They insure that all water samples are taken correctly
and transported to the labs by the specified times• They can join the students who stay to process the
water samples in lab• They communicate with students about upcoming
non-sampling activities
ANNUAL T&T EVENTS
• KICK-OFF MEETING September• Fall Field Trip• Winter Beach Party• Spring Field Trip• YEAR END PARTY & PRESENTATIONS
YEAR END PARTY AND PRESENTATIONS
RUHS Students Presenting their Waste Characterization Study Summary