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BASIC WATER CHEMISTRY MODULE  CONTENTS

Box A    Section 1
Books and Visual Aids
__ ACTIVITY ENVELOPES: (pH Test #5: pH Affects Living Things; Parts Per Million; Dirty Water; Turbid Vision; Nutrients, Nutrition or Nuisance; pH People; Temperature; Water Chemistry Bingo; Plants, Fish & pH; Measuing Turbidity with Filters; Nitrates in Our Water; pH Test #4)
__ Interactive pH Scale Poster (rolled up)
__ 8 Handbook of Water Quality Analysis for W. PA Waterways
__ 1 Field Manual for Water Quality Monitoring (by Mitchell & Stapp)
__ 1 The Monitor's Handbook (by LaMotte)

Materials and Equipment
__ 9 plastic bottles of various liquids (STOCK containers)
__ lemon juice 
__ lemonade
__ bleach
__ ammonia
__ cidar vinegar
__ clear vinegar
__ distilled water
__ 2 spring water
__ seltzer water (can or bottle)
__ stack of small, clear plastic cups (approx. 35)
__ box of baking soda
__ bag of Rolaids and other acid relief products
__ lemonade drink mix packets
__ instant coffee packets
__ sheet of lables with various names of liquids printed on them

Mini-Box 3  (extra Glassware) 
__ 4 Dissolved Oxygen Bottles 
__ 10 square mixing bottles 
__ 8 plastic measuring tubes (not test tubes)
__ 16 test tubes with caps
__ 15 eye droppers (1 mL)
__ Nitrates Cadmium Test Waste Container (green cap)

Box A    Section 2
Sulfate Test Kit (Hach) - blue case
Ferrous Iron Test Kit (Hach) - blue case
Hardness Test Kit (Hach) - blue case

40 large, clear plastic cups (2 stacks)
6 square plastic tupperware containers (1 pint size)
3 square plastic tupperware containers (2 pint size)
9 blue plastic lids that fit the tupperware (holes in center)
1 plastic measuring cup with measuring spoons inside
1 funnel
Clear Wrap (plastic wrap)

Box A   Section 3
Secchi Disk and Calibrated Rope Wrap
Bailer (with rope wrap)
2 Distilled Water Bottles

Box A    Section 4

Turbidity Tube (large plastic tube)
pH (Wide Range) Test Kit (Hach) - blue case
4empty water sampling bottles (250mL)
2 distilled water wash bottles

Laying on Top of Box A

Water Chemistry Bingo- Large Envelope with Game Pieces/Boards inside

My Stream's Temperatures
- temperature is tested at a variety of places within a field site

Temperature: Air vs. Water vs. More Water
- air vs. water temperature and  how the volume of water affects temperature

pH People 
- activity illustrating pH concept with people as atoms

pH Test  #1 - Scaling Common Liquids 
- make a pH scale by testing the pH of some common substances

pH Test  #2 - Manipulating the pH of a Liquid
- use household substances to create an acidic solution and then change it back to its 
original pH

pH Test #3 - Rain vs. Surface Water
- measure the pH of the rain in your area to determine if it is acidic; compare the rain 
pH to that of a local body of water

pH Test #4 - Acidic Snow Melt
- use ice cubes to simulate acid snow and determine what happens when it melts

pH Test #5 - pH Affects Living Things
- grow seeds and water some with acidic water to determine its effects on life 

Acid Buffering Capacity 
- an experiment illustrating acid buffering

Plants, Fish and pH 
- illustrates how pH is affected by respiration and photosynthesis

Parts Per Million 
- ppm (parts per million) concept illustrated

Nutrients: Nutrition or Nuisance 
- a game of musical chairs that shows how phosphorus and nitrogen move through a system

Nitrates in Our Water
- measure nitrate levels from different places

Turbid Vision
- an activity illustrating what it is like to be in turbid surroundings

Measuring Turbidity with Filters 
- measure turbidity

Dirty Water 
- activity that covers soil erosion and how it clouds water and adds nutrients 

Hardness Testing 
 - test water for differences in hardness to better understand regional geology

Water Chemistry Bingo 
- review basic water chemical parameters

Sections

General Sampling Information
 Instructions on how to collect water samples, what equipment is needed, how to distribute jobs to various students, what tests can be done in the field, which in a laboratory, safety information, and scientific protocols.

Data Sheets
 Easy to use data sheets specific for the chemical kits in the modules. 

Instructions Sheets
 Clear instructions are enclosed for each piece of equipment found in the watershed activity module (from the bailer to the test kits).   If used, testing results have a better chance of being accurate. 

Information Sheets
 For each chemical parameter that can be tested using module equipment, a background information sheet can be found about it.   Great to use as student preparation or for research background. 

Fact Sheets 
 In outline form and more visual than the information sheets, these highlight key concepts for each of the chemical parameters.    Great to use with the test kits - have students read them over during breaks in the test kit procedures.   Great for handouts in the classroom or visual aids.

Articles of Interest
 About water parameters or chemical testing of waterways in general. 

Data Analysis Information
 For teachers that want their students to graph, interpret, analyze data, this section is helpful.   It outlines parameter relationships and the effects on water quality that can be investigated. 

General Activity Information
 A list of module activities and an explanation of the activity format (layout). 

Activities
 Specific to the water chemistry theme, these are activities that can be used in the classroom and/or field.    Some address specific water parameters, some are more general. 

Bibliography
 Sources from which module information was obtained.   Resources that you can find for further investigations. 

Water Chemistry Websites

Creek Connections Water Chemistry Fact Sheets
City of Boulder Water Quality Monitoring
Beginner FAQ: Water Chemistry
Water Properties