What Will I Do?

How would you rate this water quality?

RiverWatch Science is more than a one-day field trip on a river. Our students are helping make a difference to the environment by taking care of rivers!

Everything that you do with RiverWatch is designed to answer one question...

Here's the scale of river health we use:

Here's what you'll need to do to answer the "one big question"...

1. Learn the chemistry and biology of rivers.
   
   
2. Learn the indicators of river health.
   
   
3. Learn how to monitor river health.
   
   
4. Carefully gather data from your river.
   
   
5. Return to school and enter your data on-line to this web site.
   
   
6. Chart the data to reveal connections and changes.
   
   
7. Evaluate the health of your local river.
   
   
8. Communicate your findings to as many people as you can.
   
   
9. Help raise awareness about rivers.
   
   
10. Make a commitment to help rivers by changing your personal lifestyle.

We're glad that you're planning to be a part of RiverWatch! Together, we can make a difference in the health of our rivers.