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“I Would Vacuum The World!”

Without question, my favorite task as part of the education team at San Diego Coastkeeper is teaching lessons for ProjectSWELL. Project SWELL (Stewardship: Water Education for Lifelong Leadership), a school-based science curriculum, teaches K-6 students about …

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New Classroom Presentations Teach Students About Our Most Precious Resource

As this historic drought continues, it’s easy to see how dependent we are on water. Allowing students at a young age to explore the water in their communities creates a better understanding of how to …

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Teaching Kids What Bugs Can Tell Us About Water Health

Bio means life. Bioassesment means the study of life and living organisms–and we’re full force with our bioassessment program in San Diego County. Bioassesment helps us understand the health of a lake, river, stream or …

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Fertilizer: Go Native. Save the Planet.

High Tech High Blog Series: Blog 6 of 7 What comes to mind when you read the word “fertilizer?”  Lawns? Farms? Family garden projects? What about water pollution and dead zones? It’s hard to believe …

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Heavy Metal Pollution: Not So Natural Rainbows

High Tech High Blog Series: Blog 5 of 7   While driving down the road on a rainy day have you ever noticed the rainbow that flows into the storm drains? Many times you will …

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Infographic: Heavy Metal Pollution

Heavy metal contamination can come from a variety of sources: the paint on boats, zinc in your tires, etc. Heavy metals contaminate the water and settle along the ocean floor where bottom feeders tend to …

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Infographic: Sewage Pollution

Sewage is a large environmental problem but not for the reasons that most people think. A big reason why sewage is a problem is because of the excess hormones released in human waste. Only a …

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Prescription Drugs: Helping You, But Not the Environment

High Tech High Blog Series: Blog 4 of 7   How We Contribute to the Problem   We are the problem.    The county outputs 175 million gallons of sewage every day through the Wastewater …

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Plastics: A Prognosis on Plastic Pollution-We Have a Ways to Go San Diego

High Tech High Blog Series: Blog 3 of 7 What are the sources of pollution? To understand the problem with plastic pollution, a group of students researched the common sources and effects of plastic pollution. …

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Infographic: Plastic Pollution

Plastic, though it was seen as a great technological advancement, has shown the world and the environment it’s dark side. Plastic, which has been used in just about every field, from medicine, to toys, has …

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“I Would Vacuum The World!”

Without question, my favorite task as part of the education team at San Diego Coastkeeper is teaching lessons for ProjectSWELL. Project SWELL (Stewardship: Water Education for Lifelong Leadership), a school-based science curriculum, teaches K-6 students about …

Read More

New Classroom Presentations Teach Students About Our Most Precious Resource

As this historic drought continues, it’s easy to see how dependent we are on water. Allowing students at a young age to explore the water in their communities creates a better understanding of how to …

Read More

Teaching Kids What Bugs Can Tell Us About Water Health

Bio means life. Bioassesment means the study of life and living organisms–and we’re full force with our bioassessment program in San Diego County. Bioassesment helps us understand the health of a lake, river, stream or …

Read More

Fertilizer: Go Native. Save the Planet.

High Tech High Blog Series: Blog 6 of 7 What comes to mind when you read the word “fertilizer?”  Lawns? Farms? Family garden projects? What about water pollution and dead zones? It’s hard to believe …

Read More

Heavy Metal Pollution: Not So Natural Rainbows

High Tech High Blog Series: Blog 5 of 7   While driving down the road on a rainy day have you ever noticed the rainbow that flows into the storm drains? Many times you will …

Read More

Infographic: Heavy Metal Pollution

Heavy metal contamination can come from a variety of sources: the paint on boats, zinc in your tires, etc. Heavy metals contaminate the water and settle along the ocean floor where bottom feeders tend to …

Read More

Infographic: Sewage Pollution

Sewage is a large environmental problem but not for the reasons that most people think. A big reason why sewage is a problem is because of the excess hormones released in human waste. Only a …

Read More

Prescription Drugs: Helping You, But Not the Environment

High Tech High Blog Series: Blog 4 of 7   How We Contribute to the Problem   We are the problem.    The county outputs 175 million gallons of sewage every day through the Wastewater …

Read More

Plastics: A Prognosis on Plastic Pollution-We Have a Ways to Go San Diego

High Tech High Blog Series: Blog 3 of 7 What are the sources of pollution? To understand the problem with plastic pollution, a group of students researched the common sources and effects of plastic pollution. …

Read More

Infographic: Plastic Pollution

Plastic, though it was seen as a great technological advancement, has shown the world and the environment it’s dark side. Plastic, which has been used in just about every field, from medicine, to toys, has …

Read More