Hands-on Science

Environmental Monitoring

We all check up on, watch out for, and keep track of the things and the people we care about. Why should the outdoors be any different? Browse the environmental monitoring programs below and see how students and others are helping to protect your land, air and water.
 

Environmental Monitoring Projects

Focal Projects

Description

Ozone Bio-monitoring

Classrooms and member sites are monitoring ground-level ozone through leaf injury analysis of plants in their ozone gardens.

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Slime Mold Inventory

Very little is known about the slime molds of planet earth. Students, teachers, land managers and scientists are combining efforts to inventory slime molds nationally.

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Water Quality Monitoring

Classrooms and land managers are working together to monitor the health of the waters that are so precious to all life.

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Terrestrial Invertebrates

Classrooms are learning about the ecological importance of creepy-crawlies, while helping scientists study insects and other arthropods.

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Snowpack Monitoring

Students are learning that there is more to snow than good snowballs by measuring the snowpack and its effect on plants, animals and people.

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Salamander Monitoring

Students are helping scientists to monitor these important water-loving bio-indicators at Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

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Learn how to start a monitoring program at your site or classroom.

Member Projects

Site Name

Site Contact

Alaska Stream Team Database

Tongass National Forest

Faith L. Duncan

Backyard Discoveries

Campbell Creek Science Center

Luise Woelflein

Ecosystem Management Program

San Bernardino Children's Forest

Lacy Goldsmith

Students as Scientists: Vegetation Study

Cradle of Forestry in America

Alice C. Goldstein

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To register a new focal project site, please contact a web site administrator.