Bridgewater State University offers a course titled NSCI 521 Watersheds during the fall semester to train teachers on current technology used in watershed assessment. This interdisciplinary course promotes watershed assessment as a tool in environmental education and watershed stewardship. The WAL course and student projects emphasize hands on training in water quality assessment using computerized water quality monitoring, macroinvertebrates as bioindicators of river health and the use of ArcView GIS. The project goal is to evaluate the land use impacts on water quality in the participating school district's community. In the spring, following each team's project completion, the Watershed Access Lab Seminar takes place at the Moakley Center for Technological Applications at Bridgewater State University where school teams present the results of their watershed investigations.
Submissions from 2007
Palmer River Water Discharge and Nutrient Study (Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School, Dighton, Massachusetts)
River Characterization of the Assonet River (Apponequet Regional High School, Lakeville, Massachusetts)
Rumford River Monitoring Project (Norton High School, Norton, Massachusetts)
RiverNet Watershed Access Lab Program Overview 2007, Kevin Curry
RiverNet Watershed Access Lab Program Overview - Dec. 2007, Kevin Curry
Submissions from 2006
Abbott Run River Study (North Attleborough High School, North Attleborough, Massachusetts)
Agawam River Study: Year 5 (St. Margaret Regional School, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts)
Characterization Survey of Rattlesnake Brook (Apponequet Regional High School, Lakeville, Massachusetts)
Following Fall Brook (Middleborough High School, Middleborough, Massachusetts)
Quaker Run Watershed Analysis (Mashpee High School, Mashpee, Massachusetts)
Quashnet River Survey (Mashpee High School, Mashpee, Massachusetts)
Survey of Area Streams Near Hanover High School (Hanover High School, Hanover, Massachusetts)
The Comparison of Leonard Washburn Brook and Poquoy Brook (Apponequet Regional High School, Lakeville, Massachusetts)
Water Quality Project: Mashpee River Study (Mashpee High School, Mashpee, Massachusetts)
Water Quality Results from Indian Head River, Hanover, MA (South Shore Vocational Technical High School, Hanover, Massachusetts)
Submissions from 2005
A Comparison of Divergent Sites on the Farm River: Wetlands vs. Industry (Braintree High School, Braintree, Massachusetts)
A Comparison Study: Fall Book and a Natural Spring; Focus: Water Chemistry (Apponequet Regional High School, Lakeville, Massachusetts)
A River with History: Evaluating the Aberjona River (Reading High School, Reading, Massachusetts)
A Water Quality Study of Germany Brook, A Tributary of the Neponset River (Boston College High School, Boston, Massachusetts)
Cleaning the Quequechan River (Kuss Middle School, Fall River, Massachusetts)
Comparative Study of Leonard Washburn Brook and Poquoy Brook (Apponequet Regional High School, Lakeville, Massachusetts)
Eel River Examination II (Plymouth South Middle School, Plymouth, Massachusetts)
How Polluted is West Meadow Brook? (Brockton High School, Brockton, Massachusetts)
Indian Head River Project (Whitman-Hanson Regional High School, Whitman, Massachusetts)
Introduction to Long Pond (Apponequet Regional High School, Lakeville, Massachusetts)