The Watershed Access Lab (WAL) at Bridgewater State University offers courses to train educators on current technology used in watershed assessment. These courses promote watershed assessment as a tool in environmental education and watershed stewardship. The WAL courses and student projects emphasize hands on training in water quality assessment using computerized water quality monitoring, macroinvertebrates as bio indicators 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 Bridgewater State University where school teams present the results of their watershed investigations.
Submissions from 2014
Cambodia, Kingdom of Water....or is it?, Jennifer Mendell
Extream Ecology: A Water Quality Assessment of the Rumford River (Mansfield High School, Mansfield, Massachusetts)
Runnins River and Burr’s Pond 2013 (Seekonk High School, Seekonk, Massachusetts)
Runnins River Biosurvey- 2013SY (Seekonk High School, Seekonk, Massachusetts)
The Agawam River - A Healthier River System - 10 Years Later (St. Margaret Regional School, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts)
Water Analysis of Abbott Run, North Attleboro, MA (North Attleborough High School, North Attleborough, Massachusetts)
Submissions from 2013
Agawam River Project - 10 Years Later (St. Margaret Regional School, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts)
Burr’s Pond and the Runnins River Annual Watershed Survey (Seekonk High School, Seekonk, Massachusetts)
eXstream Ecology: A Survey of the Rumford River (Mansfield High School, Mansfield, Massachusetts)
The 16th Annual WAL Project – Spring Seminar 2013, Kim McCoy
The Runnins River Biosurvey Year 5 (2012-2013) (Seekonk High School, Seekonk, Massachusetts)
Submissions from 2012
Abbott Run Annual Study 2011-2012 (North Attleborough High School, North Attleborough, Massachusetts)
A Study of Macroinvertebrates in Pine Tree Brook (Pierce Middle School, Milton, Massachusetts)
Burr’s Pond and Runnins River Annual Watershed Survey 2012 (Seekonk High School, Seekonk, Massachusetts)
Rumford River Water Quality Assessment Utilizing Benthic Macroinvertebrates (Qualters Middle School, Mansfield, Massachusetts)
The Runnins River Report - 2011 (Seekonk High School, Seekonk, Massachusetts)
Trout Brook Study (Plouffe Academy, Brockton, Massachusetts)
Watershed Access Lab: Educators Resource Center for Environmental Studies, Kim McCoy
Watershed Studies: Comparing Two Public Watersheds (Marshfield High School, Marshfield, Massachusetts)
Submissions from 2011
2011 Pond Meadow Study – The Monatiquot River (South Middle School, Braintree, Massachusetts)
Abbott Run Annual Study 2011 (North Attleborough High School, North Attleborough, Massachusetts)
Agawam River Project Year 11: River Water and Salt (St. Margaret Regional School, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts)
Annual Smelt Brook Survey - An Autumn Snapshot (2010) (East Middle School, Braintree, Massachusetts)
Aquatic Insect Survey: Goldstein Open Space and Walking Path (Randolph High School, Randolph, Massachusetts)
Burr’s Pond and Runnins River Annual Watershed Survey, 2011 (Seekonk High School, Seekonk, Massachusetts)
Chemistry of the Matfield River (East Bridgewater High School, East Bridgwewater, Massachusetts)
Eel River Examination, 2011 (Plymouth South Middle School, Plymouth, Massachusetts)
Furnace Brook Stream Study (Marshfield High School, Marshfield, Massachusetts)
Macroinvertebrate Study in Scituate (Gates Intermediate School, Scituate, Massachusetts)
Matfield River Land Use (East Bridgewater High School, East Bridgewater, Massachusetts)
The Runnins River Biosurvey (Seekonk High School, Seekonk, Massachusetts)
Water Quality Assessment: Goldstein Open Space and Walking Path (Randolph High School, Randolph, Massachusetts)
Water Quality of Norroway Stream (Randolph Community Middle School, Randolph, Massachusetts)
Watershed Access Lab: Educators Resource Center for Environmental Studies, Kim McCoy
Submissions from 2010
Abbott Run Annual Study 2010 (North Attleborough High School, North Attleborough, Massachusetts)
Agawam River Project: Year 7 (St. Margaret Regional School, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts)
Burr’s Pond and Runnins River: An Annual Watershed Survey, 2010 (Seekonk High School, Seekonk, Massachusetts)
Furnace Brook Stream Profile (Marshfield High School, Marshfield, Massachusetts)
Furnace Brook Water Quality (Marshfield High School, Marshfield, Massachusetts)
Hanson River Watch 2009-2010 (Hanson Middle School, Hanson, Massachusetts)
Norroway Pond: Conditions at Grove Street (Randolph Community Middle School, Randolph, Massachusetts)
Santuit Pond - An Environmental Analysis (Mashpee High School, Mashpee, Massachusetts)
Smelt Brook: An Autumn Snapshot (East Middle School, Braintree, Massachusetts)
The Mashpee River: Water Quality Index & Macroinvertebrates (Mashpee High School, Mashpee, Massachusetts)
The Runnins Report 2010 (Seekonk High School, Seekonk, Massachusetts)
Watershed Access Lab Program Overview - Spring 2010, Kim McCoy
Submissions from 2009
Abbott Run Annual Study 2009 (North Attleborough High School, North Attleborough, Massachusetts)
Burr’s Pond and Runnins River: An Annual Watershed Survey, 2009 (Seekonk High School, Seekonk, Massachusetts)
Burrs Pond: Polluted or Not? (Seekonk High School, Seekonk, Massachusetts)
How Healthy is the Magoon Pond Watershed (Marshfield High School, Marshfield, Massachusetts)