Rouge Education Project: Physical Survey

1. Rouge Education Project:Physical Survey Presented by: Chris Trepanowski Chandler Park Academy High School Created for:

2. Safety • Always use extreme caution when near the river bank. • Wear proper safety equipment (gloves, life preserver, waders with belt, goggles) • When in the river… • It can be very slippery or mucky • Use your D-net or other pole as a “Walking Stick”/Third Leg to feel the bottom • Do NOT enter the river if you are unsure of the current due to flood conditions

3. Before Monitoring Day… • If possible, visit your site. • Identify safety concerns • Determine the section of river to be surveyed • Locate the bathrooms • Are there tables? Do you need tables? Chairs? • Determine the date and amount of last rainfall • water.weather.gov/precip • www.wunderground.com • Frequency of Flooding • www.waterwatch.usgs.gov

4. Typical length of survey should be between 10-45 meters

5. Use Handheld GPS unit • Cell Phone • Google Maps • Ariel Map • ** When you submit your values online after monitoring, it may be helpful to have decimal values (rather than degrees, minutes, seconds) • i.e.- 42.411667N • 82.910833 W • Just Google search “Lat and Long converter to decimal”

6. Can determine before you get to the site • Monitor within your classroom with a rain gauge • OR • Archived Data Online • water.weather.gov/precip • www.wundergound.com

7. Can determine before you get to the site • Visit the site throughout the year • Archived Data Online • www.waterwatch.usgs.gov

8. You will need • Measuring Tape • Oranges • Stop Watch • Calculator

9. Velocity • Determine a location • About 20 meters in length • Fairly representative of entire section • No major obstructions • Mark the Start and Stop locations 20 m Stop Start

10. Velocity (cont.) • Have your stopwatch ready • Have someone ready to retrieve the orange • Toss the orange in the river upstream from the start point • Start the stopwatch when the orange passes the start point • Stop the time when it passes the Stop point 20 m Stop Start

11. Velocity (cont.) • Take the average of 3 trials 20 m Stop Start

12. Velocity (cont.) • Take the average of 3 trials • Record the average velocity in meters per second 20 m Stop Start

13. Can use a meter stick/ calibrated pole for shallow sections • String tied to a brick for deep sections • Average depth (Not maximum depth) C- 0.75m B- 1.0m A- 0.8m Average depth= 0.8+1.0+0.75+0*= 2.55m/4*= 0.6375m * The depth at the river bank is 0 meters

14. Use the measuring tape • Be sure to measure the width of the water in the river • (not the distance between the river banks) • - You may want • to use an • average width

15. Use the measuring tape • Be sure to measure the width of the water in the river • (not the distance between the river banks) • - You may want • to use an • average width

19. Notice that this is Water Appearance, NOT River appearance • If you just look at the river you may be seeing the color of the bottom, reflection of the sky or trees, etc. • A good way to look at the color of the water is to collect some water in a white bucket. • Or in a clear water bottle, held up against a white sheet of paper.

20. Notice that this is Water Odor • If you just smell from the river bank you may be smelling other odors other than water. • A good way to smell the water is with your bucket from Water Appearance. • Or when you are actually in the river (with waders) • ** Safety concern- Use caution not to splash water on faces.

21. Let ALL of your students know to look for these things throughout your sampling time. • Complete toward the end of sampling.

22. You may want to let the students know to keep their eyes opened for any animals that they see during their sampling

23. You may want to let the students know to keep their eyes opened for any animals that they see during their sampling

24. Questions? Concerns?