2020 Enviro Citizen Sci Challenge

Nov 27, 2020 • 6:23 PM UTC

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ezekieljakub

I am the Director Executivo de Conservación Panamá Inc. I am an Ornithologist by training and a Conservation researcher. The foldscope project we have is to bring science to the communities we work in! We are an Estadounidenses/Panameña ONG focused on conservation research, proyectos, y educación ambiental. www.conservacionpanamaca.org ezekieljakub@conservacionpanamaca.org

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Our organization ( Conservación Panamá Inc. ) is participating in the Nov 2020 Environmental Citizen Science Challenge . Check out the project, support us if you can, and see how we are using FOLDSCOPES! Check out our VIDEO HERE about the project. ¡GO FOLDSCOPE!

ABSTRACT:
Remote communities in Panamá commonly suffer from waterborne illness. The various sources and identity of point & non-point source pollution are unknown. Conservación Panamá (org) in cooperation with Public Schools, has created a 10-month long water monitoring program for 5th grade students which samples, tests, analyzes and maps the Rios Cocle del Norte & San Juan de Turbe to identify the pollutants and create solutions.
GOALS:
Our goals are very simple and multi-faceted. Utilize a cooperatively written supplemental science education lesson plan, which complements the national curriculum, to introduce core concepts of water quality, sampling, testing and analysis in public school classrooms over 10-months of the 2021 school year. Present data analysis and results at the end of the school year in communities along the Rios Coclé del Norte & San Juan de Turbé and discuss solutions. Cooperatively write a finalized action plan (under the oversight and professional guidance of CP science staff), using all data and individual community inputs, to bring attention to the problem of water quality and a framework to assist in implementing solutions.