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Workshop Detail: Wednesday, July 22, 2009
(3-12): Texas Stream Team for Teachers
presented by
Heidi Moltz, Doctoral Candidate, Texas Stream Team - Texas State University, Julie Tuason, Ph.D., Texas Stream Team - Texas State University
Curriculum Developed by Texas Stream Team; Texas State University
This workshop will introduce participants to Texas Stream Team, resources available to teachers through the program, and will certify them as Water Quality Monitors, a certification approved by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). TEEAC credit for the workshop is available upon request.
The water quality monitoring training will have an introduction to Texas Stream Team and will provide general watershed and water quality background information. Monitoring procedures for the approved parameters will then be demonstrated and participants will practice the techniques. Texas Stream Team uses TCEQ and EPA approved methodologies to monitor and assess water quality parameters including pH, dissolved oxygen, conductivity, clarity, and temperature. Completing the workshop will certify participants as water quality monitors.
In addition to learning about water quality monitoring, this workshop will introduce participants to additional educational resources available through Texas Stream Team including watershed models, a freely available TEKS correlated curriculum suite, and TCEQ publications to name a few.
For more information about Texas Stream Team, please visit our website at http://txstreamteam.rivers.txstate.edu/.
Heidi Moltz began working at Texas Stream Team in April of 2007 as the Statewide Volunteer Coordinator. Heidi’s area of interest and expertise is identifying critical areas for non-point source pollution management and controlling pollution using land management techniques. Heidi received her undergraduate degree from the University of Texas – Austin. After completion, Heidi moved to the Midwest to pursue her Master of Science in water resources management from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Heidi’s M.S. research focus was on the design and implementation of vegetative riparian buffers to control agricultural pollution. Heidi returned to Texas in 2005 to pursue doctoral studies in the aquatic resources program at Texas State University. Her dissertation research brings together water quality risk analyses, hydrologic modeling, and social assessment techniques to develop a framework for integrated assessment of non-point source pollution in large watersheds. Heidi's professional experience includes working for local and state government, private industry, and non-profit organizations.
Julie Tuason has a Ph.D. in environmental geography from Rutgers University. She has taught on the faculty of the University of Texas at Austin and Southwest Texas State University. Since the mid-1980s, she has helped to design and implement K-12 educational outreach programs for the National Geographic Society and the National Council for Geographic Education. She has taught college level courses in conservation and environmental management and published articles on parks and protected areas, among a range of other topics. Julie has been with Texas Watch (Texas Stream Team) since 2005. In the environmental education arena, she is interested in differences in student learning styles and how to effectively move citizens from environmental awareness to active environmental stewardship.
Summer Institute, a component of the MIDAS Project, is supported by a