“If a little is good, a lot is not always better,” Mom taught me. Nutrient pollution is like that. Just like on land, nutrients help aquatic plants grow. But, across the country, waterways are being enriched beyond the optimal level. This is especially true and especially troublesome in certain areas, like the Great Lakes and Chesapeake Bay watersheds.
Led by US Environmental Protection Agency and US Geological Survey, a host of collaborators have created the “Visualize Your Water” challenge for high school students in the states bordering the Great Lakes and Chesapeake Bay watersheds (DC, DE, IL, IN, MD, MI, MN, NY, OH, PA, VA, WI, WV). The challenge launches on Weds Jan 13, and closes March 1. High school students (working in teams or solo, in class or out of school) can submit an online map-based analysis and visualization of the situation. And there are some pretty cool prizes!
Links lead to background info, water quality data, professional visualizations, and ideas. Submissions go to a Challenge.gov site that opens Jan 13. ArcGIS Online Organization accounts make a great platform for conducting the analysis and presenting the findings. Any US K12 school can acquire one of these Orgs from Esri, for instructional use, for free, at esri.com/connected. For full info about the challenge, see the Visualize Your Water site
Charlie Fitzpatrick, Esri Education Manager
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Led by US Environmental Protection Agency and US Geological Survey, a host of collaborators have created the “Visualize Your Water” challenge for high school students in the states bordering the Great Lakes and Chesapeake Bay watersheds (DC, DE, IL, IN, MD, MI, MN, NY, OH, PA, VA, WI, WV). The challenge launches on Weds Jan 13, and closes March 1. High school students (working in teams or solo, in class or out of school) can submit an online map-based analysis and visualization of the situation. And there are some pretty cool prizes!
Links lead to background info, water quality data, professional visualizations, and ideas. Submissions go to a Challenge.gov site that opens Jan 13. ArcGIS Online Organization accounts make a great platform for conducting the analysis and presenting the findings. Any US K12 school can acquire one of these Orgs from Esri, for instructional use, for free, at esri.com/connected. For full info about the challenge, see the Visualize Your Water site
Charlie Fitzpatrick, Esri Education Manager
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