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Title | Group 2: Second-Year Fellows Seminar Class Plan Template |
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Group Members: Diana Samaroo, Ralph Alcendor, Urmi Ghosh-Dastidar, Muhammad Ali Ummy
Title of Activity: Chemical and Biological Analysis of Water Quality
Location/outside partner: Beach-front at Brooklyn Bridge
Timeline for the session: 9:30 am - 2:00 pm
Agenda:
9:30 - 10:30: Living lab fellows (including Robin Michals, Karen Goodlad, Crystal and Dimitri) will meet at the "Beach front" at Brooklyn Bridge (click here for map/directions) to collect several water samples (stagnant and flowing).
10:30 - 12:00: Living lab fellows and participants will return to NYCCT, Pearl 304 laboratory to perform several water analysis tests (working in groups of three to four)
Experimental samples: stagnant and flowing water collected at Beach-front
Control samples: CityTech fountain water and/or Distilled water
Using test strips from kits, a series of qualitative and quantitative measurements will be conducted on ALL water samples. The test strips will assay the following: pH, iron (chemical symbol Fe) level, hardness of water, nitrite and nitrate levels.
In addition to these chemical analysis, fellows and participants will determine the microbial activity/growth in ALL water samples. (NOTE: Since microbial activity requires a few days to assay, this section of the experiment will be done ahead of time). Hence, the number of microbial colonies will be determined and counted using a microscope.
12:00 - 1:00 pm Working Lunch
Fellows will work on gathering of data and results to report to entire seminar group. This will include the mean (average) of all pH , hardness, iron, nitrate and nitrite levels of the various water samples (total of four samples)
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