SOUTH BAY CHAPTER’SBLUE WATER TASK FORCE PROGRAM

A TEAM APPROACH to BWTF WATER TESTING

4 High Schools having Several Teams per Schoolwith one Captain per School

Team Captain with one of his Teams

Frank and a South High School Team

Another Team Captain with her team

Carol with a Mira Costa Team

TEACH AND TEST PROGRAM STRUCTURE

South Bays Team Captains SystemTeam Captains tasks:• Team Captains and Substitutes are assigned to each

participating school in September• They are trained in the protocols for both water

sampling and beach trash collection and are given a Captain’s Manual (40 pages)

• They meet the students that they will work with at the annual Kick-off meeting in late September

• They communicate with the students reminding them of sampling dates and times

• They meet students on all sampling dates and distribute the sampling materials to the student teams

• They make an informal log of students attending• They insure that all water samples are taken correctly

and transported to the labs by the specified times• They can join the students who stay to process the

water samples in lab• They communicate with students about upcoming

non-sampling activities

PUBLIC OUTREACH at LOCAL FAIRS andOther Tabling Events

Earth Day Event at SEA Lab in Redondo Beach

ANNUAL T&T EVENTS

• KICK-OFF MEETING September• Fall Field Trip• Winter Beach Party• Spring Field Trip• YEAR END PARTY & PRESENTATIONS

YEAR END PARTY AND PRESENTATIONS

RUHS Students Presenting their Waste Characterization Study Summary

YEAR END PARTY AND PRESENTATIONS

South HS Ocean Friendly Gardens Presentation

SMBRF Clean Bay Restaurant Program

Redondo Beach Official (Left) and SMBRF Program Manager

Students Observing a City Restaurant Inspection

RUHS and Parras Students with Redondo Beach Official