Take a Dip: The Water in Our Lives

This project has been combined with the Global Water Sampling Project. Please go to the website for that project to participate.


Join students around the world in this Environmental Collaborative Project and team up to test the quality and research the cultural significance of fresh water. You will have the opportunity to compare the water quality of your local river, stream, lake or pond and the stories and practices dealing with water in your community with other fresh water sources around the world. The focus of the project is to assess water quality based on physical characteristics and chemical substances. Specifically, students will:

  • identify and compare organisms in a water sample with other participating classes and assess the quality of water based on the aquatic macroscopic life and physical and chemical characteristics;
  • research and share anecdotes, stories and practices dealing with water in local communities; and
  • look for relationships, trends, similarities, and differences among the data collected by all project participants.

This project is recommended for middle school students due to the nature of the tests required for the project;  however, all students are welcome to participate. There is NO fee to participate, however we do ask you to register first. Look at the list of schools currently participating in the project.

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Take a Dip project is developed and managed by the Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education (CIESE) which is located at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey. You can learn more about this project and many other CIESE sponsored Internet-based educational activities by visiting http://www.k12science.org/

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