Resources

An important resource for us will be Ardi Kveven, Director of ORCA, who has agreed to take our students on the field trip to collect data, and who has also agreed to be a guest speaker in our classes and provide us with contacts in regional offices that could lead to other guest speakers. We have a list of websites, access to many articles and textbooks from which we can draw activities, and both Pamela and I are registered with OER Commons (Open Educational Resource materials) which we plan to draw from. We also have the full support of our Division Dean, Al Friedman.

Web resources include:

Open Education Resources: http://www.oercommons.org/

Water on the Web: http://waterontheweb.org/

Mukilteo data collection site: http://stccmop.org

Partnership for Puget Sound: http://psp.wa.gov

Other resources:

Sim-Biotic Nutrient Pollution simulation

Software, including STELLA and Excel

Department of Ecology guest speaker

SOPS database

Journal articles appropriate for the college learner on sustainability, ecosystems, water quality, etc.