We are in the process of piloting some science camp modules here in Nunavut and we are looking for some simple experiments that can be used to identify contaminates in living things. In particular, we will be looking at caribou, fish and possibly some birds. Sue to the high costs of equipment and transportation coupled with a limited budget we are hoping to make this as hands on as possible for students and still do good science. If you know of any procedures that will work for this please let me know. I can be reached at the address and email below.
Any help is appreciated.
Try contacting Dr. John Reid at Hampshire College. He has done chemical analyses for other groups of students and perhaps will be able to suggest how to prepare samples and give you some idea of who may be able to help with the analyses. It sounds like a fabulous project. I'd like to know more about what happens. If this were to be possible and or work, then other schools could gather the same type of data and schools in the North could become the largest collectors of data of this kind in the world.