Inc. Save the Sound's Watershed Workshops have been made possible by funding from the U.S. EPA Environmental Education Grants Program. Long Island Sound is an estuary, a place where salt water from the ocean meets and mixes with fresh water from rivers and the land, providing habitat for diverse animal and plant life. The Sound's watershed encompasses an area of more than 16,000 square miles and reaches into portions of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Rhode Island and Canada. Residents of the Long Island Sound watershed have the capability to greatly influence their environment, and the Sound's. Water Quality -This segment applies the scientific approach to teaching about regional water quality conditions and indicators of the health of the ecosystem.
Teachers use simple experiments to learn about physical and chemical characteristics of water.
Watershed Models -Teachers will design and build a watershed model to use in their classrooms. Other Sound and watershed resources, reading lists, field trip sites, more. FREE to teachers of Urban Youth. FREE to Watershed Educators, FREE to teachers in the Norwalk River Watershed. FREE to teachers of Urban Youth .