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The LIFE Suwannee River Valley project is a partnership between the Department of Environmental Protection and the
Suwannee County School District. Approximately 200 middle and high school students of Suwannee County have participated directly with the LIFE program, however the project impacts over 1,000 students from Suwannee Middle School, Branford High School, and Suwannee High School. Students participate in equipment intensive field lab activities at
Suwannee River State Park and Branford Spring at Ivey Memorial Park that focus on ground and surface water quality. Students use technologies such as data gathering probeware, multimeters, digital microscopes, and computer software to collect, interpret and share their data. Initial funding for the LIFE in the Suwannee River Valley was obtained from the Florida Department of Education's
Enhancing Education through Technology grant which focuses on closing the digital divide and improving students' academic achievement through the use of technology. |
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Program Implementation Team
- Katrina Raulerson
Suwannee County School District
EETT LISRV Grant Facilitator
- Melissa Brinson
Science Teacher, Suwannee Middle School: (386) 647-4500
- Leslie Breland
Science Teacher, Suwannee Middle School: (386) 647-4500
- Roger Sumner
Science and Geography Teacher, Branford High School:
(386) 935-5600
- Danelle Bradow
Physical Science and Earth/Space Science, Branford High
School: (386) 935-5600
- Luwanna Gaylord
Earth/Space Science and BIO I, Branford High School:
(386) 935-5600
Program Content at Suwannee Middle
Experience I @ Suwannee River State Park
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Experience II @ Suwannee River State Park
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Experience III @ Suwannee River State Park
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Program Content at Branford High
Experience I, II & III @ Branford Spring at Ivey Memorial Park
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Additional Resources
General Environmental Science Information:
Florida's Education Technology Conference 2011
Hands on the Land
Online Data:
USGS's Real-Time
Data for Florida
Environmental Monitoring/Service Learning:
LAKEWATCH
GLOBE
World Water Monitoring Day
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2012 State of Florida