SOUTH BAY CHAPTER’S BLUE WATER TASK FORCE PROGRAM

A TEAM APPROACH to BWTF WATER TESTING 4 High Schools having Several Teams per School with one Captain per School

Team Captain with one of his Teams Frank and a South High School Team

Another Team Captain with her team Carol with a Mira Costa Team

TEACH AND TEST PROGRAM STRUCTURE South Bays Team Captains System Team Captains tasks: Team Captains and Substitutes are assigned to each participating school in September They are trained in the protocols for both water sampling and beach trash collection and are given a Captain’s Manual (40 pages) They meet the students that they will work with at the annual Kick-off meeting in late September They communicate with the students reminding them of sampling dates and times They meet students on all sampling dates and distribute the sampling materials to the student teams They make an informal log of students attending They insure that all water samples are taken correctly and transported to the labs by the specified times They can join the students who stay to process the water samples in lab They communicate with students about upcoming non-sampling activities

PUBLIC OUTREACH at LOCAL FAIRS and Other Tabling Events Earth Day Event at SEA Lab in Redondo Beach

ANNUAL T&T EVENTS KICK-OFF MEETING September Fall Field Trip Winter Beach Party Spring Field Trip YEAR END PARTY & PRESENTATIONS

YEAR END PARTY AND PRESENTATIONS RUHS Students Presenting their Waste Characterization Study Summary

YEAR END PARTY AND PRESENTATIONS South HS Ocean Friendly Gardens Presentation

SMBRF Clean Bay Restaurant Program Redondo Beach Official (Left) and SMBRF Program Manager

Students Observing a City Restaurant Inspection RUHS and Parras Students with Redondo Beach Official