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Life’s a beach: Using role-playing scenarios to facilitate water quality studies, Supplementary materials
What's in Our Waters (WOW) Educational Outreach Program (2018)
  • Christie Sampson, Clemson University
  • Lauren Garcia-Chance, Clemson University
  • Dr. Erica Linard, Clemson University
Description
This packet includes the supplementary materials associated with the role-playing exercise developed by the What's in Our Waters outreach program.

1. The environmental consulting scenario- this document explains the activity to the students, provides
instructions on how to play the game, and gives an example worksheet that can be used alongside the
activity.
2. Water quality test descriptions- this provides descriptions of the different tests the students can
purchase and what can cause changes in the variables being tested.
3. Water quality tests fee schedule- the amount each team must pay per test per site.
4. Water quality testing limits- the range the measurements must fall within to be considered safe and
appropriate for the recreation area.
5. A scenario map of the proposed locations.
6. An example of the “money” which can be used in the game.
7. Results for each test for each site.
Publication Date
Spring 2018
Citation Information
Christie Sampson, Lauren Garcia-Chance and Erica Linard. "Life’s a beach: Using role-playing scenarios to facilitate water quality studies, Supplementary materials" What's in Our Waters (WOW) Educational Outreach Program (2018)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/christie-sampson/1/
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons CC_BY-NC International License.