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
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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