How data is collected is as important as the actual data.
It is important to be accurate because data is something that is shared.
When data is shared, it becomes POWERFUL! Data can be compared over time or between
different monitoring sites. It helps us decide how we should act in our own communities.
Data means information.You need data so that you can monitor your water body.
Monitoring means checking things out and giving warnings, if needed.
You find out:
• What is the monitoring site like now?
• What is likely to happen to the monitoring site?
• What would you like to have happen to the monitoring site?
How data is collected is as important as the actual data.
It is important to be accurate because data is something that is shared.
When data is shared, it becomes POWERFUL! Data can be compared over time or between
different monitoring sites. It helps us decide how we should act in our own communities.
Physical data describes your monitoring
site. They tell about sizes and shapes of water bodies,
soil types, water temperature, and turbidity.
Biological data tells you about the living
things in your monitoring site.
Chemical Data tells you about things such
as chemicals that are too small to see with your eyes. You can perform tests that show you which chemicals are in the water.
Cultural data tells you about the human
history that surrounds your monitoring site.
How do people use your part of the watershed?
