What We Did When We Got There...

When we got there we took water quality tests, rowed a boat, and saw a recycling factory. We also learned about charts from a man named Seth that works with Rocking The Boat. After listing to him explain charts of the Bronx River we ate lunch. That's when it really got warm. Next we loaded the boats into the water. After getting used to rowing we did the water quality tests. We checked the dissolved oxygen, salinity, turbidity, nitrates, ammonia, water temperature and air temperature. Dissolved oxygen is self-explanatory. It's the amount of oxygen in the water. Salinity is the amount of salt, turbidity is how deep you can see into the water. Nitrates levels lets us know how much sewage and other runoff pollution may be in the body of water. The recycling factory barges were blocked off, which is a good thing, because the fence prevents floatables from falling into the water. To find out more infomation about the New York Harbor School visit The New York Harbor School
This is Section 4 on the row boats looking at the recycling place
-Medina Lyons