Water Quality Education Kit (HI 3817BP)

Water Quality Education Kit Learn about environmental water parameters right from the source!
The Backpack Lab for Water Quality’s lesson plans and components are tied together by a comprehensive teacher’s manual that includes information about each parameter, classroom activities designed to introduce students to each parameter, and detailed field testing procedures.

HANNA chemical test kits and pocket testers provide teachers with a valuable tool in helping students assess the water quality of streams, rivers and lakes.

Through the use of backpacklab.com students will be able to graph their data, share and compare their results with students across the country, and complete fun activities!

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  The HI 3817BP kit includes the following items:

  • 110 tests each for acidity & alkalinity
  • 100 tests for carbon dioxide, dissolved oxygen, hardness, nitrate & phosphate
  • HANNA’s DiST®5 waterproof conductivity/total dissolved solids (TDS) tester
  • Secchi disk for turbidity
  • Backpack carrying case which holds all components of the kit
  • 72-page teachers manual with a curriculum that meets National Science Teachers Association Standards
  • Parameter summary in pdf and powerpoint format (on included CD).
  • Laminated, laboratory instruction cards with step-by-step field test procedures
  • Reproducible lab activity worksheets with instructions, goals, hypothesis, and testing procedure results/observations
  • A glossary of key terms in pdf format (on included CD).
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  Safety Data Sheet

A Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) is a document that contains information on the potential hazards (health, fire, reactivity and environmental) and how to work safely with the chemical product.Material Safety Data Sheet

Always be familiar with the hazards of a product BEFORE you start using it.

You should look at a MSDS, match the name of the chemical on your container to the one on the MSDS, know the hazards, understand safe handling and storage instructions, as well as understand what to do in an emergency.


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