New version of mini water quality bug test

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The educational aspect of the upgrade was dealt with in a series of integrated lesson plans which have river health as a central theme and use miniSASS as a central tool for these lessons. Grades five, seven, nine and eleven have each been provided with five different activities which cover a range of subjects, including geography and life sciences. Version 2 of the miniSASS tool underwent field testing at the Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa Environmental Centre in Howick by river health practitioners and environmental educators. It was well received by all the participants. The revised miniSASS tool was also used by a group of schools in Cape Town as they embarked on a series of source-tosea expeditions on a schools catchment study. Along with a variety of GPS work and identification of the indigenous and alien flora in the area the pupils carried out the revised miniSASS tests on the Prinskasteel stream where it ran through a farm, the Tokai industrial area and the Zandvlei estuary at the end of the catchment.

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