Roadside ditches
How can you get started?
Downloadable resources for ditch studies:
Introduction
to Ditch Science (PowerPoint presentation)
Presentation Notes (to
accompany this PowerPoint presentation)
Guide
to Student Activities (Mapping and analyzing ditches, & estimating
sediment bedload transport)
Field Data Sheet
GPS
Instruction Sheet #1: Using the Garmin eTrex GPS for Marking Ditch/Stream
Connections
GPS Instruction Sheet #2: Activity Tools using
the eTrex GPS
Maps and other useful resources:
How
to order topographic maps for NY
Historic
USGS Maps of New England NY
NYS GIS Clearinghouse NY
Interactive Mapping Gateway
(for remotely-sensed digital images in NY)
If teachers email example student reports to us, we will post them here for use by other student groups. Or if your class has created a ditch study webpage, we will link to it so you can share your photos, observations, and projects with other students.
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