- Date
- 1996-11
- Kind
- Education
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- educationenvironmentcommunicationcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
In November 1996, Beaver Island Community School seventh- and eighth-graders participated in SWOOPE’s international acid-rain study. They collected rain, measured pH, and exchanged weekly results by email with a network of more than 280 schools in several countries.
Evidence limits
This is a contemporary school report and does not provide the students’ raw measurements or a complete project archive.
Sources
- Reports that Beaver Island seventh- and eighth-graders joined more than 280 schools worldwide in SWOOPE’s month-long acid-rain study, collecting rain and measuring pH and exchanging weekly data by email. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1996-11_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the international science-project report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1996-11_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Community School joins an international acid-rain study in 1996”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-community-school-internet-science-project-1996/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 1996, “B.I.C.S. PARTICIPATION in INTERNET SCIENCE PROJECT.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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