In this activity, the students will present their algal bloom testing data (and any other data they collected at their testing site) to whoever is in charge of managing water quality at the testing site.

1. Quick write: Explain to your students that they will be presenting their data to stakeholders in their community. They may choose to have a meeting with whoever is directly in charge of managing water quality at the testing site (e.g. landowners, city officials, the department of natural resources, etc.), or they may choose to have a larger, more public presentation for concerned stakeholders. Then, have them write in response to the following prompts: 

• What would be our goal(s) in sharing our data? 

• Who do you think we should share our data with?

• How do you think we should share our data?

2. Class discussion: Have a class discussion about the prompts listed above. By the end of the conversation, the students should have a plan for how they want to share their data, and with whom. Encourage your students to choose multiple methods of communicating their points, and to divide up the work amongst themselves

3. Work time: Give the students time to work on whatever they are contributing to the class presentation. You may want them to work in small groups for this part of the activity.

4. Presentations: Have your students take turns presenting their contributions to the project to their classmates. While their classmates are giving presentations, the rest of the class should be taking notes about what they like and/or would like to change.

5. Class discussion: Have a class discussion about what they like about what has been created so far, as well as what they would like to change or create before giving the final presentation to the stakeholder(s). Then, give your students time to make their changes and put all the different elements of the presentation together.

6. Taking informed action: Have your students present their findings to their chosen stakeholder audience. If you choose to do so before returning to your testing site for retesting (or perhaps before testing other local bodies of water), you can request feedback regarding how the students could improve and/or expand their data. 

In this activity, the students will write about what this lesson has to do with their Solution Plan Project. 

Have your students write in response to the following prompts: 

• Take a look at the algal bloom testing data you and your classmates collected. What conclusions can you draw from it? Be sure to back up your ideas with evidence. 

• What does our algal bloom testing data suggest about how the water quality problems at our testing site should be addressed? 

• How does our algal bloom testing data compare to the other data we collected using different water testing methods? 

• If you were going to present our findings to an audience of stakeholders…

• Who would you want to present to, and why? Give multiple ideas. 

• How would you do it? 

• What would your overarching goal(s) be in doing so?
• In general, what are your key takeaways from this lesson (regarding the forward progress of your solution plan project)?