Acknowledgements
The Sydney Catchment Authority (SCA) wishes to acknowledge the guidance and expertise of a number of organisations that have contributed to the development of Water Quality: HSC Chemistry and Water Quality: HSC Biology.
- NSW Department of Education and Training, especially Curriculum K-12 Directorate (Science unit) and the Centre for Learning Innovation
- Sydney Water Corporation
- Science Teachers Association of NSW
- Western Sydney Science Teachers Association
- Liverpool Area Science Teachers Association
- NSW Health
We would also like to thank Sydney Water for providing video footage and text used in the sections concerning water filtration.
The SCA acknowledges that this site includes the Centre for Learning Innovation’s pre existing intellectual property in relation to the architecture for the development of a) Flash activities b) Image viewers c) video players d) quizzes and sequencing activities, which appear as:
Why test electrical conductivity? image viewer
Testing electrical conductivity video
Electrical conductivity quiz
Why test turbidity? image viewer
How to test turbidity image viewer
Turbidity quiz
Why test dissolved oxygen? image viewer
Dissolved oxygen quiz
Why test phosphorus? image viewer
Testing phosphorus video
Steps in eutrophication sequencing activity
Phosphorus quiz
Why test pH? image viewer
pH quiz
The multi-barrier approach video
Examples of the multi-barrier approach image viewer
Water monitoring video
Testing water quality in the field image viewer
Water monitoring quiz
Water filtration video
Land uses in the Sydney catchment area image viewer
Sources of contamination quiz
The water cycle sequencing activity
Examples of land management in catchments image viewer
