ACT Coastal Kids Program at WPS

10/28/2021

Berlin, MD – On Wednesday, October 27, 2021 Verena Chase with Assateague Coastal Trust’s (ACT) Coast Kids program visited Ms. Lindsey MacWha’s 6^th Grade science class to present “What’s in the Water”. During the program students learned about point and non-point sources of water pollution, and how to perform basic water quality measurements.

Celebrating 50 years, WPS is an independent, college prep day school for Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 12 students. Located in Berlin, Maryland, the private school attracts an average of 500 students from Maryland, Delaware and Virginia. For more information, please visit www.worcesterprep.org or call 410.641.3575.

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Right to left, Lexi Davis (Berlin, MD) pours an “oil spill” onto a waterway display, as her peers Blair Moore (Rehoboth Beach, DE), Nora Gorfinkel (Berlin, MD), Lily Lenhard (Millsboro, DE), Samantha Kuon (Rehoboth Beach, DE) and Rani Yonker (Berlin, MD).
Left to right, Scarlett Shimko (Berlin, MD) looks over Rani Yonker (Berlin, MD) as she puts the water into play on the display.
Verona Chase of ACT measures a water samples visibility from the Pocomoke River as students Vivien Ruggerio (Rehoboth Beach, DE), Elena Gjoni (Ocean City, MD) and their peers look into the sample.
6th Grade class from the left to the right, Samantha Kuon (Rehoboth Beach, DE), Eva Tekmen (Berlin, MD), Lily Lenhard (Millsboro, DE), Lexi Davis (Berlin, MD), John Lynch (Ocean City, MD), Arianna Dorfler (Ocean City, MD), Noa Bouzaglo (Berlin, MD), Brooke Moore (Rehoboth Beach, DE), Verona Chase of ACT, Elena Gjoni (Ocean City, MD), Vivien Ruggerio (Rehoboth Beach, DE), Blair Moore (Rehoboth Beach, DE), Nora Gorfinkel (Berlin, MD), Rani Yonker Berlin, MD), Scarlett Shimko (Berlin, MD) and Ms. L

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