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Colonial Heights High School (Colonial Heights, VA) - Instructor, Mr. William Ryan
The Colonial Heights Geospatial Semester class is a one year class for seniors only. We spend two periods out of seven in the geospatial semester class. This class has been at Colonial Heights High School for three years.
Over the past semester we have worked on a project where 67 acres of wooded land owned by the city of Colonial Heights we propose a new high school be built. Also, we had to use the land where the old high school is located and the technical center, located across the street. Two groups worked on this project to propose their land use designs. Each team choose a team name. Team Mustafar (a name from the Star Wars movies) proposed a new school more resembling our old school, and using the old school site as the location of a new athletic field complex. They propose to use our vocational school building as the new School Board office building and an alternative school. Team Pono (a Hawaiian word for excellence) proposed a new school resembling an existing school in Chesterfield County, and using the old school as a major soccer field complex. They would use the vocational building as a crossroads school for all levels.
The study we are currently working on is on the water quality of Old Town Creek. This creek runs west to east straight through the middle of Colonial Heights and is about 4.5 miles long. This study will try to show if the levels of several pollutants change as Old Town Creek flows through our city. The categories that are being studied are: phosphates, nitrates, temperature, dissolved oxygen, percent oxygen saturation, and parts per hydrogen (pH). We are using snap test kits to find the numbers for the nitrates, phosphates, and dissolved oxygen. Each student group will go to a certain part of Old Town Creek and test the water at the same time, so it will be accurate.
Team Pono's plan
Team Mustafar's plan
