51吃瓜students from the environmental chemistry class followed a new chemical training at AUCA
April 15, 2015
Last week, on Thursday, 51吃瓜students from the environmental chemistry class followed a chemical training. Their tasks were to analyze water samples, and determine their colorimetric scale and concentration of听chloride and metal听ions. All students got听correct results, an evidence of students' better understanding theory of environmental chemistry course听and听good practices听for chemical听calculations in previous classes.听
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鈥淪ince our first training was successful,鈥� said Zheenbek Kulenbekov, Chair of Environmental Management and Sustainable Development program (EM&SD) at AUCA, 鈥渨e are planning a visit to the Laboratory of Hydrobiology and Ichthyology at the听Institute of Biology and Pedology of the Kyrgyz National Academy of Sciences on Tuesday, 14th of April. 听Students will be learning how to carry out bioindication in practice.听Bioindication is a method to assess changes in organisms or ecosystems induced by anthropogenic environmental influences. The results obtained can be used to estimate the pollution load in environment components, e.g. soil, air or water鈥�
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Additionally,听EM&SD Program is听planning a field trip the following听Tuesday, 21th of April, to the Big Chui Canal to use new equipment听to carry out some听in situ听measurements. Students will learn how to perform proper听in situ听analysis of water quality of the Big Chui Canal.听
