Backpack Lab – Water Quality Testing. This is a Backpack Lab designed for educators and environmental science students, containing lessons, activities, and test kits that relate to important parameters in water quality. Backpack Lab is designed with all the necessary components in one place, reducing the chance of misplacing an item. Ideal for transporting, it’s easy to take this durable backpack to the field for on-site measurements. This portable kit contains well-constructed lessons and activities, and will allow the teacher to get the most out of their classroom time.

It contains test kits for the determination of common parameters in water quality testing: acidity, alkalinity, carbon dioxide, dissolved oxygen, hardness, nitrate, and phosphate. The Combo Tester is also included for measurement of pH, conductivity (EC), and total dissolved solids (TDS), as well as a secchi disk for monitoring turbidity.

Backpack Lab Water Quality Education Test Kit Includes:

• 110 tests each for acidity & alkalinity, 100 tests for carbon dioxide (SER1164020), dissolved oxygen (SER1164001), hardness, nitrate (SER1164041) & phosphate (SER1164008)
• Hanna’s pHep 4 waterproof pH/temperature tester
• Hanna’s DiST 5 waterproof conductivity/total dissolved solids (TDS) tester
• Secchi disk for turbidity
• Backpack carrying case which holds all components of the kit
• 72-page teacher’s manual with a curriculum that meets National Science Teachers
• Association Standards
• Parameter summary in PDF and PowerPoint format (on included CD).
• Laminated, laboratory instruction cards with step-by-step field test procedures
• Reproducible lab activity worksheets with instructions, goals, hypothesis, and testing procedure results/observations
• A glossary of key terms in PDF format (on included CD).