Teens Discover Nature through Salcon-Monash Water Watch Field Day

28 students from SMK Dato’ Ahmad Razali, aged 13 to 16, accompanied by 2 teachers discovered the beauty of nature and our precious water resources with Salcon Berhad and Monash University through the Salcon-Monash Water Watch Field Day at Ampang Forest Reserve, Ampang today.

 

The inaugural Salcon-Monash Water Watch Field Day is a half-day programme jointly organized by Salcon Berhad and Monash University Malaysia with the objective of instilling awareness among teenagers to appreciate and preserve our precious natural resources. Through the programme, the students had the opportunity to explore and learn more about the ecological system and to appreciate and cherish its beauty.

Group photo of students, Monash and Salcon team at the dam, Ampang Forest Reserve

Dr. Cathy and participants are catching aquatic flora and fauna

The Salcon-Monash Water Watch Field Day is organized as part of Salcon’s corporate responsibility programme in its continuous effort to promote water conservation via an educational approach. 

Students enjoyed the fresh air and gentle breeze as they walked up to an old reservoir in the Ampang Forest Reserve. They were not only taught to study the aquatic fauna and flora, but also conducted physical and chemical testing under the guidance of Monash facilitators. This hands-on approach provides a good platform for the students to truly understand the water cycle and observe the human impacts on water quality.

Students are learning and observing the micro organism they catched

The Salcon-Monash Water Field Day widens Salcon’s target audience to secondary school students with the objective of conveying our water conservation message to as many young Malaysians as we can.