(860) YOUNG ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST (Y.E.S) PROGRAM TO ENHANCE THE ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS AMONG THE MALAYSIAN SCHOOL STUDENTS

摘要

Environmental pollution and awareness issues are recognized as one of the major components of theglobal environmental crisis. This study tries to design and develop the effectiveness program in orderto enhance the environmental pollution and awareness among the school students in Malaysia. YoungEnvironmental Scientist (Y.E.S) Program was designed in order to bring all the students to gain newexperience about how the scientist did their research especially in identifying the environmentalpollution problems. Forty (40) of the secondary school students (form four);;five teachers and tworesearchers from the university were involved in this program. The study areas were located in JeliDistrict, State of Kelantan. The assessments of river water quality were chosen as a case study. Theapplication of in-situ measurement of river water quality was designed as field sampling activities. Thesix selected water quality parameters;;namely dissolved oxygen (DO), suspended solid (SS), turbidity(Tur), colour (Col), electrical conductivity (EC) and pH was measured using portable instruments. Theresults show, all the participants clearly understand the determination of surface river water quality byusing the in-situ measurements technique. Finally, the YES program was successfully delivered andincrease the knowledge of environmental protection and prevention among the students. This programhope can be inspired among Malaysian school students in the environmental pollution and awareness.