Didactical principles of environmental monitoring

Environmental monitoring is a very important part of all environmental risk assessment tasks aiming correct estimation of the ecological status of water, air, soil, and biota systems. However, special attention is rarely paid to the problem in the teaching programs for students of bachelor or master degree dedicated to environmental chemistry. The same holds true for secondary school programs for chemical education. It is the aim of the present communication to present in a simple and understandable way the major elements of the environmental monitoring as substantial consistent of the overall scheme of environmental risk assessment as presented to chemistry students and secondary school pupils.