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| Day 1 at the pond |
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| Day 1 at the lake |
Last week we had our first round of field trips for out SEEDS7: Watershed Detectives partnership. The 7th graders from one of the schools we have been working with all year came out to the Refuge for an entire day of fun and learning! I ran the Abiotic station, so I facilitated several water quality tests that the students ran on their own. I explained how to run each test, questioned them as to why each test is important (they learned all of these things during our four visits to their classroom earlier in the year), and then they were able to run the test themselves and record their data for reporting later. They tested turbidity, temperature, pH, phosphate levels, and DO (dissolved oxygen) [being that this test involves breaking glass, I ran the test and they each got the chance to read the results].
While at the refuge, students also got to sample and identify macro-invertebrates, play a macro-invertebrate based game, and participate in a nature scavenger hunt along the trails. Out of around 236 students, I only had one kid drink the water (despite my constantly telling them not to do that), so I'd say that round one of SEEDS7 field trips was a definite success!
How Neat Is That?!
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| Day 2 at the lake |
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| Day 2 at the pond |
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