Thursday, October 23, 2014

Life on Earth shares our findings with 2nd graders

So, what did we find?  A whole lot of mud and some hardy, but struggling aquatic critters.... all waiting for the next rain.  Life on Earth students decided to share their findings ....



Our narrator takes the stage

Just what do we find when we look in healthy water?  Lots of different kinds of organisms

Using probes to measure temperature and conductivity gives us a bit more insight into the quality of the water

Students spend time learning about the plants that line the edge of the SRE puddle

 ... those tiny creatures draw in everyone for a closer look

Active stations in action: plants, aquatic critters, mud.  It's all worth exploring

Everyone's learning something.  That gives MsLevy something to smile about


Tiny critters are much easier to see when they're in small jars

Our tech-team, working out ways to share our physical data with the 2nd graders

Hmm, if you're the mosquito, then there's always going to be someone in a healthy habitat who will make lunch of you!

Scooping, sorting, comparing to prepared samples, estimating ... some great math skills in evidence here

Mr. Clark gives this group a close up view of a dragonfly larva

What would it be like to get into those great, big waders?  Fun!!

Scientists, observers, artists

Looks like we've got our next ecological explorer ready to go

Data can still be stylish!


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