I am teaching three classes this year. Whoo Boy is it pushing me. You can probably tell from the absence of posts for a while! I am teaching Middle School Creative Writing, High School American Literature, and Environmental Science for both Middle and High schools.
I really like the Environmental Science class. I assign the readings through the week and they also have some video clips to watch about environmental issues. Then we meet once a week for a short review of what they read and a lab experience.
This particular day we loaded in the van and took off for a local park. I was hoping it would go ok since it could have still been flooded from all of the rain we have had the last couple of months. It turned out to be a lovely day for it.
These are kick nets, and you are supposed to kick the bottom of the stream into the net. Then you look for macroinvertebrates and compare them to macros on a dichotomous key. You can then determine if the water quality is poor, moderate, or good. We discovered the water quality was very, very poor. No big surprise after all of the flooding we have had. It was a fun lab, much better than sitting in a classroom!
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