Water Testing Feild Trip

Our class went to Lake Jackson’s Meginnis arm.  We divided into groups and tested the water for nitrate ( mine!), pH, dissolved oxygen and turbitity.  We tested in 3 different locations along Meginnis arm.  Our group ended up not doing the testing because we didn’t have the right little tablet.  We recorded the results in journals.  Some people took videos of what was going on or interviewed people about what they were doing.  Overall, it was really fun!

Birdsong Crotalaria Eradication

Today our class went to Birdsong (a nature preserve)with the fourth graders.  We went to pull out all of the crotalaria – an invasive species of tall, yellow-flowering plant.  We worked hard in the sweltering sun with little water to sustain us.  Some of us did water testing while others labored happily, working in groups.