Life Science Studies Living Things at The Audubon Center’s Wetlands
Posted by Craig KnebelThe 7th grade students took classroom learning into the field and stream literally, to examine the health of three wetlands ecosystems at the Fairfield Audubon. In this high school level experience, students captured macro-invertebrates and judged the health of the wetland by the organisms they found. Lots of pollution tolerant leeches would have indicated an unhealthy wetland, while more pollution intolerant resident indicate a healthy wetland. In the healthiest stream student found crayfish and turtles and fish that actually feed on the macro-invertebrates.
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