Photos by Mrs. Day

The Woon Watershed Study began in September. Each month, Cynthia Morrissette, an educator from the Narragansett Bay Commission, co-ordinates hands-on activities with the school's science life science program. Here are the photos taken by Mrs. Day when the instructor visited the school on September 8.

On November 4, grades 3,4 and 5 visited Belmont Park as part of the program. The students completed a site observation and did several water quality experiments with their group leaders. Photos of the Belmont Park visit.

As a follow-up lesson the students in each grade will be working together to build a watershed in class. Here are photos of Grade 3 building their watersheds November 16. Building a Watershed

The water studies continued on December 17, 2009 when Cynthia Morrissette again visited the school bringing with her several resources to teach the grades 3, 4 and 5 students about amphibians. Here are some photos to show what was an interesting lesson! Amphibians

Grades 3,4 and 5 continued their studies on January 21. Cynthia Morrissette from the Narragansett Bay Commission conducted lessons on Winter Water Quality Testing using the water from Belmont Park. The tests were for :

• turbidity
• phosphate
• nitrate
• pH
• dissolved oxygen

Here are photos that show the students seeing the results of the testing and then recording the important scientific details in their notebooks.
Winter Water Quality Testing

On February 4, the students continued studying about the properties of clean water by learning about Macroinvertebrates. Here is a photo slideshow which shows the students and what they studied.
Macroinvertebrates

On March 18, the students in Grades 3,4 and 5 read aloud their research papers about macroinvertebrates. They also learned which nanimals make the best pets and which animals do not make good pets. All the students are taking part in a poster contes "My Way to a Perfect Bay". See the photos at this link:

Macroinvertebrate Research Papers

 

May 14, 2010, The Final Lesson

 

What a great year of learning for these students.