Tumalo Week 3: Science

 

Tumalo Week 3: Science

Students recording water quality factor data
 "Science Is The Desire To Know Causes"

Our class went to the creek of Tumalo so we could take data back to the classroom to help us expand our learning and our understanding of what is a healthy river/creek verses an unhealthy river/creek. We also learned what a healthy riparian zone looks like and how to measure water quality components and factors. We all broke into groups of 4 people who were all specialists in different water quality components. We all took turns doing different jobs so we could all individually have a better understanding of each component and how it affects the creek. 

Boris testing the creek for Dissolved Oxygen levels.

We evaluated the heath of the stream based off of the data we collected compared to the idea range of each component. We now know can decide whether the creek is healthy or now and what contributes to that. We know how to measure for conductivity, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, pH, water temperature, and air temperature to help us evaluate water quality. Our favorite part of the science day was finally getting to collect data and having that level of trust from our teachers to be trusted with probes.