Pond & Creek Study
 

 
  Science Center Pond Site  
 

 

Water Quality Measurements

   

Aquatic Insects Found In The Pond

Mystery insect #1                                                           Mystery insect #2
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Mystery insect #3           Enlarged view of Mystery insect #3

Click on the link to use a key to identify the mystery insect:

http://www.people.virginia.edu/~sos-iwla/Stream-Study/Key/Key1.HTML

Physical Measurements of the Pond

Feature

Measurement

GPS coordinates( ◦ N and ◦ W)

  29˚ 47.85  N

   95˚ 30.46 W

 

Distance around pond ( meters)

 

53 meters

Average Depth  (meters)

  1.1 meters

 
 

 

  
     
             

Ms Clark & the Aliens make observations     Testing for Dissolved Oxygen

Nicole & Robbie make observations in their field journals.

Thomas measures water transparency with the Secchi Disk.

Jesus records the water temperature.

Lauren, Virginia & Kaleigh watching the fish.

Jessica makes a sketch of the spotted planaria she found in pond water.

Kathy & Jessica's planaria!

Adam uses a dichotomous key to identify a macroinvertebrate.

Adam's discovery!

Io found a dragonfly nymph on our April visit.
 

 

One of the frogs that live in the pond. ( photo by Katie)

Io and Kathy transfer macroinvertebrates to their tray for sorting.

  

 

Ms. Clark testing Dissolved Oxygen in the pond water.

 

Hunter & Eric  help count the drops in the last step of the DO test.

  

What did you find, George?

Kathy, Fabian, Mayra, Katie, Hunter, Ms. Clark, Anna, & Erica

  

Spring Branch Creek Site

Zoe, Eric & Virginia make observations in their field journals.

(l to r) Thomas, Anna, Jesus, Matt & Clay look for macroinvertebrates in sample of water from the creek.

Io uses a stereomicroscope to identify a macroinvertebrate found in creek water.
 

 

 

Ms. Clark's Earthworks Project orange race best.jpg (207251 bytes)

 

 

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