Friday, 3 August 2007

PCCB Field Trip Pond Study

Polk County Conservation Board (PCCB) offers awesome hands on science classes. We signed up for one a month, year round. Today was the first and it was really, really cool. It was also only $2.50 per family. Some insects, amphibians, and reptiles cannot live in water that is pollutes by certain degrees. The naturalists can determine the health, not only by labratory tests but by cataloguing the creatures and plants in the water. We helped! Here are the pictures of what we found when testing the health of a pond by documenting the living inhabitants.


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  1. Needleroozer3 August 2007 at 15:42

    Yay! I found your blog! Cool! Your photos in this post remind me of a great place we have here called Camp Long. They have wonderful naturalists who love to explore the ponds and fields with the kids.
    Love the frog in the hand photo.
    LB

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  2. Needleroozer3 August 2007 at 15:43

    Oh- forgot to ask what you thought of the posts showing the watercolor pencil work I have been doing.
    LB

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