As a follow up to a the Memphremagog Watershed Youth Discovery Program our third grade students participated in last year, this year as fourth grades students they were invited to visit the Northern Star Ship. This trip is sponsored by the Memphremagog Watershed Association.
This floating classroom is a unique chance for our students to discover Lake Memphremagog watershed science with hands-on water quality monitoring on board the research vessel, The North Star.
PROGRAM GOALS:
Students will strengthen their relationship with our local watershed through hands-on, place-based activities and personal reflection.
Students will participate in outdoor activities that strengthen their connection to near by nature.
Students will take meaningful action to protect their local watershed.
Students used their knowledge gained on shore to be scientists monitoring the health of the Lake. Students made predictions of the health of the Lake and then tested their theories by data collection, such as, weather conditions; water clarity; benthic samples; and oxygen tests. While on board students also got a closer look at the geology of the area and discussed some of the stressors and challenges to the lake including phosphorus, invasive species, and historical use.
