Grades 5-12 | This field study examines the features of clean water. Students will collect usable data on a Cumming Nature Center creek by collecting benthic macroinverebrates, performing chemical tests, measuring physical characteristics of one of the healthiest creeks in the region.
This field study examines the features of clean water. Students will collect usable data on a Cumming Nature Center creek by collecting benthic macroinvertebrates, performing chemical tests, and measuring the physical characteristics of one of the healthiest creeks in the region.
**Capacity may be limited in compliance with public health guidelines in effect on the day of your visit.
5-ESS3-1. Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect Earth’s resources and environment
MS-LS2-4 Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.
MS-ESS3-3 Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment.
