Squalicum+Creek

Field trip: Squalicum Creek

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Why did we go on this field trip: To learn about Macro-Invertebrates, Salmon, etc.

This field trip took place: Some time during September

Projects: After the field trip, people partnered up and made a poster about salmon, macro-invertebrates, and other sorts of interesting creatures.

The hosts of the field trip were: Mr. Burns, and Mr. Allen

Some of the highlights of the trip were: getting hot cocoa learning about salmon, macro-invertebrates, other animals, and planting trees

While we were on the field trip we had different stations, such as:

1) We had to collect macro- invertebrates and then make a unique portrait of it; almost everyone had a different type of invertebrate.

2) We also had to pick a specific plant to research for instance I picked snow berries, every person had to pick a partner and find out really cool facts about it. My partner and I found out that Native Americans used Snow Berries as hair shampoo, so we made an example we had one of the parent helpers bent down so we could test it out. It actually worked.

3) Lastly we learned about water quality. We learned about the temperature (How hot or cold the water is) of the creek, the turbidity (which means how cloudy the water is) and we also learned about Dissolved oxygen.

We had two field trips to squalicum creek, the first time we did the stations, and they invited us back and Mr. Allen’s class came and we planted trees.