Carson High School biology students move classroom outdoors
Three busloads of Carson City students arrived at Ambrose Carson River Natural Area Wednesday to study the Carson River watershed. Seventy-four high school biology students, trained by River Wranglers and Carson City Weed Coalition, met more than 90 fourth grade students and set about teaching and learning.
Students participated in six activity stations. They learned about watersheds, where we live in the Carson River watershed and why caring for our watershed is important. They explored noxious and invasive weeds and discussed the impact on our watershed.
They examined plant transects,scattered native seeds and raked them into the soil. Using meters, they tested the river water - learning about temperature, pH, turbidity, nitrates, phosphates and dissolved oxygen.
The fourth graders dressed in a variety of adaptations as their high school buddies taught them how beavers survive and thrive. Elementary students created bracelets as they moved through the water cycle as though they were drops of water. Then they grabbed bags of "pollution" and learned how we, the citizens of our watershed, pollute our water.
River Wranglers educational program is funded by the Carson Water Subconservancy District and Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP) 319(h) Nonpoint Source Grant Program. To learn more about River Wranglers programming check out their website, www.riverwranglers.org or email info@riverwranglers.org.
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