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| Thursday, May 31, 2007 12:00 AM -0400 |
By: Alison England |
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Tom and John from the Department of Environmental Protection came to visit and work with the six grade test the water quality of the marsh, and also answer questions from two students interested in wetlands and water quality, and land conservation.
Water quality testing involved measuring the pH, salinity, temperature, conductivity and turbity of three sites. Last year, they initiated the testing so now we have two years of data to compare. Students enjoyed using some high and low tech equipment!
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| Visiting Tenants Harbor Water District |
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| Wednesday, May 30, 2007 6:21 PM -0400 |
By: Alison England |
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| Two students had the rare opportunity to visit the Tenants Harbor Water District and get a personal tour of the facility and talk with one of the managers from AquaMaine. It was very informative and gave us an appreciation of the technology involved |
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| Sorting our Insect Samples |
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| Wednesday, May 30, 2007 6:10 PM -0400 |
By: Alison England |
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| With the collection of pine cones and the insects that used the cones for habitat, it is time for identification! There was a lot of surprise when students started to place subsamples under the microscope to see what those very small organisms reall |
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| GIS Expertise |
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| Tuesday, May 15, 2007 2:00 PM -0400 |
By: Alison England |
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| Today, Hope Rowan from the Island Institute helped an 8th grade student with information for her project - town development. This student has grown up in Alaska and is new to Tenant's Harbor, but her family has a long history here. Her dad grew up |
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| In the Field |
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| Monday, May 7, 2007 12:00 AM -0400 |
By: Alison England |
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| With student projects in full swing, the gps units are going afield and being used to walk trails to upload tracks and make maps. A Turkey Cove 4-wheeler trail proved interesting with flushing woodcock, a beaver flowage with wood frog eggs and vario |
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| What good are ticks? |
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| Thursday, May 3, 2007 4:00 PM -0400 |
By: Alison England |
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| Mosquitos and blackflies, who likes them? While discussing the importance of biodiversity, including these pesky species, we recognize how one species is interconnected with others through food chains and food webs. But what about a species like a |
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| The "story" of Our Environment |
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| Wednesday, May 2, 2007 12:00 AM -0400 |
By: Alison England |
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| [Image:biodiversity.jpg] “Our Stories” represents the collection of stories that conveys the character and uniqueness of St. George. People, places, traditions, culture all blend together to make us, and our community what it is. It is easy to |
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| Welcome to the "Our Stories" Blog |
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| Tuesday, May 1, 2007 12:00 AM -0400 |
By: Alison England |
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| This blog is available to read postings about our integrated unit work. Related resources are: [ http://guest.portaportal.com/mlscience ]informational (portaportal) [ http://fc.msad50.org/~aengland/ ]St. George Middle Level Science |
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