On Tuesday, I attended the Watershed Education Network (WEN) volunteer training. Oddly enough, I soon found out, my biology teacher in High School, Mr. Pedersen, did the same thing with my class once on a field trip. We tested the water for dissolved oxygen and measured it's pH, identified indicator species and macroinvertibrates, and judged physical characteristics of the stream. I believe that Mr. Pedersen must have attended a few of these WEN training sessions.
All in all, I had a great time of it. More importantly, I am now able to volunteer with the program and get experience teaching kids in the outdoors. I still remember things about identification of caddisflies, mayflies, and stoneflies and how that indicates the health of the stream. I also still remember testing stream pH and dissolved oxygen content. It makes sense that I remember these things; hands on experiences with science are always the most memorable, and contribute most to learning. Or, at least, that's what they've been telling me.
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