Outdoors Stream Days Stream Day 2006, Richards School

Richards School 7th/8th grades
September, 2006
Hodgson Mill, Bryant Creek

During the Stream Day students participated in the following activities: macroinvertebrate survey, riparian zone rurvey, testing for dissolved oxygen, nature journaling, and a scavenger hunt.

Below, left to right: Master Naturalist volunteer Kevin Hogan teaching macroinvertebrate surveying; students setting up the kicknet to collect invertebrates; Hogan and students identifying invertebrates.
Below, left to right: Using the dissolved oxygen test kits; collecting dissolved oxygen water samples below Hodgson Spring; Master Naturalist volunteer Janet Redford giving instructions for the scavenger hunt.
Below, left to right: Master Naturalist volunteer Pat Hight leads a timed drawing exercise during the nature journaling activity; example of a timed drawing; making notes during the riparian zone survey.

Resources:

 More info on stream invertebrates

The development of content for Stream Days is funded through the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region VII, through the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, has provided partial funding for this project under Section 319 of the Clean Water Act.