(cheerful instrumental music)
- It's fun because you get to do so much hands-on stuff
and it makes me feel very empowering.
It makes me feel like the work that I'm doing matters.
- It's kind of awesome to know
that the things that we're doing for class
actually have, like, an impact for the community.
- Science is everywhere around us,
and the best science is done in the dirt.
It's like, it's getting your hands dirty,
it's getting in there.
And that's the fun thing
is that everyone out here is a scientist today.
Everyone always is a scientist.
It's just kind of evaluating your surroundings.
- It's a great activity and great opportunity
to see things you would never see otherwise.
When you get to wear waders and a little life jacket
and go out in these ponds,
and you see all those people
that were standing along the shore just looking at us like,
oh, I wish I could,
I wish I could go out there.
They don't even know that they can, probably.
(cheerful instrumental music continues)
- [Children] Citizen Science!