Focus on the Scientific Method and Aquatic Biology

ACE interns performing aquatic sampling in the park.
ACE interns performing aquatic sampling in the park.

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Students work their way through the scientific method as they collect data on two long-term monitoring projects. One group of students will go to a creek to collect water quality data and recapture information for a salamander mark and recapture study. The other group of students will visit a permanent monitoring plot to sample for spiders using a variety of exciting techniques. Data is taken back to the classroom where students analyze it to create a scientific paper. Follow this link to view data collected on the salamander mark/recapture study. Maximum group size is 40.

Additional programs are available on topics such as tardigrades, tree phenology and climate change. For more information, see the Park's ranger-led field trip webpages for middle school and high school.

Last updated: December 2, 2021