This action-packed, fun favorite will captivate and inform learners about a resource that we all depend on: water!  “Creek Life” will be taught using the small creek in Central Park, Schenectady and classes must arrange to meet there.

 

 

AUDIENCE: 4th – 12th Grades

OBJECTIVES: 

  • Awareness of the path that water around us is taking, from raindrop to ocean
  • Introduction to stormwater management
  • Awareness of water quality and potential pollutants
  • STEM skills incorporated into natural resource management
  • Comfort with hands-on experiential learning

DEMONSTRATED SKILLS:

  • Read a thermometer
  • Read a stream cross-section diagram
  • Identification of stream organisms
  • Ground distance measurement 
  • Math to determine stream velocity

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