Dragonfly nymphs...Where oh where are you?!?

We had a wet day for collecting dragonfly nymphs at Jordon Pond.  And, because of a very rocky bottom of the pond, we were not that successful at collecting the nymphs. :(  I think we all had fun anyway (and a story when we returned back to school).

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different nymphs (sorry it is upside down!)

Need some food before the collection begins.

And the collection begins!!

Be careful!! 

Learning proper collecting procedure

Starting to look a little cold...and they aren't even in the water yet!

Do you see any?

We were lucky to have the scientist from UMO, Sarah Nelson, who began this project with us today! She will be presenting the findings from last year at a conference next month.

And they are off!

We got one!

Classifying

Heading home!!!

Sand Beach Field Trip

We had a beautiful morning at the beach. We learned a lot about weathering and erosion, reading a topographical map (and creating one), and learned how glacier activity helped form the mountains on our island. We also saw some surfers and cheered them on when they caught a wave!

Surfers catching a wave!

What makes up the sand at Sand Beach.

Look at what the sand is made of!

Recording findings

What happens when we add vinegar to the sand?

Being waves!

Making our elevation map.

Checking out the different size of dirt!

Look at these monkeys!

Being Glaciers