In the images above (l-r):
Students and teachers from Signal Hill School District, Belleville,
canoe on the Cache River in Southern Illinois.
Two students from Vienna Public School observe macroinvertebrates
collected in the Cache River.

Below are photographs of project school field trips.

Clicking on photo captions in blue will take you to a page of student work relating to various aspects of wetlands and wetland studies.

Click on the images below to see each one in a larger view.

Students at Herrin Middle School prepare for their visit to the Cache River wetlands by studying maps of the area.

Cypress Elementary Students visiting Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge look over a wetland map to identify features of the site.

Students really got "into" the dirt as they studied wetland soil.

Amboy Junior High students watch as a soil sample is collected at the Lyle Reuter Farm.

Soil sample being taken at Chautauqua Lake by a Sugar Creek Elementary student. (Thanks, Ashley, for this correction.)

Three Northpoint Elementary students examining the color and texture of a soil sample.

Some students collected soil from head to toe.

This student from Lewistown Central Grade School truly enjoyed wetland soils!

Students also participated in plant identification activities.

	This Vienna Public School student studies aquatic plants at the Cache River Bioreserve with the Refuge Specialist...
	...while another discovers duckweed.

Students from Washington School in Champaign identify wetland plants at Koberline Farm, Tolono.

Students from Peacock Junior High (above) identify wetland plants at Spring Brook Nature Center.

This group from McMillan School is looking along the river bank for evidence of Pennsylvanian plant fossils at Forest Glen Nature Preserve.

Many students got their feet wet as they collected macroinvertebrates for study and identification.

Students from May School in Rochelle study Jay Meiners Wetland at Nachusa Grasslands in northwestern Illinois.

Auburn Elementary School student collects a water sample from Lake Taylorville.

Students watched for other animals...

Students from Edison Elementary School bird watching at Kennekuk Cove Marsh.

Beach Elementary School students at Volo Bog look for signs of life in the cold waters.

...and found numerous examples of animal habitation on their field trips.

Scat found by students from Athens Middle School on a trip to Chautauqua Lake.

Students from Rock Falls Middle School stop to make plaster casts of animal tracks found along the access to Jay Meiners wetland.

A student from Edison Elementary School shows off a plaster cast he made of an animal track.

Sugar Creek Elementary School students discovered evidence of beavers at Chautauqua Lake.

Insect shelter found at the Cache River by students from Ward Middle School.

Students take a break from observing and collecting to write down their thoughts on wetlands and do some sketching of the wetlands environment.

Students from VIT Junior High School, Table Grove, at Argyle State Park.

While visiting Jay Meiners Wetland, this student from May School in Rochelle takes advantage of the beautiful scenery at Nachusa Grasslands to compose his thoughts about the environment.

Students worked with clay as they learned how Native Americans made use of wetland resources.

Students from Jerseyville County make animal effigy pots while visiting Kampsville, Illinois.

A lot of the learning which took place during the field trips was fun, especially during games.

While visiting Yellow Slough, students from Gallatin County School play a predator game to learn about the food chain.

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