In the images above (l-r):
Students at Rock Falls Middle School study macroinvertebrates collected at a nearby lake. Students at Cypress Elementary School create a bog-like environment.

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Wetlands in Art, Music, and Drama

Students at Beach Elementary Schools make effigy pottery while learning how the Native Americans used clay found near wetland areas to make these vessels.

This Washington Elementary School student displays her finished effigy pot.

In the images above (l-r) students from Sugar Creek Elementary School and Northpoint Elementary School get together to act out their own wetland stories and perform a wetland rap.

Wetland Soil Activities

Students created their own version of the Munsell Soil Color Chart, a tool used by scientists in soil identification.

Students at Athens Middle School making soil charts	This Sugar Creek Elementary student uses his soil chart to identify a soil sample.	A soil chart made by Sugar Creek Elementary student

Learning About Wetland Animals

Students at Athens Middle School dissect owl pellets to learn more about the diet of this bird.

This Cypress Elementary student studies the effects of pollution on Daphnia.

Learning About Wetland Plants

Students studied the properties of a common wetland plant, the cattail, and recreated a popular use of this plant by the Native Americans by making their own cattail mats.

A Ward Middle School student studies the cattail.	Students at Sugar Creek Elementary School investigate the rhizome of the cattail.	Rock Falls Elementary students make a cattail mat duplicating the method used by Native Americans of this area.

These Washington School students prepare for fieldwork by setting a transect in their schoolyard to learn about the plants growing there.

Students at Lewistown Central Grade School used these assorted aquatic plants grown in their classroom for stomate study.

Learning About Land Formations and Wetlands Hydrology

Students at Athens Middle School experiment with this groundwater model.

This Rock Falls Middle School student uses a man-made landform to practice drawing a contour map.

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