Sorry I missed this

Sitting in New York on my mom's laptop looking at pics and reading everyone's blogs has made mekind of jealous.  I wish I had been accepted intothe actual class and not the digilearning version.  Much of what you folks have participated in this week reminds me of something I was able to get involved with in high school.  The science teacher at my high school would take all the Earth Science, Biology and Chemistry students out on local water bodies to research. We waded in,  paddled on , sampled, tested and caught critters on Waneta Lake, Lamoka Lake, the channel and the Mill Pond.  We tested for clarity and contaminents and it was amazing.  Sounds very similar to what you have been doing and I am jealous.