Final day

We started our day at Sacajawea Park. Carolyn told us about her project on storm water retention and constructed wetlands. We took a look at the current infrastructure and talked about its benefits and flaws. The idea is to keep sediment and nutrients from going directly into the Portenuf. Then we returned to the classroom to work on SES with Dainee and Alex. We got to look at a specific example in the Henry's Fork watershed and the Salmonfly. Alex let us give/take an SES survey in pairs. As an educator I enjoyed seeing the cross curricular opportunities and the relevance of this to all students. After lunch Carolyn gave us a data analysis of our samplings from different sites along the river from throughout the week. I thought the turbidity and PAR trends were particularly interesting given what we've learned about the Portneuf and sediment this week. I was excited to get another chance to draw a map of the Portneuf...a chance to show some of what I have learned about it. Though mine wasn't the best/most complete....still a proud moment for me given that I have no sense of direction and my first rendering was basically blank :) Then we got to brainstorm about lesson plans and how to implement MILES concepts into our classrooms. As a finale we got to share our digital stories with the class. Really glad I got the opportunity to take this course!!