Mrs. Morrison shows the students a largemouth bass, Alabama's State Freshwater Fish. |
Fourth Grade students at Crumly Chapel Elementary School are interested in being Creek Kids. |
An EnviroScape is a watershed model to help explain how nonpoint source pollution affects waters. |
Exotic animals, such as the Pacu, can affect the populations and presence of native animals and plants. |
Rain water washes pollutants like soil, oil and fertilizer into streams. |
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Students look in the flume to find invertebrates. |
Snails like the habitat in the flume, algae and hard surfaces. |
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Students find mollusks (snails and mussels) in the flume. |
Snail - slow moving animal (mollusk) that has a wormlike body and a spiral protective shell, |
Mussel - an animal with two-valved (two-part) shell that filters water. |
Students experience a watershed using a train. |
Watershed - an area of land that drains water into a stream or other water body. |
