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GLOBE Hydrology Naperville Community Unit School District 203 November 3rd, 2007
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GLOBE Hydrology Naperville Community Unit School District 203 November 3rd, 2007
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Highlands School teacher Ms. Kouri and Steeple Run teacher Maureen Nolan have been participating in the "Bass in the Class" program for several years. Students raise Bass Fish in their classrooms then release them into Hidden Lake after they carefully check the temperature. They enthusiastically wave good by to their scaled friends. Last spring, Mr. Lopatka helped Steeple Run students take GPS readings of the site, so that they could let GLOBE teachers, students and scientists know where Hidden Lake was located on the globe. They also measured the PH, conductivity, temperature and turbidity of the water. The site became the second Steeple Run School GLOBE Hydrology site. Students again tested the water quality and entered the data into the GLOBE Data base. They have been monitoring the water at Rotts creek by for several years, while Highland students been monitoring macro invertebrates and water quality at the DuPage river site and Herrick Lake. We were blessed with a beautiful November day with a cloudless sky. Last year we were chilled by cold winds and temperatures near freezing. |
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Ms. Kouri and her pupils check on their Bass. |
Mrs. Nolan and her pupils check on their Bass. |
Temperature is very important. |
They made sure the Bass were not shocked by the temperature. |
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These students checking the Turbidity of the lake water. |
They recorded the PH, Conductivity and temperature of too. |
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The temperature in the bucket is the same as the lake temperature, so the Bass are ready for release |
The bass don't want to go, they have been in a cozy classroom for several months, with plenty of food. |
Students were invited to go to the Morton Arboretum to collect Atmosphere and Phenology Data. |
They were shocked to find that the Ginkgo Tree that they have been monitoring for color change had lost most of the leaves. |
Just 4 days earlier most of the leaves were on the tree. |
Now we know why Autumn is called Fall. |
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In September of 2003, the Naperville School District 203 formed a partnership with the GLOBE Program. We have performed Teacher workshops in the following places: Highland Park, Illinois July, 2005 Workshop Park Ridge, Illinois September, 2005 GLOBE Stars Steeple Run and Highlands Bass release 11/4/06 Highlands School 10/14/05 Hydrology at Highlands School Highlands School 10/11/07 Hydrology at Highlands School Highlands School macro invertebrates study. Highlands School Bass Release May 18, 2006 Highlands School Site Definition Fall Pnenology 2007 GLOBE Program: http://www.globe.gov
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