Jamie Matthew's third, fourth and fifth graders presenting at the Swan Valley AARP meeting March 5.
SWAN VALLEY - On March 5, the Swan Valley American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) were treated to a visit from Swan Valley Elementary School's third through fifth graders. The main purpose of their visit was to share information about their water quality monitoring work.
Last fall, with financial assistance from AARP, these students worked with Watershed Education Network and Swan Valley Connections to gather water quality data from a site on Glacier Creek, a project pursued by various student groups in the valley since the early 2000s.
Each student described different components of the data collection process while they shared corresponding photos from their October fieldwork. The students enjoyed answering questions about why water characteristics including temperature, dissolved oxygen content and acidity are measured, and why they are important indicators of water quality and fish habitat.
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