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Dalton’s Ninth Grade Students Collect Data at Black Rock Forest for Their Evolution Project about Adaptations of Macroinvertebrates
Dalton’s Ninth grade Biology classes recently visited Black Rock Forest to investigate stream ecosystems.
Students took a deeper look into the diversity of macroinvertebrates within stream ecosystems and investigated stream water quality. Macroinvertebrates are known to be bioindicators of stream health. While at the Forest, students collected data about stream water chemistry factors, such as pH, dissolved oxygen, nitrates, nitrites, salinity, and temperature. Students will compare all recent data (including data collected by Dalton’s Fourth graders who also recently visited Black Rock Forest) to data from a 2073 future scene to determine what macroinvertebrate adaptations are beneficial for their survival and what factors impact the health of ecosystems.
Dalton students will share their data with Black Rock Forest staff, so that they may report it to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, which grants the Forest its permit. Gratitude to all of our students who engaged in this community science effort.
Special thanks to Andy Chen, Malcolm Fenton, Larisa Oldmixon-Berson, Ron Schollenberger, and Jeff Slack for chaperoning; Shahar Atary and Terrill Caplan for logistical support; Flik food services for preparing the bagged lunches; and Aaron, Katie, and Matt from Black Rock Forest for helping to make all of this year’s forest trips such a huge success.
Black Rock Forest, located in Cornwall, New York, encompasses native terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems featuring dramatic topography, more than 1,000 feet of elevation changes, numerous lakes and streams with high species and habitat diversity.
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