Nature STEM (2013)

Date: June 7, 2013

Time: 9 am - 3 pm

Location: Willow Creek

Participants: 24

Featured Sponsors: Pizza Ranch, Osceola Community Foundation, Osceola County Conservation

Activities:

* Owl Pellet dissection

* Migration Headaches/Biological analysis of water simulations

* Critter Capture and Identification (survey of living organisms in Willow Creek)

* Water Quality Analysis (using probes)

* Fishing

* Bears in the Forest game

Major Concepts learned:

1. Quality and health of a wetland is determined using chemical and biological analysis.

2. Ecosystems are complex and organisms are dependent upon each other.

3. Nature is interesting to study and needs to be appreciated.

4. Organisms can be identified using unique features.