Lake Health

When down at the lake we use thermometers, digital probes, turbidity tubes and the pH strips. The thermometer measures temperature. The turbidity tube measures how clean the lake is. The digital probes measures how much oxygen there is in the water. The pH strips tell you what the pH level and the level of hydrogen. To use the pH strips you dip it in the water and it will change its color to one of the colors on the strip. The turbidity tube is used differently. You fill it with water and push down on the top until you see the bottom. The digital probes work similarly to the pH strips. You dip the probe into the water and on the screen it will show how much oxygen there is in the water.

I chose this graph because i think its interesting because of the big gap. It has a gap because that part of the year the lake was frozen so we could not measure the water clarity or how clean the water is.

This graph shows the air temperature throughout the year, it dips down because it is a lot colder in the winter.

This graph shows the temperature of the water. It dips down in the winter as you can see on the dates November twelfth through the end of March.

This graph shows the pH levels of the lake.

This graph also shows the pH levels but in a different way as the pH probes.

This graph shows the temperature of the soil, It is very similar to the water temperature graph. It dips down for the same reason too.

We have also seen many animals including deer, mallard ducks, red eared turtle the snapping turtle and many different kinds of birds like eagles, owls and more.

We each made up a new macroinvertebrates to see if they could live in our lake. Here are some photos of one.

We also have some photos of the lake and our lake trips...