Third Graders
(Continued from Pago BIO)
The discussion on lady bugs,
friends of the garden, got more in
teresting after Sara Zerbe exclaim
ed, “It got on me!”
“Little critters live in ponds,”
Buzz Frances, Caretaker of Water
told his audiences. Buzz is the
Erosion Control specialist for the
county conservation district.
Water is a home for a variety of
life. Utilizing a microscope, stu
dents observed organism that live
in the water for at least part of
their life.
Using a variety of “experi
ments,” Frances demonstrated the
answers to various questions of
his own. How does water evapor
ate? Students watched water boil
and steam rise.
How does condensation form?
It’s like pouring a glass of ice
water in the summer and touching
the moisture that develops on the
outside of the glass. What is pH?
Ask a student after they volunteer
ed to taste the vinegar, observed
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Students were told to recycle
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