Extensions for Students
 

• Make a computer database of macroinvertebrates.
   
• Research other stream animals and plants. (See Using the Library Media Center for Project Research and Using the World Wide Web for Project Research in the Project Action Guide.)
   
• Read related poetry (see Resources) and write your own stream poem.
   
• Learn more about the Virginia Save Our Streams program, and monitor a stream near your school four times a year. If one person is trained and becomes a certified monitor, then your class’ data will be included in a database used by scientists across the state.
   
• Take a field trip to Lake Anna State Park or another state park to learn more about stream flow and ecosystems, as in the activities “Life of a Stream” and “Mainstream” (see Resources).
   
• See Conducting a Stream Quality Survey in the Project Action Guide.

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