Watershed Exploration!

Today we had a very special guest, Mrs. Hickey, from the Lake Champlain Basin Program. With her we talked about all of the ways that we use the lake, things that harm or pollute the lake and ways we can help decrease or prevent water pollution. We also got to see first hand how run off and erosion impact lake health using a watershed model that Mrs. Hickey brought in.

Here are some of the ideas that the students came up with during Mrs. Hickey's lesson.

Things that we love to do with the lake:

• Fishing
• Parties on the beach
• Swimming
• Boating
• Tubing
• Ice Fishing
• Skating

Things that pollute or harm the lake:

• Oil from leaky cars
• Factories that dump into the lake
• Construction
• Farms - fertilizer and animal waste
• Run off from roads
• Pet waste

Things we can do to help the lake:

• Take care of our cars so they don't leak
• Clean up after our pets
• Be responsible with toxic waste
• Build fences to keep cows out of streams
• Don't cut down trees on the banks of rivers

Check out our student blogs to see what else we learned!!