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Camp Albemarle Field Trip Preparation

Camp Albemarle Field Trip Preparation. Rivanna (South Fork) Watershed Experience. What is a Watershed?. It is as simple as asking --- “If a drop of rain lands on a spot, where will it go (flow)?” A watershed is a geographic area draining to a common stream, lake or river.

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Camp Albemarle Field Trip Preparation

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  1. Camp Albemarle Field Trip Preparation Rivanna (South Fork) Watershed Experience Albemarle County Public Schools

  2. What is a Watershed? • It is as simple as asking --- “If a drop of rain lands on a spot, where will it go (flow)?” • A watershed is a geographic area draining to a common stream, lake or river. • Watersheds can be little or big ---sometimes really big. Albemarle County Public Schools

  3. Water runs off the land … Albemarle County Public Schools

  4. Sponge Bob says: Don’t Forget - The ground also absorbs water just like me! Albemarle County Public Schools

  5. What is your watershed address? It can be local or regional. It can be small or big. Albemarle County Public Schools

  6. Camp Albemarle’s Watershed“Rivanna (South Fork) Watershed” Camp Albemarle Rivanna (South Fork) Moormans Mechums Charlottesville Albemarle County Public Schools

  7. Stone-Robinson’s Watershed“Rivanna Watershed” Stone-Robinson Albemarle County Public Schools

  8. Regional Watershed“James River Watershed” Albemarle County Public Schools

  9. The Whole Watershed“Chesapeake Bay Watershed” Maryland Charlottesville Albemarle County Public Schools

  10. What Little River Runs by Camp Albemarle? The Moormans River Albemarle County Public Schools

  11. Is this river clean?Is it healthy? • One way to find out is to look and see what lives in the river. • What types of organisms (living things) can we find in the river? • At the river, we will be collecting macroinvertebrates. • What are macroinvertebrates? Albemarle County Public Schools

  12. Life Cycles Albemarle County Public Schools

  13. Life Cycles & Habitats Albemarle County Public Schools

  14. Very Sensitive Critters Organisms that are very sensitive to polluted and stagnant water! Albemarle County Public Schools

  15. Mayfly Albemarle County Public Schools

  16. Stonefly Albemarle County Public Schools

  17. Gilled Snail Albemarle County Public Schools

  18. Sensitive Critters Organisms that are sensitive to polluted and stagnant water! Albemarle County Public Schools

  19. Dobsonfly Hellgrammite Albemarle County Public Schools

  20. Dragonfly Damselfly Albemarle County Public Schools

  21. Crayfish Albemarle County Public Schools

  22. Tolerant Critters Organisms that are not sensitive to polluted and/or stagnant water! Albemarle County Public Schools

  23. Crane fly Albemarle County Public Schools

  24. Aquatic Worm Albemarle County Public Schools

  25. Leech Albemarle County Public Schools

  26. How do we collect these critters? We use special nets to catch the critters. Then we carefully look for the critters as they squirm around in the net. Albemarle County Public Schools

  27. Enviroscape Enviroscape is a model that shows you how a watershed actually works. Albemarle County Public Schools

  28. See You at Camp Albemarle!!! At the River! Albemarle County Public Schools

  29. That’s All! Albemarle County Public Schools

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