Student Research Reports
How have Macroinvertebrate populations in Norwalk Creek changed between Fall 2015 and Fall 2018?
Organization(s):Main Street Intermediate School
Country:United States of America
Student(s):Evelyn Welschenbach
Emerson Ulery-Story
Ireland Ulery-Story
Carly Pickering
Aldynn Metzger
Grade Level:Upper Primary (grades 3-5, ages 8-11)
GLOBE Teacher:Marcy Burns
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Report Type(s):Mission Earth Report, International Virtual Science Symposium Report
Protocols:Freshwater Macroinvertebrates
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Date Submitted:04/09/2019
Fifth grade students at Main Street Intermediate School investigated how water quality in the creek that flows through their town has changed using macroinvertebrates as bioindicators. Comparing GLOBE data taken in October of 2015 and in October of 2018, students concluded that the water quality in their creek has improved because more pollution sensitive macroinvertebrates were found in the 2018 sample. More research could be done to find out what caused the positive results so that the Norwalk Creek water continues to improve.