Sope Creek Project
 We have just received funding from the
Captain Planet Foundation to purchase lab equipment to enhance our field
and classroom studies related to our project to monitor the water quality
of Sope Creek. Here is a description of activities and a revised schedule
of visits to Sope Creek for the remainder of this year:
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Observe and record weather conditions,
land and water conditions for erosion and pollution, and presence of
indigenous flora and fauna, as well as migratory birds and insects.
Children will not be in the water.
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Test for water temperature and ph.
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Test for rate of flow of water and
possibly estimate the flow volume.
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Document activities with photographs.
On Site Equipment:
Observation
sheets, sketch pad, pencils, and mat boards, camera, compass, anemometer,
ph kit, thermometer, depth measuring stick, dip net, small bucket, water
quality indicator's guide, location map, Chattahoochee River parking pass
funds, mosquito repellent, sunscreen, first aid kit. Children should wear
long pants and walking shoes.
Participants for each visit:
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Casa Parent Driver, Mr. Hadley
Wellborn, upper elementary science assistant, 1 lower elementary
staff, and 3 lower elementary students.
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S.O.S. drivers, thank you for offering
your time to help in this project! Drivers need to transport group to
creek observation site across the bridge, then take the vehicle to
parking lot, deposit parking fee and walk back to group. This is a 10
minute walk along side of road. The driver will assist in the test for
the rate of the water flow and help the children with observations.
Twenty minutes before departure the driver needs to return to parking
lot and bring vehicle to pick up the group to return to Casa.
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Stewards of Sope Creek Journal
by the elementary students at Casa
MontessoriAt Sope Creek there was a lot of plant
material on the ground, such as branches, and clumps of
leaves. There was a little bit of plant material in the creek.
The plants material in the creek was lettuce and logs.
The plants near the creek were moss, tiles
of grass, trees, wild Rose river cane and live Oak. The plants
in the creek was only a tree.
The evidence of erosion was large. The
evidence was banks of sand, water on high banks and exposed
roots. The color of the water was brown and green.
The rate of flow in the water was fast. The
rate was 6 feet/second.
by: Patrick |
