Camp Albemarle Field Trip Preparation Rivanna South Fork

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

Meaningful 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. • Watersheds can be little or big --sometimes really big. Albemarle County Public Schools

Meaningful Watershed Experience Water runs off the land … Albemarle County Public Schools

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

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

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

Meaningful Watershed Experience Stone-Robinson’s Watershed “Rivanna Watershed” Stone-Robinson Albemarle County Public Schools

Meaningful Watershed Experience Regional Watershed “James River Watershed” Albemarle County Public Schools

Meaningful Watershed Experience The Whole Watershed “Chesapeake Bay Watershed” Maryland Charlottesville Albemarle County Public Schools

Meaningful Watershed Experience What Little River Runs by Camp Albemarle? The Moormans River Albemarle County Public Schools

Meaningful Watershed Experience 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

Meaningful Watershed Experience Life Cycles Albemarle County Public Schools

Meaningful Watershed Experience Life Cycles & Habitats Albemarle County Public Schools

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

Meaningful Watershed Experience Mayfly Albemarle County Public Schools

Meaningful Watershed Experience Stonefly Albemarle County Public Schools

Meaningful Watershed Experience Gilled Snail Albemarle County Public Schools

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

Meaningful Watershed Experience Dobsonfly Hellgrammite Albemarle County Public Schools

Meaningful Watershed Experience Dragonfly Damselfly Albemarle County Public Schools

Meaningful Watershed Experience Crayfish Albemarle County Public Schools

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

Meaningful Watershed Experience Crane fly Albemarle County Public Schools

Meaningful Watershed Experience Aquatic Worm Albemarle County Public Schools

Meaningful Watershed Experience Leech Albemarle County Public Schools

Meaningful Watershed Experience 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