You Don't Need a License to do Science

Last Wednesday for Investigative Environmental Journalism we conducted a survey of macro invertebrates in the Red Cedar River. This is a simple test you can do to determine water quality in a river. Certain creatures can't live in polluted water so if you can find them then that tells you that the water quality is generally good, if these creatures are absent then that tells you that some form of pollution is preventing them from living there. More on that here.

These are a few photos from the class mucking through the water looking for the tiny guys. More photos can be found on my flikr here.