6th Grade Blog: MOSS day 4

Hello Families,

Today was fantastic! We started the morning off by reviewing the scientific method, which led into our inquiry. At MOSS, Thursday is always an inquiry day. This means that the students come up with an inquiry question, develop a hypothesis, test the hypothesis, analyze data, and present their findings to the school. I’m not sure what question the other field group came up with, but my group’s question was something like, ‘Is Payette Lake a suitable habitat for Sharley (Sharley is the lake monster that lives in Payette Lake)?’ Now at first this may seem ridiculous, which it is, but we concluded that Sharley’s main diet would consist of trout. So to figure out if Sharley could live in Payette Lake, we needed to know whether or not trout could live in Payette Lake. To figure this out we conducted a water quality survey to determine if the hydrologic conditions were suitable for trout. We sampled at several locations along the lake and afterword decided to go on a little hike around the lily marsh. This… is where the day got interesting. We decided to have a solo hike. This is where students are spaced out by about 30 seconds, and hike along a trail with an adult in the front, middle, and end. Now, at the end of the solo hike I calculated that about 95% of my students were present.. Uh oh…. So after a few miles of tracking through the snow I caught up with the student that is clearly NOT related to Meriwether Lewis. Both in good spirits, we hiked up to Osprey Lookout, and caught up with our field group back at MOSS. In the classroom we analyzed our water quality data, and prepared our presentation. Now, this isn’t any old presentation. We have created a masterpiece of a skit that involves dance, pantomime, and scientific data analysis. I must say, from my perspective, this has been the most interesting day at MOSS!