Hi this is Angela here to report back after the third day of the summer creek program. The students gathered at the rio de los Angeles park, where pava has had a cleanup in the past. First we had a speaker from the Los Angeles river conservation Corp, who discussed all about how they work to restore and conserve the rivers and creeks especially the Los Angeles river.
The students then quickly did all of the four assessments by themselves with only brief guidance from Tera and Edward. After eating lunch, we played team games of dodgeball and capture the flag to promote more team spirit.
With an hour left, I started my lectures on advocacy and projects. I introduced myself and my background in working in research and scientific projects and then briefly went over all the details of the history of the heal the bay pava creek education program. Each group chose a topic and project to do and are actively working together to plan their research papers and projects out. The topics and projects that were chosen were :
1) host a pava cleanup at one of the creeks
2) create a documentary focusing on the biological creatures and insects of the five creeks and compare and contrast. Perhaps this project will include a research paper follow up.
3) host a recycling competition between the districts of pava and donate the collected money.
4) write a research paper on the water chemistry an quality of the five different creeks.
These were the four projects that were chosen by the four teams. If there are any changes I will make sure to let you know.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding the projects, please let me know through phone or email. Thanks!
Angela Oh
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