Actual Pictures of Vocabulary

Douglas Creek Song

Humming
DGA BM


Douglas creek is the place to go
We go there to watch things grow
Macroinveritbrates living in the creek
They don’t like to come out and peak

(Chorus)
In the creek there is lots of stuff to meet
In the creek what a treat
In the creek we sit and study
Waiting to get very muddy

(Chorus)
Douglas creek has lots of animals
Snakes slithering through the tall grass
Beavers their gnawing on the trees
Birds above in the canopy

(Chorus)
In the water there are riffles
Putting oxygen in the stream
Fish swim around in the pools
Look at them in their schools

(Chorus)
From the trees ticks fall down
Wanting to suck your blood
Make sure you check your head
Our you might
END UP DEAD!

Stream Vocabulary

Caring For Our Specialized Equipment

How to set up a site survey

Catching a Macroinvertibrate

Macroinvertibrates

How to catch Macroinvertibrates

Tools:

Net
Squirt Bottle
Scrubber
Tray
Sorting Tray
Eye Dropper
Spoon
1. Choose one person for each job.
Two Net Holders__ ___________________
Squirt Bottle_______________
Rock Scrubber______________
Sorter_________________,_________________,__________________

2. Have the net people enter the stream in a shallow area down stream of a riffle. Open the net to its full extent and hold it like you are shoveling the water. Make sure the bottom of the net is on the bottom of the creek,

3. Next have the rock scrubber enter the creek upstream of the net person preferably in a riffle area. The rock scrubber needs to flip over rocks and scrub them, under the water, to free the Macroinvertibrates from the rocks. They may also use hands and feet to stir up the creek.

4. Once step three is complete the net people must carefully scoop the net up out of the water. As they do this they are being careful not to dump the Macroinvertibrates out of the net.

5. The net people and scrubber exit the stream. Holding the net vertically over the tray the squirt bottle person sprays the net to dislodge any critters that are on the net.

6. Now the sorters will use the eye dropper and spoon to catch the different critters found in the tray and place them in the sorting tray.

7. Finally your group needs to record how many Macroinvertibrates you have found.