Last Friday, I went on a trip to Beczak. Beczak is sort of like a nature center. There were animals in tanks around the main room, but we also learned about the Hudson River.
In this trip we were two different classes, my class and Mrs. Kenny’s class. Because of this we were split into different rooms. In each room we were taught something different. In this blog I will tell you about the second room.
I thought that this station was the best. In this station there was an experiment. Here we were taught about water pollution. Some of the common pollution are oil, chemicals, sedimentation (dirt), and trash and litter. Based off of water pollution, we did an experiment. In this experiment, it was our jobs to try and get rid of the pollution as much as you could. The class chose which groups they wanted to be in. I was in a group with Helen, Sofia, Ariel, and Soula.
Each team received 7 fake dollars to buy whatever tools we wanted to use. At first, our team got a funnel and a screen. Our first idea was to put the screen in the funnel and see if the funnel with the screen would catch any of the big pieces of dirt. It did catch the big pieces of dirt, but there was still dirt in it. Next, we bought an eye dropper to use to take the smaller pieces of dirt out. Then, with our 3 dollars left we bought 2 cotton balls to put in our funnel to see if it would catch any oil or dirt. Lastly, to add more water in our container we used a little bottle of water that we bought before.
After everyone was done, the instructor judged how well we did. My team and another all girls team got 11 points. Since it was a tie, it came down to how much water each team had in the containers. My team won by a centimeter.
After all, I think the field trip was great minus the bus ride. (I got really, really dizzy).
