Columbia-Montour Quarterly Vol. 13: July-September 2024

The third morning station involved an underwater videography overview with Middle Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association President Michael Kinney. Students learned how to effectively take photos and videos under waterways to find different life, including an overview on how to safely use their phones for such an effort. After the rotations, the girls tried out electric skateboards they built earlier in the week during a different program day in a scavenger hunt for puzzle pieces using bird calls and vocal patterns. Zaktansky discussed the association’s BirdNet project as another STEM-related creative solution to help monitor stream health during this session. After lunch, the girls took a hike into the backside of the preserve and then split in two. One group went with Fessler and Crames and looked at various environmental sensors from MWEE weather kits and discussed how they can be used to test for a wide variety of factors. The second group hiked across a forested section with Zaktansky to look for various signs of wildlife, observe browse patterns from deer in the wooded section and

Middle Susquehanna Riverkeeper John Zaktansky leads a stream study for the students.

Michael Kinney leads a session on underwater photography and videography.

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