Riverkeepers & Critter Dipping

This program is designed to get youth excited about biodiversity conservation, through a multi-faceted educational approach highlighting the importance of healthy, functioning ecosystems!

Students will get to use a Water Rangers kit to take water quality samples from the Hammond River- they will learn the concepts of testing water’s pH, conductivity, salinity, temperature, and alkalinity. They will be Citizen Scientists for the day!

They will then head to the pond where students will participate in ‘critter dipping’, or examining benthic macroinvertebrates- theses tiny animals play a key role in water quality monitoring. Students will learn about precipitation monitoring by examining one of our rain gauges, while learning about climate change.