Objective: to compare the water quality and health between the water bodies in Centennial Woods and the Winooski River in order to compare them to ideal water quality.

We found our results the following ways:

– Using chemical test kits to determine pH, conductivity, temperature, and dissolved oxygen levels.

– Identifying organisms in the stream to determine pollution levels and quality of the stream.

Chemistry• The levels of pH, dissolved oxygen, conductivity,

and temperature changed slightly between sites and streams.

• By comparing the stream levels to the levels of an ideal stream, we conclude that the streams tested are very close to being healthy.

Biology• Organisms present were consistent in sites from

the same streams• The types of organisms present in both streams

show that the water is somewhat polluted.

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INTRODUCTION to Tree Carbon and Soil Group

Objectives: To discover whether the type of soil affects the amount of CO2

that a tree can store.To compare the amount of CO2 that trees can store to the amount of CO2 that transportations emit.

We measured tree circumferences and calculated the DBH and identified tree species

Determined CO2 storage in the plots and total forest

Compared to transportation emissions in Burlington

We studied soil samples that measured up to 35 cm

Next we determined the color, pH, and texture of the soil horizon samples

Results: We suggest that the similarity in soils influenced

the forest composition of trees, and therefore similar tree species were found within our samples.

We estimate that the total amount of CO2 emitted by cars in the Burlington region equals 374,400,000 lbs/year.

We estimate that the trees of Centennial Woods store 70,840,000 lbs of CO2.

Thank you to all the teachers for helping us and putting fun in education. This week has been great and we hope that all the knowledge that we gathered will be useful for our futures. We enjoyed all the electives and trips to different places. We are really grateful that we

learned from these amazing teachers. We like to have a special thanks to Christine Massey for being the director

of this amazing program. In addition, we would like to send out a special

thanks out to Carey, David, and Jo. Thank you guys for teaching us about the chemistry and biology of soil,

leaves, trees, and streams. We are very appreciative that we got to work with you and that you dropped what you were doing in your life and gave us a week of fun

and Learning.Thank you,

Group Dynamite