Room 20's visit to the Uretara River

Room 20 have been working on a pilot programme with Kate Loman-Smith and the Katikati Museum. We have been learning about water care, in particular the Uretara Stream. On Wednesday 10th of April we went on a field trip to the Uretara Stream. We monitored the water clarity, water temperature, air temperature and sorted a sample of water bugs into sensitive,moderate and tolerant categories to assess the stream health. ​We learnt that the number and type of bugs in our stream changes in response to pollution.