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Students present Ragged Island research; elementary teachers describe NOAA B-WET watershed unit
Summary
High school students described CNU-supported field work documenting erosion, salinity and 'ghost forests' at Ragged Island; elementary teachers summarized a NOAA B-WET grant that funds hands-on watershed lessons and stewardship projects for third graders.
Two presentations at the Nov. 13 meeting highlighted student-centered science and environmental education activities.
Smithfield High School students described multi-year research with Christopher Newport University’s Fear to Hope program studying Ragged Island’s decline. Student speakers explained tree-core sampling and ghost-forest observations showing increased salinity and stressed ring patterns consistent with…
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