Ms. Chamorro's i-Tree Design Project at Gunston Middle School

My students worked with Ms. Mary Van Dyke with i-Tree Design program on September 11, 12, and 13 of 2013.  They are now in the process of designing environmental and stewardship projects with Earth Force organization.
 Watch this video produced by Arlington TV - Green Scene.


Video:
GS_GunstonsTreeEcoStudyProject
http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1257560229001?bckey=AQ~~,AAABJJ-pClE~,Ia9m7-1UX4OmIK_AtpI3QceQ0LKttIja&bclid=0&bctid=2737524390001


Enjoy!

Ms Chamorro's students & Adopt-A-Street

Ms Chamorro's students joined the Arlington county's Adopt-A-Street program by Adopting Street 28. Ms Chamorro's 6th graders had their first cleaning activity of Street 28 on March 14th with Elenor Hodges, the Executive Director of Arlingtonians for a Clean Environment.  Arlington Educational TV came to film the students in action.  Here is the link to the video which aired on March 15, 2013.
I am so proud of my students!
http://www.apsva.us/domain/3646

Gunston Adopts-A-Street - 28th Street

Ms Chamorro's Science students decided to "Adopt-a-Street" in Arlington, VA - a section of 28th Street which is parallel to the school's soccer field.  We will have our first street clean up on March 14th with Elenor Hodges, the Director of ACE.  Ms Chamorro's 5 classes will participate during the school day, and then the entire school community is invited to participate from 2:30pm to 3:30pm.

Get Involved!

Gunston Adopt-a-Street

Join the Gunston team that has

adopted a section of 28^th Street. 

Thursday, March 14, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.

(rain date March 21)

Meet in Ms. Chamorro’s Room 134.

Invasive Species Presentation

Click on photo to open this presentation about invasive species on grounds of Gunston Middle School.

ACE Watershed Organization Presentation

This group has provided my students with great resources over the past several years.

E. coli data from Four MIle Run including Lower Long Branch at Troy park

These graphs contain volunteer-collected E.coli data from January 2010 until April 2012 in several  tributaries of Four Mile Run in Arlington, VA.
The blue line indicates bacteria levels; the red line represents the primary contact recreation water quality standard, and the green line represents the secondary contact recreation water quality standard.

The state of Virginia has set a numeric water quality standard of 235 E. coli CFU.100 ml to safely do swimming, canoeing, and kayaking.  The state has set a numeric water quality standard of 1173 E. coli CFU/100 ml to safely do wading, boating, and fishing.

Here is the link to the graphs, which are not considered laboratory-quality but are useful in identifying potential areas of concern and of further research.

http://www.arlingtonva.us/departments/EnvironmentalServices/sustainability/page83733.aspx

Noticeable are the very high level of bacteria in February of 2012 and then the very low level of bacteria of lower Long Branch on 4/1/12.  It makes me wonder what happened to cause that sudden spike in bacteria level?

Troy Park Clean Up with ACE on Nov. 2/12

On Nov. 2nd, from 2:30pm until 4pm, 15 of my students and several parents participated in this event with the support of Ms Strauss, from ACE.  Ms Strauss provided snacks, gloves, and bags for the event.  Here are some pictures.  Some boys found a dead snake and they were fascinated by it, as you can see in the last picture below.