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Long, David Massie, Phillip Thomas, Shannon Mullin, Betsy Welk and Amanda Weakly. They were accompanied by Amy Gubler, Rappahannock’s teacher for talented and gifted children. The students were chosen to attend by their science teachers and had to also be interested in science and be able students, Ms. Gubler said. Rappahannock, Orange, Culpeper and Greene sent students to the event this year.
“You’re here because at your school they felt each of you had an interest in the environment,” Mr. Lightbum said as he addressed the students. “You’ll get to experience and participate in each area. You can share the information you’ve learned. Take this opportunity to observe everything and listen well so you can absorb what you are learning.”
The classes were designed to be informational and had participation segments where the students learned through doing, such as the “Oh Deer” game in the wildlife class. The students portrayed either a deer, water, food or shelter. The deer had to seek the other three and identify them by signs each made with their hands. The game got really interesting when hunters were introduced into the equation and they could quickly see the effect of outside forces on animal populations.
Another class, aquatics, had the students down in the stream collecting specimens of organisms with a seine and then putting them in containers to study. By observing and analyzing the results — the number and type of organisms, multiplied by the tolerance level of the organisms, and using an index — the SWCD c£ui tell what the water quality is.
The students all agreed the programs were very interesting and informational.
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