Today we took a closer look at Wetlands by examining the Bucky Beaver Enviroscape, (borrowed form City of Johnson County Stormwater) and exploring the wetlands behind the YMCA with the nets and magnifiers from the awesome Missouri Department of Conservation Wetland trunk. We also played with puppets and looked at posters from the same trunk. The older kids started weighing and sorting the trash we have found and made posters remembering all the things we have discovered in our habitat over the past few weeks.
The wetlands behind the YMCA are filled with cattails. The kids learned how cattails help the wetlands. Some kids practiced braiding the reeds and wanted to learned how to cook them. The nets in the shallow water mostly pulled up tadpoles and water striders. The most interesting piece of trash was a cassette with a jewel weed plant growing out of it. Thank you to all my volunteers, Charles Stegner, Vicki McCarroll, Jessica Grathwohl, Dalton Pannell and special thanks to Abby Pannell for helping write this article.
The wetlands behind the YMCA are filled with cattails. The kids learned how cattails help the wetlands. Some kids practiced braiding the reeds and wanted to learned how to cook them. The nets in the shallow water mostly pulled up tadpoles and water striders. The most interesting piece of trash was a cassette with a jewel weed plant growing out of it. Thank you to all my volunteers, Charles Stegner, Vicki McCarroll, Jessica Grathwohl, Dalton Pannell and special thanks to Abby Pannell for helping write this article.
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