Scotia-Glenville grade 4 Scotia Scholars students visit Five Rivers Environmental Center in Delmar

Thirteen grade 4 students from the four elementary schools at Scotia-Glenville probed the ponds and environment at the Five Rivers Environmental Center in Delmar as part of their first lesson of the school year.

Maria Maynard is teaching environmental science in the Scotia Scholars enrichment program for grade 4 students whiel Cily Rueda is teaching forensics in the Scotia Scholars program to grade 5 students.

Maynard said the Scotia Scholars program is using Problem Based Learning techniques: a problem of science content is given and, through trial and error, questions, experiments and relation to real world, the problems are solved.

The first environmental unit will be a pond problem relating to why the organisms/life are dying in a particular pond on a farm. Students will create an aquarium pond in the classroom and conduct experiements with pond water. Other topics throughout the year will study various impacts on the environment.

Below are a few pictures of the trip to Five Rivers:

students at Five Rivers students at a pone at Five Rivers
Students with an educator at Five Rivers
Students at Five Rivers