General News: SKS Students Study Hudson Eco-system
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| Storm King School senior Frank Conti gathers a sediment sample in the Hudson River. |
October 23, 2011
From the Storm King School
The Storm King School’s Environmental Science students were among the 3,000 students and educators who participated in the “Day in the Life of the Hudson River” program organized annually by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). Stationed on the Newburgh waterfront, students from the private boarding school in Cornwall-on-Hudson studied the Hudson River ecosystem and observed the river’s physical and chemical properties by taking water and sediment samples, catching fish, examining water chemistry, and more. A fisheries expert from the DEC was on hand to identify fish and explain what they were measuring and why it was important. Senior Kara King said, “It’s fun to be out here and experience the river instead of being in the classroom.” Senior Emma Landau added, “I like this trip because the world is our classroom; you can learn anywhere.”
Each of the 60 participating sites, stretching from New York City to Troy, reported their findings to the DEC. The results will be posted online for use in classroom discussions and exercises. The DEC says that the “Day in the Life…” series is more than a field trip because it , allows students to collect firsthand information about their communities’ natural resources and explore how their piece of the river fits into the larger ecosystem.”
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