This school year, elementary students from Au Gres-Sims School District have embarked on an ambitious water quality monitoring project and study focused on the AuGres River within the Saginaw Bay watershed. In just their first year, students can boast that their school was the first across the Great Lakes region to contribute data in piloting a new water-focused citizen science website, Great Lakes FieldScope, created by Michigan Sea Grant, National Geographic Society, and U.S. Geological Survey. Collaborating with Michigan State University Extension 4-H Youth Programs and the NOAA Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, they are also building underwater remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) which may help them expand their future water studies...
