LLCC dual credit students from Lanphier High School recently had an opportunity to conduct aquatic and terrestrial ecology lab work at Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area with assistance from Jennifer Davis, laboratory coordinator, and LLCC Natural and Agricultural Sciences. Mrs. Laura Allen’s dual credit biology class collected aquatic macroinvertebrates, plankton and water samples.

“My students were so excited and we have had a lot of fun this week analyzing everything we collected,” said Allen. “It’s always such a joy to watch my students actually do science! We also completed chemical testing for dissolved oxygen, phosphate, pH, chlorine and nitrates. Microscopy yielded an abundance of protists, among many other organisms. The students were thrilled!”