Students perform pH, nitrate, phosphate, iron, and dissolved oxygen tests to determine water quality. A cemetery proves to be the perfect place for students to gain insight into the human environment within the last hundred years. Energy Students explore energy alternatives, energy development, different forms of energy, and the future on energy on this field trip which culminates with a trip to one of the nearby dams. Here students witness actual energy production for themselves. Students travel to Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge to learn about the refuge history and about the habitat they provide to the animals living there.
Students use bird books to identify prairie birds and water fowl.
During the finals segment students net and identify aquatic organisms. A paleontologist leads students through the Camposaur and Egg Mountain dinosaur digs just outside of Choteau, Montana. Students learn about the groundbreaking discoveries that are being made in their own backyards. Nestled at the base of the Rocky Mountain Front, students visit an old one room schoolhouse to learn about how the Pine Butte Swamp Preserve is managed to provide a unique habitat for the wildlife living in the area. Biology students study the ecology of the Little Belt Mountains doing water testing and studying the plant growth on the slopes of the mountains.