The ASPI Nature Center is located by the beautiful Rockcastle River. In this water there are fish and other water loving creatures. By the banks of the river grow plants, shrubs and trees that thrive on being by the life giving waters. Above the river, in the trees, live birds and and animals whose chirps and sounds fill the air at dawn and dusk.
Water is an element that is seriously threatened by technology and irresponsible human behavior.
This exercise will help students understand that some of their trash and refuse end up in the rivers and eventually in the ocean. Hopefully this will encourage them to be more responsible about controlling the pollution in our precious waters. Human beings and the environment are interrelated and interdependent. Our actions ultimately affect others and the world around us. Through observation and conceptualizing students will create an image of a future that is clean and good.