Middle-schoolers diving right into freshwater ecology

URBANA – Some sixth-grade students are getting a hands-on look at fish this week, as part of a study of freshwater ecology.

Students from Edison Middle School took turns holding bluegill and helping transfer bluegill and largemouth bass caught from a pond at the University of Illinois South Farms to a large plastic tub. They spent the day with scientists from the Illinois Natural History Survey, learning how those scientists collect fish and what they study.

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