Subhi's+Prairie+Ridge+Insect+Investigation

Sunday, April 29th, I spent my whole day out in nature at Prairie Ridge. Right after my tracks,scat and fur investigation I spent another hour at Prairie Ridge at the insect investigation which is also a part of the city nature challenge. At this challenge we were recording biodiversity in insects not just animals. We began the investigation in the outdoor classroom discussing what we were looking for and how we would find them. The tour guide we had for this event was greatly educated on all sorts of insects. Our tour guide then took us to the insect garden where they grow many different types of plants to provide an environment for these insects to safely live. Many kids were asking questions about all the kinds of insects and it was really nice to see them so interested. Our tour guide was also a great help because she was able to identify and answer all questions relating to these insects. We found many different insects and awe were able to add some interesting things to our biodiversity list.

In relation to environmental science this experience was probably the most useful to me. I was able to learn so much on insect than I have before. It was also very sweet to see all the kids so interested in how the insect live ad how they use plants as food. I was able to identify many insects that I would usually just shoe away. I also learned how important insects truly are in the environment and how much an ecosystem would change without them. It was also much easier to spot out different insects than animals which is very surprising.