Fourth Graders Spending the Day at Purple Lake

or, as it is also known,  the Gowanus Canal...considering the differences between it and the Gowanus Creek wetlands of 400 years ago.

All three classes visited on a cold February day, but Elissa's class got lucky.
That oil tanker that is being led out of the canal was making a painful amount of noise in the morning.
And...

her class got to see the bridge roadway lift to let it pass.

Look for fourth grade designs, ideas, and plans for "artificial" wetlands....in the next few months.