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quote[0] = "My best friend is a frog.
Do you feel a special connection to a place? Is it the river where you caught your first fish? The place where you heard your first frog croak? Is it your grandma's old dock? Is it the woods behind the house where you grew up? Explore and immerse yourself in the Grand River watershed and find your special place."
quote[1] = "Fish eating Scuds!
Sshhh, here's a little secret. Did you know that rivers and streams that have abundant scuds have the largest and fastest growing trout? Take out the net and see if you identify a scud, a dragonfly nymph, or a water mite. Who knows, you may even find a new fishing hole."
quote[2] = "Who's watching you?
Besides your parents, brother, sister, and your pet, is anything else watching you? Did you know that of the over 45,000 species of mites, we only know 5% of them? Mites are mostly microscopic and are found everywhere - in your house, on your skin, in plants, animals, soil, and water. Most of them do not harm humans, but a few, like the dust mites, can cause allergies."
quote[3] = "Do you teach nymphs?
Which one would you take home? A: a dragonfly nymph which casts its lower lip to hook a prey and practices water jet propulsion? B: a damselfly nymph which is a master of camouflage and can grow back its appendages if it loses one? C: a mayfly nymph which is a fast swimmer and darts through aquatic vegetation? D: all of the above?"
quote[4] = "Monarchs rule!
The next time you see a milkweed, check out under the leaves. You might see a monarch larva feeding on the leaves or a green, waxy pupa upside down under a leaf getting ready to emerge as a beautiful butterfly in a couple of weeks. But predators beware! Milkweed diet of monarchs makes them a poisonous snack!"
quote[5] = "Do you like to get wet?
Hands-on activities and projects give students opportunities to feel, touch, hear, taste, see, or smell; to design and build; to explore; to wonder; to experience. What's your favorite hands-on activity for students?"
quote[6] = "Gone Fishing!
Grab your lure and worms. Take a child fishing. It’s a great way to bond and teach the value of protecting our water resources."
quote[7] = "Did you catch a bug?
What kind of bug – a giant water bug? Or is it a water beetle? Do you know their importance in our watershed? "
quote[8] = "What’s the color of salmon eggs?
Raise salmon in your classroom, and then take kids to your watershed to release young fish. It’s a grand way to teach about Great Lakes ecosystems and fish management."
quote[9] = "If a tree falls in the forest …..
You wouldn’t even know it unless you were there. Many discussions involve things that have to do with nature or our environment or science. How do we experience real science without immersing ourselves?"
quote[10] = "We all live downstream..
When you flush your toilet, where does everything go? When the garbage truck picks up your garbage, where does the garbage go? It goes “away” doesn’t it? But there is no such place! No matter where you live, you are part of a watershed. Hence everything you do impacts your watershed."
quote[11] = "260 miles from start to finish ….
Is Grand Haven really the finish for the Grand River Watershed? Where does the water go from Lake Michigan? Mid-Michigan citizens impact much more than you think. Take a look around the GRAND Learning Network site and learn more! "
quote[12] = "We all live downstream
When you flush your toilet, where does everything go? When the garbage truck picks up your garbage, where does the garbage go? It goes “away” doesn’t it? But there is no such place! No matter where you live, you are part of a watershed. Hence everything you do impacts your watershed."
quote[13] = "Are you teaching and learning?
The GRAND Learning Network combines four themes – watershed, community, place, and stewardship – into the teaching and learning experiences of teachers and students in the Grand River Watershed area. What do you want to teach and learn?"
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