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QUE VA A PASAR CON EL CLIMA??

In the water class, for our third unit, we had a very rushed schedule.  We actually had an interesting Field Experience to the Chicago River to meet a scientist who sampled water from the river to examine how the floating gardens in the river filtered metals out of the river.  Unfortunately, this project fit very well with our unit #2 on water filtration, but because of the schedule (including a nasty snow storm on Halloween that delayed us!) we postponed this FE until unit #3. A second FE that was very interesting was a trip to the Field Museum to view an exhibit on water.  It was a very cold and windy day, and it's a long walk to the museum from the train.  But, once we arrived, we got to visit a photography exhibit of 'green infrastructure' including a picture from the Jardine plant that we had visited during Unit #2.  After viewing the exhibit, we went to a classroom in the top floor of the Field Museum and simulated global warming with students acting like CO2 and H2