Sixth Grade Rivers of Steel Field Trip
On Wednesday, Sept. 21, the Middle School sixth grade class took a science field trip on the Rivers of Steel Explorer riverboat to investigate the quality of Pittsburgh's three rivers. Students studied water quality, macro invertebrates and plankton in the Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio Rivers while on the trip.
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