Students at Lanier Middle School learned about the environment while restoring vital wetlands in Galveston Bay.
"You learn a lot. It's really bringing back to the community," said eighth grader Stricen Carter.
Carter and her classmates are part of "Get Hip Habitat." Galveston Bay Foundation sponsors this program. In this project, students recreate actual wetlands that are at risk.
"We went out to Baytown and we had the kids harvest a bunch of cord grass, and so we actually brought back 400 plants each day for 2 days, and so the kids had to work really hard here to set up this nursery," said science teacher Kristi Devara. "They are using pools to recreate marshes. The plants will go back to their original habitats on May 2 in Galveston Bay."
Students hope to restore important parts of the marsh swept away by Hurricane Ike.
Students are planning to replant and restore Galveston's Bay in May when the harvest cord comes back.
The cord grass that is replanted in May will actually be returned to a resident's backyard that was devastated by Hurricane Ike's storm surge.
"You learn a lot. It's really bringing back to the community," said eighth grader Stricen Carter.
Carter and her classmates are part of "Get Hip Habitat." Galveston Bay Foundation sponsors this program. In this project, students recreate actual wetlands that are at risk.
"We went out to Baytown and we had the kids harvest a bunch of cord grass, and so we actually brought back 400 plants each day for 2 days, and so the kids had to work really hard here to set up this nursery," said science teacher Kristi Devara. "They are using pools to recreate marshes. The plants will go back to their original habitats on May 2 in Galveston Bay."
Students hope to restore important parts of the marsh swept away by Hurricane Ike.
Students are planning to replant and restore Galveston's Bay in May when the harvest cord comes back.
The cord grass that is replanted in May will actually be returned to a resident's backyard that was devastated by Hurricane Ike's storm surge.
