Northside Middle School

Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division Logo

Northside Middle School Eighth Graders Are Creek Kids, November 2009

Sport Fish Restoration Logo

 
Brenda Morrison, Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division, explains the EnviroScape.

 
Volunteers add "fertilizer" and "dirt" to the model of a watershed.

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Water is sprayed on the model to simulate rain.


Nonpoint source pollution washes off the land and into the stream.

 
Dams on streams prevent fish from moving between populations.

 
Students stand near the grist mill.

 

 
A student holds up a mussel.

 

 

 
Students enjoy the Bubbling Springs.


When groundwater comes out of the ground in a flow, it is called a spring.


The 8th grade class from Northside Middle School in Tuscaloosa County participated in Tannehill's Creek Kid Program on November 12, 2009.