On Tuesday, October 18, Erin Kinal from the Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission visited Mrs. Fretto's sixth grade classes.  She presented a slide show of the animals and plants that live in the Pine Bush, an ecologically preserved area originally created by a glacier.  There are many endangered and unique species found in this area such as the Karner blue butterfly and buckmoth.  She brought specimens from this area for students to examine.
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This presentation took place in conjunction with our NASA space experiment proposal, developed in partnership with Farnsworth Middle School & the Albany Pine Bush into space and measuring the effects of microgravity on the growth of plants from these seeds.
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Mrs. Moore, our library teacher coordinated this project.  She attended a NASA National Educators Workshop last summer at Goddard Space Flight Center &
Wallops Flight Facility.