Using the total station survey tool i am able to take cross-sections of the Water Canyon stream channels. With these cross-sections i can calculate sediment flow. The visual representations shown below, also make it possible to observe changes between physical upstream and downstream stream attributes.
Throughout this semester (August-November 2015) i was able to travel to the Santa Rosa Island many times. I was on the island a total of 16 days over multiple weekends to conduct research, and collect data. Over this time i was able to record multiple cross-sections throughout Water Canyon. Here is a photo that shows my cross-section locations within the watershed.
Here is a photo of Santa Rosa Island 
More sand crab samples arrived last night from friends in Northern California! I am excited to see what I find in the different sample locations!
Yesterday (12/05/15) I went to FJ Middle School and I listened to their presentations. They had the same information and the same groups as the high school but to recap the groups were endangered species, macroinverts, water chemistry, surface water runoff and invasive species. The middle schoolers are for sure more into this program that we are doing then the high schoolers. I think this would be because the middle school is made specifically for kids that want to go into the sciences and have classes designed for this. Whereas the high school is more standardized, more general classes. For the presentations the FJ middle schoolers did very well, they were a little hard to hear at time but they had all of the info and where using words that I would never had used at that age and seemed to know how to use them correctly. They all did very well. I look forward to the days that I am there.
Last week I went to Channel Islands High School to listen to them give mini presentations in groups. Each group presented on one of the following, an endangered species, surface runoff, water chemistry, macroinvertebrates or invasive species. All of these had specific examples that were related to the Santa Clarita watershed. In the course of a week they were given a packet of information, did their research, made a poster and then presented the next week. Both of the classes for the high school had the same amount of time and had the same information. Both of the classes did really well on the presentation and knew there stuff. I am hoping that it will go well for when I am giving my own lesson in February.
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