Students
from Pleasant Park Elementary, McDonald Cartier, Fisher Park Public,
and St-Patrick's High school met with students from St-Laurent Academy
to celebrate biodiversity at our Macoun Marsh.
The concept of a tree of life as a multi-branched trunk illustrates the 4 billion
year evolution of all life on earth.
This concept is continually changing as more genetic information shows
us how closely we are related to all living things. The purpose of this class is to broaden the
youth's concept of how life functions within diverse ecosystems and on a planetary
scale.
We
used our outdoor study area in the center of urban Ottawa. Our Macoun Marsh project in Beechwood
Cemetery continues to be our core biodiversity project. To date, almost 1400
species have been recorded here. The next program is on October 13.
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