By: Kerragen Craig
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| Students from Georgia Honors program examining a baby dragonfly. This a unique experience due to how small dragonfly's are in the beginning. |
 | This student is examining another beetle, before examine organisms caught from the streams. This was used to show an example of what to look for when looking through live matter.
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 | GSU Grad assistant collecting sediment and stream larva for students to examine. She has been working here for 2 years, and has done multiple projects within the botanical gardens.
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| These students were sifting through material brought by the nets with forceps. Once organisms were found they were put into tubes. |
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| This is capturing a student taking a photo of a beetle, however the exposure is a little off. The instructor is holding the basin and explaining why beetles are helpful to Statesboro streams. |
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| This student found larva for an aquatic red worm. By using forceps and placing it in the tube with fresh water, the aquatic creature is able to live for further examination. |
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| These students were able to capture another aquatic creature after placing extra fresh water on the extracted material, to help see living creatures better. This was pulled from a mossy area, making flushing necessary. |
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| This tube contains a damselfly, which is a very good find for the location. They lower their jaw to catch prey. |
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This is a secondary damselfly, that a student located after the first was located. It inspired the students to learn the difference between these creatures and locate them on their own.
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| These students are examining a new basin, consisting of a different stream. There were around 15 students present so two groups were formed for the whole time. |
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| This is showing a dragonfly that was crawling in the cavas bag being used to scoop up findings. Students then put it in a tube with fresh water to examine, one by one. |
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| Here is a student examining his findings and cross referencing his example paper. The students all gathered together to figure out what he had found. |
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| This show a GSU student who is collecting findings for students to examine. This was in the stream of the garden, whereas the other findings came from a pond. |
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| In this photo a student is demonstrating using his forceps to place a specimen in a tube. This student was from Veteran high school, with a very thriving Agriculture program. |
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| In this photo students are examining the shed of a dragonfly larva. This was very interesting to the group, due to seeing dragonflies at all stages of life this afternoon. |
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| This is showing a Mayfield that was found in the bag, used to gather the organisms in the water. The women holding the organism, is a GSU student as well, who had published multiple papers using research gathered at the Botanical Gardens. |
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| This student is finding organisms within the mossy findings. All of the students found the stream to have more organisms found in it, then the pond, which was also pulled from. |
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| This was a student viewing a Stonefly and asking questions about it. Many students found the learning time, before examining on their own, very informational. |
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| This was the students looking over and reviewing their reverence guide for the organisms found this afternoon. Given these students are top agricultural learners a their high schools, it was an advanced list. |
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| This was the last tray used for examination. The women leaning dow in the photo, was the organizer of this event for GSU, allowing many GHP students learn a great deal this afternoon. |
The Governor Honor Program, when focused in Agricultural Sciences, is a biology heavy residential summer program for high school students. This was a wonderful learning experience for me and the students, who I loved chatting with. I also will be sharing these photos with the Grad Students in the pictures, who requested them.
