Two science projects started this weekend.  One for me, and one for my seventh graders.  The one for me is a batch of mead.  This will be my second batch, and I'm hoping it comes out as tasty as my first.

The one for my students is a bucket of muck.  Literally.  The muck is from the Mystic River, and I was hoping to get a lot of microscopic life in there.  On the first day at home, it was teeming with life.  After another day of sitting in that polluted water in an enclosed space, looks like everything died.

I will try and get some more this evening.  I think I may need to get the bucket of muck from the river first thing in the morning, and bring it direct to school if we're really going to be able to see anything.

Glad I have a microscope at home to check these things out!