SMART School: Woodside High School

Student Resources

Location: Woodside, California

Mentor: Ann Akey (aakey@seq.org)

SMART student researchers: Emily Ramirez, Diego Escatel, Albert Ruiz, Cypro Parrocha (Point Person, 787930@seq.org)

Community partners: Stanford, Grassroots Ecology, County of San Mateo

Group meeting time: Mondays (if not going out into field) at 12:45 pm PT

Watershed: San Francisquito

Research sites:  

  1. Bear Gulch Creek at Woodside Elementary School 37°25’32.89″N 122°15’28.17″W
  2. West Union Creek by bridge under Highway 84 37°25’32.16″N 122°16’2.72″W
  3. Dry Creek near Buck’s Restaurant 37°25’46.92″N 122°15’19.73″W
Spring sampling    

Team goals and research topics: 

Two students are interested in looking at seasonal changes in benthic macroinvertebrate populations; two students are interested in looking at the effectiveness of rain gardens in cleaning water.