Sweat Mountain: An Environmental Impact Study

A few weeks ago a study was started at Sweat Mt. Park. Many aspects of the park and the life in it were explored. This particular group, Soil is Coil studied the protozoa in the creek and the composition of soil in the creek.
Protozoa are a group which consists of microscopic animals. This group includes ameobas, algaes, and ciliates. They are a member of phyla in the kingdom protista. The particular ones that are being studied in this experiment reside in Sweat Mt. Creek.
This experiment was started on December 11, 2006 and is still being carried on today. This experiment was done branching from the research question," What kinds of protozoa live in the creek?" A polyfoam sampler was made and left in the creek for about a month. Every two weeks or so I returned to the creek and squeezed water out of the polyfoam sampler into a jar, along with some decaying leaves found on the bottom of the creek.
Once the water and decaying leaves containing the protozoa have been collected and the protozoa have multiplied, it will be put under a microscope and studied for any kind of protozoa. The research coninues to happen...
-Soil is Coil