b'C H A P T E R S E V E NIn mid-fall 02, The Cape Codder caught up with the Fourth Grade field work, titled Nature Journaling. Setting up shop at Jackknife Cove, the boys and girls sketched whatever plant and animal life they found. Then, said the newspaper, They will use the information and drawings .with other research to write expository reports on the waterways of Chatham.School Year 2003-04:Grants of $1,000 will go to each of the three schools to be applied to these respective project areas:** The High Schools Science Department, with supervision by teacher Jean Avery, will continue and strengthen its nine-year-old Frost Fish Creek Water Quality Project. An estuarine tributary, the creek feeds into Pleasant Bay, considered to be one of the most biologically diverse and productive marine habitats on the East Coast. Mrs. Avery will be working in partnership with the Pleasant Bay Resource Management Alliance, under the guidance of Bob Duncanson, who runs Chathams water quality lab. The funds will pay for additional chemicals and one pair of hip waders.** At the Middle School, Principal Rosemary Williams and Cassandra Kloumann, instructional leader, intend to use the grant to enable more students to take part in study of the local seashore environment. Working at a site such as Oyster Pond, students will record data about specific areas visited in previous seasons. They will have a chance to observe weather, soil and water temperatures, watersheds, tides, wildlife, and plant life. Out of the $1,000 grant, $700 will cover added transportation, while the balance will pay for waders.** The Elementary School undertaking, titled W is for Wetlands:A Chatham Waterways Alphabet, will involve hands-on activities designed to achieve various goals. These include improving students understanding of the wetlands importance, promoting observational skills and the ability to express those observations through language and arts, and helping identify problems impacting wetlands and liable to harm life forms living there. Working together, students will pick items or objects whose names coincide with letters of the alphabet. At the end, these learners will use technology to assemble a finished111'