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Engaging with ‘fieldwork’ on the school field

Students look at sediment cores and fish from a plastic box

Students get a taste of fieldwork and lab work with the help of Cawthron experts. Outreach was a significant component of the Lakes380 project.

Rights: Image courtesy of Lakes380 – Our lakes’ health: past, present, future.

Published: 10 March 2023Size: 8.19 MB

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