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Students from the Columbia middle school in Burbank wade into pond for water samples |
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Students make transects for plant and insect studies to augment their class assignments |
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Rushes grow beyond the sedges, cattails, and reeds at the pond's edge |
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Reeds multiply by a method called cloning - sending new shoots up from sprawling roots |
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Data are recorded for comparison later in the classroom |