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= How Muddy is the Muddy River? = = = ====**For the entire school year, students in Mrs. Wood's Biology II honors classes at Boston Latin School, conducted water quality test on the Muddy River. The Muddy River is located in walking distance to the school. In just five minutes, students were able to explore a natural habitat located in an urban environment. Tuesdays became known as Muddy River Tuesdays. Weather permitting, students would travel to the river's edge, gather water samples, and conduct water quality test. Within a few months, they learned how to test for dissolved oxygen, salinity, pH, and nitrates. Using test kits from** [|**LaMotte**] **students can easily test water samples right at the field site. Studying the Muddy River allowed them to develop research questions and conduct authentic research over the span of the school year. At the end of the school year small groups of students participated in a student conference hosted by the** [|**Urban Ecology Institute**] **at Boston College.**====