The Rock Pack experiment combines STEM topics of engineering, ecology, geomorphology, and mathematics in stream ecosystems through the world of the net-spinning caddisfly. Interactive and hands-on activities can be used indoors or outdoors in a 7th-12th grade lesson plan to get students excited about insects and rocks in streams and to learn interdisciplinary science skills and real-world science research applications.

Discover the forest and all that comes with the US Forest Service youth engagement efforts across the country. Participants will learn about the strategy for youth engagement, efforts to engage people of color and different socio-economic communities, and provide time to identify partner opportunities with the Forest Service.