Langston Hughes Middle School

Art Exhibits: Each month, in the main hallway of the National Center, visitors can view a new art exhibit from schools, local artists and photographers, special interest groups, and USGS employees.

Langston Hughes Middle School Art Show at USGS National Center

The Ninth Annual Langston Hughes Middle School (LHMS) art exhibit celebrating “Youth Art” at the U.S. Geological Survey National Center in Reston, Virginia was on display from April 1 – 29, 2009.	Art, music, and poetry were enjoyed by invited guests, parents, students, and faculty of LHMS on April 23, 2009. Principal Aimee Monticchio welcomes invited guests.

Langston Hughes Middle School Beaver Pond Field Trip

USGS employees and scientists participated in the Langston Hughes Middle School’s Beaver Pond Field Trip. This outdoor activity consists of a walking field trip with five science stations set up in and around Lake Audubon in Reston, Virginia. Through presentations, demonstrations, and hands-on-activities, USGS volunteers helped the children understand and learn about stream flow measurement and factors affecting aquatic organisms of a depositional stream environment. In addition, the children also learned about stream chemistry and how to construct a map.

Students learn how to read a topographic map.	Beaver Pond Field Trip, October 14-16, 2008.
Students learn about maps at Lake Audubon in Reston, Virginia.