Learning outdoors: Above, Smackover Elementary School fourth grader Linly Mills looks through a microscope at water mites as Kyle Maxwell of LANXESS watches Friday at the South Arkansas Arboretum. Over 500 students learned about water sampling, recycling and products made from the natural resources located in the Smackover Limestone brine reserve. Ten redbud trees were planted with a commemorative plaque honoring each class that attended.
Top left, Adriane Rogers of LANXESS discusses recycling with fourth graders from Smackover Elementary Friday. The two-day event was in honor of Earth Day this Sunday.
Bottom left, Nine-year-old Coa Langley, left, of Smackover asks Kelly Maxwell, center and Sherelyn Green questions consumer products made from the Smackover Limestone brine reserve during the LANXESS Earth Day celebration event at the South Arkansas Arboretum Friday.