creepy. >> which is exactly why we need to find more students who share marty johnson's point of view. >> ain't this great? this is good stuff. >> really cool. like -- to see all these things and just really cool. >> it was really cool. we learned a lot during our report too. if you have a cool school e- mail me mhydeck@wusa9.com and we'll be highlighting your programs in the coming weeks. >>> it is 6:18 and time now for another look at today's question of the morning -- bobby slater writes -- so what do you think? log on to the wusa9 facebook fan page and leave your response. we'll have the correct answer in the next half hour. breaking the law but getting caught doing it? maybe that's the difference. we'll be back. >>> welcome back. 6:22. your weather first on this thursday morning. we've got clear skies. less than 15 minutes from sunrise now. we're going to have a lot of sunshine today unlike yesterday when we had the clouds and showers i expect a partly if not mostly sunny day today. still brisk. winds could gust 25, 30 miles an hour but temperatures will be climbing out of the 50

. >> reporter: showing students what happens after you flush is what marty johnson does. >> everybody pay attention. you should have a slide and a pipette. >> reporter: these budding scientists spent the day at washington suburban sanitary commission plant to learn what it takes. >> that's actually called a rotor. >> reporter: to keep the tap running clear. >> the dark stuff goes to the bottom and the clean stuff goes to the top. >> bacteria is actually the worker bees in the process. they're doing the job, the things that are in that sludge. >> reporter: the science behind the sludge is important not only for public health, but for inspiring future scientists in the classroom and in the real world. >> it also gives them enough information so when they go into biology next year, they'll have a better understanding of what does it mean as a bioindicator meaning a living thing that we can use to sort of tell us what the bacteria levels are. >> they get to a point they see the process, they like hands on, they like learning. >> reporter: for some of these gaithersburg high school student