Thursday, December 10, 2015

Our first field trip: Yolo Bypass Wetlands

Today we went on an exciting, beautiful, not-as-wet-as-expected field trip!

Even though we were expecting (and bracing for?) rain, the rain ended closer to 8 and we had a GORGEOUS day!  Thank you to all **9** chaperones who accompanied our class and Mrs. Reeves' class.  We could not do it without you!  We had such a delightful time!

This was the beautiful day we saw when we arrived...



We had four 20-minute stations where students learned about salmon migration, did a pond study, identified wetlands plants, and explored bird beak adaptations.





































After those rotations, we stopped for a well-deserved lunch.  It's amazing how hungry you get when you've been scientists all day!

After lunch,we picked up binoculars, loaded the bus, and headed out to the real wetlands.

Wildlife explorers!







Miss Heidi showed our group the seeds of a cattail!

What a fun field trip!!!  Everyone was on their BEST behavior, so respectful!  I appreciate each and every one of you and am so thankful for this class!  I can't wait till the next one!

1 comment:

  1. What an amazing day! We all had so much fun and learned a lot. Plus, the weather was AMAZING!

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