While Day 162 was technically not spent in my own classroom, I was still part of an educational learning experience. What did I do? I spent the day as a chaperon on my sixth-grader's study trip. (A note to those of you who teach middle school: Kudos to you. I don't know how you do it!)
The trip was to a local nature center where the students learned about the function of wetlands on a hike, identified birds in the habitat, acted as naturalists for the day while searching for frogs, snakes, and evidence of other animals (like bats, snails, deer, and chipmunks/squirrels). The students also learned how pollution, erosion, and runoff affect watersheds; how to determine of water was "clean" by identifying live aquatic insects in samples of water from around the area; and how to identify trees by their leaves and bark. In all, it was an very informative trip, and the weather was cooperative.
While I was out in the park, my students spent the day with a substitute. They said they had fun and everything was covered. A good day on both ends.
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