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Field Trip!

We recently took our third graders to Camp Agape in Fuquay Varina.  Camp Agape is an environmental science camp that provides educational experiences for students as well as summer camp experiences.  My students are inner city kids and they were so excited  at the farm animals that we saw along the way.   Once we arrived at our destination we unloaded the buses and were met by the camp staff.

Our students were divided into five groups and we had two different sessions.  The first session was about plants and the parts of the plant.  We gathered by a small pond and the kids had a flower that they were able to dissect.  They also had a hands on experience where they were the different parts of the plant.

Our second session was about soil.  The kids did an activity where they were the three parts of soil, clay, silt and sand.  They were able to pretend they were water molecules and could see how the water travels through the different parts of the soil.

On the way back to the lodge for lunch we saw a baby deer.  One of my students thought they saw a bunny but upon further inspection we realized it was a fawn.  Here is the picture, you can just make out the deer's ears and the dappled skin.

This is a picture of the butterflies we saw.

I was so excited at how much they remembered from class.  They also were able to tell her what the meaning of the root word bio was.

My coworker and I expected them to be exhausted on the way home but they were even more talkative than on the way there.  They had a great time and I hope that they will be able to go again next year.