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2014-2015

A Walk Through The Slough

11/18/2014

10 Comments

 
Our class had the great pleasure of going to the Mercer Slough Environmental Center on Tuesday. We walked in the beautiful woods and wetlands areas, went on a scavenger hunt, took soil samples and conducted tests on them. We spent time in the lab and learned all about Soil Adventurers–F.B.I. (fungi, bacteria and invertebrates). We found millipedes, centipedes, worms, pill and sow bugs, slugs and other fascinating creatures in the soil and saw them magnified on "bug t.v.". Learning from the Mercer Slough docents in nature's classroom was a nice way to wrap-up our soils unit and carry on into our water exploration. 

A BIG banana slug thank you goes out to our drivers and chaperones for making this field trip possible:
Karen, Rebecca, Muneer, Jennifer, Tanea, Lorraine, & Robin! 

The bounce test in action

10 Comments
Mollie
11/19/2014 12:02:41 am

I loved going on the hike

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Greg (Fiona's Dad)
11/19/2014 12:55:11 am

Fiona had a wonderful time. She taught me a lot about potato bugs at the dinner table last night. Thank you.

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Tanea, Bella's Mom
11/19/2014 02:12:34 am

Did anyone else notice that when you were jumping in the wetland area, that you could not feel the ground shake yourself? I thought that was interesting. The shaking ground also made me wonder if it's a good idea to build houses and buildings on soil that is in, or near, a wetland.

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Robin (Julius)
11/20/2014 12:09:05 am

What a neat place, Julius learned a lot and really enjoyed the trip.

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Zoe
11/20/2014 09:48:48 am

vare cool feld trip

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Donna (Mollie's mom)
11/22/2014 02:10:55 am

I want to hear more about your observations from the bounce test!

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Joshua
11/22/2014 05:26:29 am

I liked when we took out the bugs

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sage
11/22/2014 10:57:19 am

I really like to go on that field trip.

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Juliette
12/5/2014 02:20:07 am

I loved that bug thing!😃

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Angelica
1/10/2015 01:02:28 am

are group got to see baby frogs and touch them!! I also liked the where i digged for bugs that was fun and cool!

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