October 28th

Written by the students in room 14.

We all survived camp.  We had an amazing time getting to know one another and learning about environmental science.  Please read below to hear about camp from the students in room 14.  

Forest Community

By: Alex, Marwan, and Alexa

In forest community we went on a hike and smelled Sassafras and Wintergreen. We ate wintergreeen.  We also learned about forest succession.  We hiked through the forest looking at intermediate and climax forests.

Pond

By: Caden, Karlee, and Faith

At camp we had a class called pond we did many things there.  We learned that in ponds and streams there are things like insect lavras and other living organisms.  We went to a pond and a stream to find samples.  We took the samples and looked at them under the microscope.  We also learned about the succession of a pond.

Geology

By: Shokhrukh, Jordyn, and Iker

In geology class we learned about 3 types of rock, sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic. After we learned about those rocks we got to go outside to a farmer’s field. When we got there we got shovels and we started to dig to find rocks. When we found rocks we used hammers to break them to see what’s inside them and what kind of rock it was. We got to keep the rocks and bring them home.

Water Cycle

By: Nathan, Chase, Roman

In Water Cycle class, we learned that we can find little animals in streams. If you use a microscope, you can find little insects that are really small in the pond/streams.   We found pollution in the stream. Water pollution can affect your body. The pollution in the water can kill the animals that lives in the water. We also learned ways that we can help save water and protect the watershed.

Evening Fun

By: Tyler, 

We did string tricks and it was hard to make the tricks and also we did Legos where we had to build something  about what you learned when hiking. We made bookmarks  with leaves in them. We had to find leaves  outside. We also did a camp print on a shirt.

Dorm Life

By: Peyton, Justin, and Ashley

At fifth grade camp we all had breakfast, lunch, and dinner in the camp cafeteria. We had assigned table groups.  We were responsible to get our own food and clean up when we were done. We also watched a movie each night and took showers in the dorm. It felt good to get the dirt off. Then we would write in our camp folders. After we finished writing we were able to hang out and talk in the dorms.  We really liked the dorm life.

Owl Pellets

By: Leila, Carlina, and Connor

At camp, the grossest thing that we did (by far) was dissecting owl pellets (throw up).  We had partners and each pair of partners got an owl pellet.  We had different tools.  We had 1 toothbrush, 2 pairs of tweezers, and 2 paintbrushes.  The owl pellet felt like a hairball from a cat.  As we pulled it apart, we found skulls and bones from different rodents and other small animals.