Today was our second SEEDS: Nature Detectives field trip! About 88 4th graders from a different partner school came out to learn about what it takes to be a nature detective! My station went well with each group-- even more so than Tuesday. After we finished the worksheet for my station, I had all of the kids come and tell me something they learned today at the Wind, Rain, and Clouds station. After they told me something they learned (some kids tried to recount the entire station to me), they earned a sticker that says "I learned about wildlife today!". They all seemed super interested in everything and even wanted to look at the cloud identification key, despite the fact that there were no clouds in the sky.
As my last group of the day was walking back to get ready to get on the buses, one of the kids yelled SNAKE! Being that the kids have been known to cry wolf when it comes to snakes, I ignored it and continued walking until they all were like "no really! there's a snake!", so I went back to jump on the teachable moment. Sure enough, there was a juvenile gopher snake basking in the sun in the middle of the parking lot, who was more than accepting of my catching him to allow the kids to get a better look at him. They were all so excited to get so close to a snake and realize that snakes aren't slimy or scary, and are actually pretty neat!
How Neat Is That?!
