I could go on and on, but have decided to let the students themselves tell you what they got out of this experience in their own words. Each quote was a sample taken out of their three pages they wrote in their lab books after they returned:
"We learned about rods and cones in our eyes."-Anthony
"I never saw a shooting star before!"- Alexis
"We learned about predators and prey. Prey is the animal that the predator will eat."-Maddy
I learned "I can trust other people when I am blindfolded and the sun is the closest star." -Keziah
"Backswimmers swim on their backs and can also walk on land." - Robert
"I learned about invertabrates and vertabrates. Invertabrates does not have a backbone. Vertabrates have a backbone."-Claire
"I learned when the moon does not show it is the new moon."-Grace
"When we were on the night hike we saw deer in the meadow and we sat their for a little bit and watched." -Jakob
"I learned to trust others."-Alexa
"Bats can run into trees without their echolocation. An average family wastes 5 lbs. of food per day (ort)" -Regan
"I need to think outside the box." -Chris
"I learned a lot about archery. Microinvertabrates were very small bugs who lived under these very big, black rocks in the pond and that means the pond is healthy." -Sarah
"I have learned how to love the outdoors. I learned that red ants are edible." -Zachary
"I learned about triboluminescence." -Briana
"I learned about rhodopsim, pH testing, and dissolved oxygen." -Eric
" l learned that it is good when you work in groups, to trust others, and how to discuss." -Mason
"Waxing moon is getting larger, waning moon is getting smaller." -Natalie
"Camouflage-The point is to blend in with the rest of the wildlife." -Isaac
"My favorite was the pond because we found tadpoles and lots of fish." -Abigail
"I did not know I was so good at archery."- RJ
"I learned the different stages of the moon." -Kelli
"I learned that scat in animal poop." -Collin
