We are back! What an amazing trip. Let me have the students, in their own words (taken from their lengthy personal reflections) tell the story.
"Ecosystem is like a surrounding of home, like a neighbors."-Chris
"I had to have to have trust in my team through the challenge course."-Autumn
"I learn about ort with our food and how to prevent it."-Shane
I learned "how bats can see in the dark" and "how to work together."- Carter
"We learned about invertibrates. We learned to tell that if a X is on its back it is a true bug (not an insect)."-Jackson
"I learned a kind of chemical in your eye is called roydopsin."Kellyn
"I learned that biotic means it was alive or is alive, and abiotic means not alive or wasn't alive."-Maile
"I learned how to climb a flat wall, to adapt my eyes in the night...and how to trust people."-Ben
"I learned personal things too. I learned I can walk in the dark alone even though I was kind of nervous."- Allie
"Getting along to complete a task...I learned how to trust people guiding me with a blind fold."-Brennan
"I learned about the solar system."-Analycia
"The sun can run out of gas."-Jack
"I learned about night vision and how we see in the dark..."-Wyatt
"I learned how to conquer my fear."-Makenna
"You are supposed to find out if the water is healthy for the fish."-Joe
"I learned that when the moon is waxing it's getting bigger and when the moon is waning it is getting smaller."-Rebekah
"There is a lot of wild things out there."-J.P.
"I learned the ways of gravity that it goes down by itself. I learned the moon faces (phases) and bluemoon."-Chloe
"I can be myself around people...Cirpuscular means awake at twilight."-Taylor
"I learned that I can not be afraid of heights...I learned that dissolved oxygen is made out of oxygen that isdisenorate and go into the water."-Jakob
"I learned echo location and I learned that two hoof marks is a deer."-Kalena
"Cones make you see color. Rods make you see black and white."-Jack
"I also learned that population means amount of things such as a group of animals, people or plants."-Annika
"I learned about pH amounts in the water and the dissolved oxygen."-Tucker
"Grizzly Creek was fun. We did a course that was fun but taught us how to trust each other."-Abree
"I learned that cones in your eyes help you see color. Rods, that are in your eyes, help you see black and white."-Emme
The quotes could go on and on. These are just a sample, one sentence in most cases, of what the students wrote about after we returned.
