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Natures Classroom: Week Recap in Pictures

Here are all the pictures that we took from the Natures Classroom:

Last Day at Natures Classrooom

Today is our last full day here at Nature's Classroom and it is a glorious day! In the high 70's with lots and lots of sun. We started the day off as usual, with an activity called Savage Ravage. It really was a long game of tag with some sciene thrown in! Then we had lunch and said good bye to our new buddies from Holy Spirit school (they left a day early). Mr. Provenza joined us for lunch and went with us down to the lake where we jumped from dock to dock (they are only in about a foot of water) and got COMPLETELY soaked. Then we came up, got changed into dry clothes (most of which were taken from our dirty laundry bags) and went to work on a skit we'll be doing tonight after dinner. It is 3pm and we still have two more activites to go... busy yet gorgeous fun day.

Natures Classroom Thursdays High Lights

Thursday’s highlights

• Savage Ravage (big game of tag with science)
• Afternoon activities: built a shelter
• “open mike” Thursday – acted in and watched skits


Parents,
It was a busy day today!! The kids had four sets of activities, all of them with their field groups (just with each other and one teacher). One of them was in the woods building a shelter; another was coming up with an idea for a skit to act out for the rest of the groups and the final one was acting our skit out and watching the others do theirs. In between, we took the kids down to the lake and let them “dock jump”, a game that Mr. Razzano developed when he was here two years ago. It involves jumping from one dock to the next without getting wet. The docks are only in a foot of water so there isn’t any real danger, yet the kids approach it as though they are jumping from cliff to cliff. While the focus of the game is supposedly to make it from dock to dock without getting wet but all of the kids “accidentally” fell in and got SOAKED. And, of course, loved it. Until they had five minutes to get themselves back up to their rooms and change for the next activity.

Today’s questions deal with the entire week as I’ll be leaving early tomorrow and won’t be able to do a last round of questions.



Thursday – what we learned

Amanda

What was the most fun thing you did today: the skit
What was the most fun thing you did the entire week: UG
What word would you use to describe the entire week: incredible
What was the worst thing about Nature’s Classroom? Bringing my luggage up the three flights of stairs (i.e. 53 stairs)
Favorite teacher: Skillet

Vinny

What was the most fun thing you did today: building the shelter
What was the most fun thing you did the entire week: UG
What word would you use to describe the entire week: incredible
What was the worst thing about Nature’s Classroom? Nothing
Favorite teacher: Monster

Mitch

What was the most fun thing you did today: building a shelter
What was the most fun thing you did the entire week: hike
What word would you use to describe the entire week: adventurous
What was the worst thing about Nature’s Classroom? Falling into the lake
Favorite teacher: Ursula

Ben

What was the most fun thing you did today: dock jumping
What was the most fun thing you did the entire week: UG
What word would you use to describe the entire week: exciting
What was the worst thing about Nature’s Classroom? Going to bed
Favorite teacher: Monster

Anthony

What was the most fun thing you did today: the skit
What was the most fun thing you did the entire week: UG
What word would you use to describe the entire week: unbelievable
What was the worst thing about Nature’s Classroom? Soccer ball digestion
Favorite teacher: Search

Tyler

What was the most fun thing you did today: building a shelter
What was the most fun thing you did the entire week: UG
What word would you use to describe the entire week: awesome
What was the worst thing about Nature’s Classroom? Don’t have one
Favorite teacher: Johnny Rocket


Marlo

What was the most fun thing you did today: the skit
What was the most fun thing you did the entire week: UG
What word would you use to describe the entire week: fascinating
What was the worst thing about Nature’s Classroom? Fell in a stream
Favorite Teacher: Skillet

Brandon

What was the most fun thing you did today: dock jumping
What was the most fun thing you did the entire week: UG
What word would you use to describe the entire week: awkward
What was the worst thing about Nature’s Classroom? Falling into the lake
Favorite teacher: Fire

Alexis

What was the most fun thing you did today: dock jumping
What was the most fun thing you did the entire week: UG
What word would you use to describe the entire week: triumphant
What was the worst thing about Nature’s Classroom? Tree tag
Favorite teacher: Monster


Brianna

What was the most fun thing you did today: the skit
What was the most fun thing you did the entire week: everything about Nature’s Classroom
What word would you use to describe the entire week: phenomenal
What was the worst thing about Nature’s Classroom? There wasn’t one
Favorite teacher: Monster

Chaperones Can have fun too!

I'm attaching a pict of the "main house";
Mr. McHarg walking along one of the boat docks;
Mr. Lee taking picts during science fair;
Mr. Razzano learning how sound travels via a spoon and a string.

Week at Natures Classroom Day 2 & 3

Day 2:
Amanda learning about bats, Ben dissecting a frog and Anthony learning about the physics of frisbee.






Day 3: We went to a sciene fair last night and learned a lot of stuff... and saw lots of things lit on fire!
We burned a penny (actually 2 of them), tried to burn a dollar bill, electrocuted a pickle, found
out about how sound waves travel, and learned about the convection cycle by lighting a tea bag on
fire...
Brianna throwing her "endangered baby" - an egg;
Tyler tasting lots of teas from around the world;
Alexis making a hemp bracelet and drinking help milk!
Beth

NATURE'S CLASSROOM DAY 1