This week we unleashed our curiosity! This week was full of hands-on activities to dive into the exciting world of science and nature through engaging experiments, outdoor adventures, and creative projects. We discovered the slimy, wiggly, and muddy secrets of Audubon. We became a wild scientist while turning nature into our laboratory. Our hypothesis was proven correct; this was an incredible week!
Monday morning we spent some time getting to know one another through playing field games. We then enjoyed a micro hike to get to know the spaces and places of Audubon. Then we explored Beaver Pond and learned about camouflage and got to see some animals do it in real time. In the afternoon we explored camouflage at the Brook and also got to make our own water filters using charcoal and a coffee filter.
Tuesday we got our ears ready and focused on sight and sounds. We made sounds maps of the spaces around us before enjoying a team game of capture the flag. We also learned about animal tracking and got to pretend and walk like different animals. We learned about the different patterns they move in like rabbits are hoppers, foxes are walkers, otters are bounders, and bears waddle. In the afternoon we cooled off by the River.
Wednesday morning we enjoyed a morning craft of leaf printing. Then got to turn someone into a frog by going over the different parts of a frog. We then played some games like a pond animal game, did some water coloring too. In the afternoon our CITs lead us in learning about pH and water testing to the Brook and Pond. Both spaces are nice and healthy.
Thursday we hiked to the Birds of Vermont Museum where we got to see a different side of being a scientist, the artistic side. Being a scientists is more than experiments and “science’ it’s about observation, the ability to share, and connect to the world around you. We spent the whole morning at the museum looking at all the amazing carvings and beauty of the birds. In the afternoon we enjoyed some fire building and some sit spots.
Friday morning started off with a bang making some mud volcanoes. WE then learned about the water cycles doing a bead game making a bracelet as we traveled through the water system. In the afternoon we played and Audubon classic, Life and Death in the Forest and enjoyed our sit spots. At closing circle, we enjoyed some sumac popsicles we made the day before too.
