Falling into Nature's Classroom

The calendar may tell us it's fall, but Mother Nature didn't get that message!  It's a beautiful 81 degrees here at Nature's Classroom today!  We've spent our morning with our field groups hiking in the woods.  Luckily we stayed pretty cool thanks to the tree canopy overhead.  We're doing much better with our ort now!  We only had 7 pounds at breakfast (bacon, egg and cheese croissant sandwiches with hash browns) and 5 pounds at lunch (franks and beans).  We have some classes this afternoon and then tonight we get to experience the Underground Railroad!  -Ms. Allen

Her positive share for the day, "We had to hide eggs and then find them."

Telling a joke to the school

Cracking up at his own joke! ;-)

MMMM yummy breakfast sandwiches

Ort report dancers

7 pounds of ort for breakfast!

Listening to the description of the classes

They all sound so interesting

Which one will we take?

Heading out for the morning field group hike.

2 hours of fun awaits us!

Kings of the world!

LEAF FIGHT!
 (The play button doesn't work, and I don't know how to remove it!  But I'm working on it!)

The road less traveled

Rusty showing the group through the woods

We found an old car in the woods!

We made S'moreos!

Time to roast the marshmallows!

The coolest looking tree

Crossing the suspension bridge

Even Ms. Allen got in on the fun!

Only 5 pounds of ort for lunch!

We've only been here 2 days?!

The adventures we have had are INCREDIBLE!  We spent our morning hiking with our field groups exploring the woods and the pond.  We spent our afternoon in our choice of 2 different classes.  We spent our evening on a "Night Experience" where we did a little bit of light hiking to do some amazing star gazing and learn about some neat science involving light and our vision.  It's hard for us to believe we've only been here 2 days because we've had so many amazing experiences, and we can't wait to share with you when we get home!  Another full day of adventures awaits us today!  -Ms. Allen

Gaga Ball....  The only thing we want to play during free time!

What are the rules again?

Her positive share for the day, "I learned how to play gaga ball and I'm going to share it with a lot of people at home."

LUNCH!  Meatball subs...yummy

The waitron cleaning up after lunch.  Look at all their ORT!

Wiping down the table after lunch

ORT report dance.

13 pounds of Ort.  That's not good.

Our whole Class

Silly faces

Making music using Boom Whackers

The first cut

Dissecting a rat!  She is so brave!

Creating endangered egglings

Team Work

Phoenix lending a helping hand

Finished building our A-frame

Put it all together to make a GEODOME!

Way up high on the Geodome we just built

Running for Ultimate Frisbee

Kai getting ready to toss it down field

Here we go!

Singing at the "Riff Off"

Serving water at dinner

Her positive share for the day, "I got to dissect a starfish."

PIZZA NIGHT!!

It's all in the family!

Ort report dance.  Only 3 POUNDS of Ort tonight!  Way to go!

Getting ready for bed

We're not tired yet

Best buddies

Always putting on a show

We're tired, can we sleep now?

Good night!