My Trip To Cardigan:
Day 3
Day 3 was basically the move out day, making it the quickest and probably simplest.I found this day had to do a lot with Human Environment Interactions (it was literally our lesson for the day). Moving on, early in the morning, we were woken up to pack our things and put them out in the hallway.
We went downstairs that morning to a great breakfast, though I can’t remember what it was, and ended up with no wasted food, our first time throughout all the days. Leaving on that positive note, we split into our groups.
Personally, my group went hiking on the trail behind the pond. After hiking for a little bit, we stopped at an outdoor classroom and had a discussion about classification.
We then went to a small stream and sketched the things around us. Also, side note that is sort of unrelated. Maliya dropped her pencil in the water, and her mom had to get it.
But, we can make use out of this side note: because the pencil dropped, and Maliya's mom had to get it, she stirred up the dust and sediment, which may have affected the homes of some small river creatures.
Hey, Human Environment Interactions, in the least expected of scenarios. Aaaaaaanyways, after that we had a small mini lesson about sediment and creatures that lived in the river, and how humans and other pollutants affect it (Human Environment Interactions again), and were divided into two groups.
Each group got two small nets. Our instructions were to stir up the sediment then run through with the net, and dump the contents into a shallow plastic container (with water of course).
We were given dichotomous keys to identify what we had. My group only had mayfly nymphs, but I believe the other group got a crayfish. After that, we headed back, and we had lunch while our group leader read us The Lorax, which was meant to show us how humans affect the woods and forests.
Finally, we headed to the bus and left...
A sketch I did of the mayfly nymph, and the only one for that day...