Today, Tuesday May 6th, 2014 I was fortunate enough to co-teach with Liz Lilly. We started by introducing ourselves (Algae and Lilly) to the group of 12 second grade students from Goshen, Indiana and then let them choose their own Merry Lea name. Afterwards we laid out the rules, well Lilly did. I was still scared of them. After some time hiking through the trails, we reached Onion Bottom where not only did they learn about camouflage but were fascinated by the macro invertebrates in the muck. The group of students were so intrigued by the macro invertebrates at Onion Bottom they ran straight to the vernal pond. It was my second time at the vernal pond but first time actually identifying macro invertebrates with students. Not only were the students and parents fascinated by the invertebrates but I was as well. My favorite vertebrate that day was the Caddisfly and thought it was fascinating how it sowed it's house from twigs in the water using its silk. The last event before lunch the group participated in was Prey and Predator. This game was used to get the students settled down before we shared our memories from that morning.
After the students left we went to go see the esker and how it was created so the group that would teach geology the following day would have an idea of what they would be doing. Image 1.0 shows the students climbing the mined esker, picture shown above. After class was dismissed Jordan and I reviewed the lesson plan for the rock cycle.
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