This will be your source for a small glimpse into our time at Nature’s Classroom. Check back here for some photos of our adventures.
Nature’s Classroom 2012 Video:
Click here to watch the video on YouTube.
Day 3 of Nature’s Classroom:
Today was a beautiful day at Nature’s Classroom. We started the day with a 2 hour tag game called Predator/ Prey. Each student belonged to a specific species in the food chain from a few hawks to larger groups of snakes, frogs and insects. By the time the game was only a few insects, snakes and frogs were left. After lunch, the students attended their field groups where they created skits for the evening program. Then they went to the elective they choose at lunch. Some of their choices were geodes, bottle rockets, feed your face, camouflage, cryptography, and rocks rock. Of course, the day ended with a campfire and funny, creative skits from the staff and all the students. Before we went to bed, we sang around the campfire as the moon rose in the night sky. Tomorrow, the students will clean their cabins and attend one last field group before heading back to Dover. See you all tomorrow around 2:00.
Day 2 Update:
Our students got to choose their own science electives today. Some of the classes were water rockets, tesselations, hot air balloons, shark and frog dissections, and pond critters. Then we finished the day with a great hour and a half night hike.
We never heard any thunder last night and just got some well needed rain. The 5th grade students participated in a great science fair last night where they participated in team building activities and science demonstrations. Today we all went on great field trips to see the tornado damage from last year, search for frogs, pond studies, fixed a waterfall, and looked for edible plants.
Looks like the storm has passed without too much fanfare. Still, the natural fireworks were a lively ending to a great day! I enjoyed all the activities–dissecting a sheep’s brain was fascinating, and the activities at Quest tonight were interesting and fun! Looking forward to what’s in store tomorrow, but first…a good night’s sleep!
-Mrs. Chiavarini
This is such a great experience. From the photos it looks like you are having so much fun. Thank you teachers for your dedication and the extra time you are giving our children!! I know you have your own lives and are choosing to do this with our children! Thank you!!!
Dear Mr. Wadness,
Nature’s Classroom was very fun! My favorite parts were Thursday Night Live and Predator/Prey. Rocky and Dave were really good cooks and I loved all of the food they made for us. All of the NC teachers were fun and crazy and put on awesome classes. My favorite class was geodes because I got to keep them. My point is Nature’s Classroom was awesome.
-Ted
Dear Mr.Wadness
I loved Natures Classroom. It was hard to leave early. And its harder to listen to everyone talking about all the fun had after I left. But with all the time I had there it was super fun. My favorite part was probably transition time. Gaga Ball was incredible. My favorite activity was Bubbles even though it felt like it was just so the teachers could have there cars washed. Again overall a great expierence.Bye
From, Alex M.
You guys must have had a great time there! I wonder what you guys done over there. I hope you had a nice time there, and coming back home. Bye!
Hi Mr. Wadness,
Seems like you had a great time taking pictures of all of us kids as much as we have fun doing all the fun things you took pictures of. Anyway I had a very fun time at nature’s classroom. It had great food, very fun activities, and best of all great people. I couldn’t have asked for more!
RILEY 🙂
I very much enjoyed Natures classroom. You gave a good description of what we did and the place. Awesome pictures. What was your favorite part of natures classroom? Mine was the classes and the food.
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Evan
I dissected a sheep’s heart and lungs!! I found all the major arteries and veins. Nature’s classroom was so much fun!!
-Jo
Hey Mr. W,
I liked Natures Classroom. WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE it seemed. I missed my new Dance Moms, which bummed me out. It was time to interact with nature.I hope the fifth graders next year will enjoy NC.
-SofIa F
Hi Mr. Wadness!
I thought Nature’s Classroom was AWESOME! I had so much fun! I bunked with Haley, Kyra, and Riley T.. I took a water rocket class and my rocket flew higher than the trees! I had so much fun and I want to go back. I hope that the 5th graders next year will enjoy Nature’s Classroom!!
~Priscilla
I liked Nature’s Classroom was really fun. My favorite things were Thursday night live, Predator and prey, and the food. I Stayed a bug the whole time. Go Bugs!! I loved the food, it was reall y good. The only bad thing was my rooming I did’nt get anyone on my list.
Dear Mr. W, I thought natures classroom was really fun especially when we got to pick are own activity for the day. Also I thought predator and prey was fun to because we got to run around the property and run away from snakes and hawks and chase insects. I thought that nature’s classroom was awesome.
Marty
Dear Mr. Wadness, I agree with you Nature’s Classroom was an adventure and will not forget my time there any time soon. My favorite activity was when I did Camoflage and Stalking we got to play a fun game and we got to Camoflage one of my friends. Overall, it was one of the best field trips I have ever had.
Dear Mr. Wadness,
I had the best time at Natures Classroom, it was it experience thati will never forget!
My favorite part of N/C was Thursday Night Live. It was so funny seeing all of the field groups do there skits, but it was also very sad because it was our last night at Natures Classroom we sang our last song. Then we also started to pack up our sutcase so we could be ready to load uo the buses.
THANK YOU MR. WADNESS!!!!!!
The thing that suprised me the most about natures classroom was the food I thought was going to be barf stew or something but it turened out to really really good.
~$@M
I can’t wait till I get to go to natures classroom. It looks so fun! My brother told me about a ranger that takes you off the path and shows you amazing stuff in the woods.