Woodland
Second Grade students treated to field trips
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Woodland
Second Grade students treated to field trips
March 23, 2012
Second
graders from Woodland Primary recently enjoyed one of nature’s sweet
treats-maple syrup from Shawnee Prairie!
Naturalists toured students through the
woods, stopping at various
stations to demonstrate the process of turning sap into syrup. Here, students are shown
visiting the “Sugar
Shack”- a steam-filled evaporator room where the sap is boiled for
hours to
reduce it down to that tasty, maple syrup.
Student Talasia Foland stated “The
machine was cool because the maple
syrup looked like water, but then later it was syrup!”
Students
also visited the historic Garst Museum. The museum provided guided
tours in
which the students explored major exhibits of Annie Oakley, Lowell
Thomas, and
Zachary Landsdowne. A
highlight of the
visit was peering through the windows of the “Village” to learn about
daily
life in the past. Here, students are shown listening to their guide in
the
military exhibit, where they viewed extensive collections of military
uniforms
and artifacts spanning from 1812 to the current conflict in Iraq.
After returning from the field trip, second
grade student Cameron Clark wrote in his personal narrative, “We
learned about
Annie Oakley. She
could shoot a glass
bulb off of her dogs head. That
would be
scary!”
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