Irvine Nature Center Field Trip

Last week the Sixth Age went on an outdoor field trip to Irvine Nature Center.  Students were split into two homogeneous groups in the morning.  I had the pleasure of attending Irvine with the boys, while the girls stayed behind for some outdoor learning activities at Calvert.  After an outdoor lunch together, the students flipped- with the boys returning to Calvert for outdoor learning and the girls exploring Irvine.

Excitement filled the bus!

Upon arrival at Irvine, students were broken down into smaller groupings as the explored the outdoor environment.  I traveled with boys from Mrs. Miles' class and our instructor, Claire. She laid down a few ground rules before taking something exciting out of her bag- can you guess what it is?  (Here's a hint- it's the skull from a type of bird we heard while in the forest.)

Special microscope- necklaces were loaned to the boys while exploring as well.

The boys smelled a special fragrant plant,

uncovered cool bugs on the underside of fallen tree-logs,

and even caught bugs in special nets in the open meadow!

Fun was had by all!  

Thank you, Calvert and the Seward Family, for this wonderful time together!