May Field Trips

Hello Families! We have had a busy May! After all of our research on ocean animals, we took a trip to the Gloucester Maritime Museum. There we had an opportunity to learn from experts about local ocean life and how scientists identify and study whales. We were able to hold some real ocean creatures, and use microscopes to look at plankton found in the waters right outside! It was an exciting trip, and it was wonderful to hear how much our students already knew about the ocean habitat.

Lots of interesting ocean animals to look at.

Touch tanks were very exciting!

Making fish prints!

We saw all different types of algae under a microscope.

Once we finished learning about ocean animals, we moved on to insects. We have talked about identifying insects, some interesting insect life cycles, and the many cool adaptations insects have to survive in their habitats. To see some of these bugs first hand, we walked over to the Audubon where we put our knowledge to the test! We met some very informative friends from the Audubon who taught us all about insects in the world around us. We caught crickets, grasshoppers, ants, spiders, salamanders, and even a garter snake! It was a fantastic trip!

Learning all about insect bodies, eggs, and homes. We designed our own food insect too!

Bug catching in Fox Field