Beach Ecology, even in December, is interesting....who knew what "sea pork" was before this class?? Not I, though we have seen it many, many times. And who knew the holes in some of the shells you find are supposed to be there???? I always thought it was a shell defect but apparently the holes are a means of the moon snail getting its nutrients.
Dock Study, the children were each given a net to fish with off of a dock. When they each had collected something in their net, we discussed what it was and its purpose. (It was COLD. We were on water with lots of WIND. Where was I? On our bus away from the cold talking to Ryan who was informing me that we had, indeed, received our LOA.)
Heading into the marsh....
The children got a kick out of painting their faces with the mud found in the marsh. Supposedly this is the type of mud used for facials.
Some parts of the marsh were muddy and wet. We each wore boots to avoid getting our feet wet. Colin told me when he put his boot on that he thought it had a hole in it. I told him he was fine, there was no hole and that his boot was just cold. When we entered the water portion of our marsh tour, he slowed down quite a bit, and complained again about his boot. We were with several other people, we couldn't turn back so I, being the way sympathetic person that I am, told him to basically suck it up - he was fine. Poor kid. We got back from our class, he took his boot off and promptly rang his sock out. His foot was soooo wet and even more cold.....I felt like mother of the year :)
Next up, shark dissection. EWWW. Pryce took one whiff of the shark and immediately made it known that he would not be participating in this class....he proceeded to sit at a table next to us and ask for updates. Colin, however, LOVED being allowed to cut and perform surgery on this little guy. The children got to remove the stomach which included a fish and a scallop. They removed his eye as well as his brain and heart.....it was truly a remarkable experience and one they will not forget soon.
We participated in a Herpetology Lab. Where Pryce was not interested in the shark dissection, he was more than excited about holding the various reptiles.
We toured a Maritime forest and it was beautiful.
Our kiddos. Once again, the relationships that our family has formed during our homeschooling adventures are irreplaceable. I am so thankful for this experience for all of us.
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