We had agreat trip to the Pineywoods Native Plant Center. Ms. Elyce helped us earn our Eco-Explorer try-it.
We learned all about ecosystems, habitats and the PawPaw tree. We also had a picnic, took a short hike, learned a little about flash light etiquette and got to see a bat. Even with all these activities, I think our favorite things were collecting acorns and jumping in giant leaf piles :) Who can resist leaf piles after all?
Here is Ms. Elyce telling us all about the PawPaw tree. We learned a great song about the PawPaw:
Where, oh where is pretty little Susie?
Where, oh where is pretty little Susie?
Where, oh where is pretty little Susie?
Way down yonder in the paw-paw patch.
Come on, girls, let's go find her,
Come on, girls, let's go find her,
Come on, girls, let's go find her,
Way down yonder in the paw-paw patch.
Pickin' up paw-paws, puttin' 'em in her pockets,
Pickin' up paw-paws, puttin' 'em in her pockets,
Pickin' up paw-paws, puttin' 'em in her pockets,
Way down yonder in the paw-paw patch.
---The Paw Paw PatchTraditional folk song
Here is Miriam drawing the popular PawPaw tree.
Click on this video and you can join us for a short part of our hike to look for living and nonliving things.
This is us eating the picnic dinner that several of our moms prepared for us :) YUM!
Here is a little more exciting news. We got to help out SFA's TIDES Program. Our adventures will help build science resources for elementary school teachers and students. Sean and Karl filmed our adventures. You should be able to hear us singing the PawPaw song very soon!
You can see more pictures from our adventures at the PNPC here...
Soon you will be able to read about our trip on the TIDES Blog and see more of our videos on the TIDES Website and the TIDES YouTube channel.
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