Field Trip!

Yesterday was field trip to the Susquehanna River day.  We met my mom at her boat and drove out to the small island that we usually visit with her.  Our plan was to learn more about the "seashore" (though not technically a seashore) habitat via the book One Small Square: Seashore, by Donald Silver. 

The weather was a bit chilly for swimming, so there was much shivering involved.  But the sun was shining and we actually got to observe a good number of animals.  However, my expectations of Z's wide-eyed fascination with our science lesson was not met.  She made a good effort at cheerfully learning, but was really much more interested in playing in the water and building sand castles.  I guess I can't really expect much more out of a six-year-old!  And besides, I consider playing in the water and sand to be quite educational in and of itself.

I think we'll make a small lapbook about our trip, even though I recently blogged about how they're too much work.  But I think it'll pull all our observations together and give Z a better understanding of this habitat.  Here is a list of some of the neat things we observed:

Seaweed

Crickets

Blue dragonflies (we need to look these up)

Lot's of butterflies 

Ducks (which we fed)

Pill bugs

Bird footprints

Possibly a heron? (Z wants to look this up)

Sea gulls (catching fish)

Clams

Sand (it's dry on top, but wet underneath)

Strandlines

Ok, maybe it wasn't a bad field trip.  That seems like a lot of things!