I'm still pretty tired today from working with the 6th graders from BH. Whew. They were so full of life and energy that it was REALLY difficult to keep them on track. The best time during the whole day was working at the vernal pond. Both groups LOVED that and I think could have stayed there all day. I am not really sure if they got what I was saying- but they sure were excited about what they were seeing! I spent some time looking at the owlets with them with binoculars. They really enjoyed hearing about how the crows and the owls fight- we could even hear them in the distance!
The previous day working with the same school, but the 9th graders, was fun. I wish we got more of that age group here to work with at Merry Lea. They were great dipping in the wetlands and really got competitive about how many creatures they were finding. I have to say, that day was much less exhausting than today....
One thing I could have done differently with the group today was to find different ways to get their focus on what we were looking at..i think toward the end, I got so tired that I probably aided to their craziness. Next time it will be better :)
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