Wednesday Nature School

Dear STEAM school,

We're looking forward to having your group visit on Wednesday, 2nd April from 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM for our Field Scientist for a Day: Vernal Pool Monitoring program! 

BEFORE YOU ARRIVE:

• With your students, watch the Vernal Pool introductory video.

• Discuss with your children how they should be dressed and what they should bring on the field trip (see the TO WEAR/TO BRING section below).

• Have your students divided into (2 large groups and with each of those large groups divided into 3 teams--Yellow, Red, and Green).

Clifton has sent us some information to prepare for our visit tomorrow. Please watch this video with your students and spread the word to other families so make sure they see it too. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l6rNmOHL42qqIcwnIFD4HJeNtAabrpso/view?usp=drive_link

They also advise that we dress in layers for weather 10 degrees cooler than forecast and expect to get wet so waterproof boots and good socks!

See you tomorrow!

Despite the windy day we had a great time at the Northern Virginia 4-H Center. We met up with a bloke named Andrew Fisher(aka Blokeman, his trail name)originally from England. Andrew hiked the Appalachian Trail, the Pacific Crest Trail and The Lost Trail among others. He showed us everything that he carried his pack on the 2,200 mile journey on the AT. He also shared with us his survival pack that has everything you would need to survive for several days.

After that we went for a hike on our 1st stretch of the AT. On our way back for lunch the kids rolled down a big hill and found a discovered a playground. We had a blast!

We will meet at the Lower Campfire