Onekama Elementary: Grade 4 Visits Hartwick Pines May 2005

	Two weeks ago we went to Hartwick Pines on a Friday. It was a long drive. When we got there some men that worked there said to get in a circle so we did. Then they had a large ball of string. They handed the string to someone in the circle. Then the person said an animal. Then they handed it to another person and that person said an animal. Then it ws handed to another person then they said an animal that could eat or could be eaten by the animal that the first person said. They explained that if anything hppened to one animal that was bad and it could have hurt the rest. It was a cool thing to do and fun. ...Curtis

	Two weeks ago we went to Hartwick Pines When we first got there, we did a skins and skulls activity. To play the game they blind folded us. Then they gave us an animal skin, skull or body part. You had to guess what kind of animal it was. After that we went outside to see the forest. My favorite part of the three forsts was the Old Growth, and the Monarch. After we had a tour of the forest we learned how a shanty boy lived. My favorite part of the trip was the gift shop. ...Miranda

	We went to the Hartwick Pines on Friday, May 13, 2005. I thought it was fun. We did a skins, parts, and skulls game. That was fun too. It rained as soon as we left the building. Then we learned about things in the woods. We came back wet and cold and learned more about people who lived a long time ago and what they did. We got to come back to th building and look around some more and go in the gift shop. I thought it was fun. I want to go again. ...Sarah
Two weeks ago the fourth grade went to Hartwick Pines. First we went inside to do a skins and skulls project. What we did was we went up and held out our hands. Then we had to put a blind fold on. After that we would put a skin a skul in our palms. Then we would have to guess if it was a skin or a skull or what kind of animal it was. ...Emily B.		A few Fridays ago we went to Hartwick Pines. When we got there it was raining. We went on a guided nature hike through three kinds of woods. There were different trees in every one of the woods. There was a logging camp and we got to go in it. We had to be quiet. Then we came back to the lobby and went in the gift shop. We stopped at MacDonalds on the way home. All of us had a good time. ..Bryce
	When we went to Hartwick Pines we did skins and skulls. Skins and skulls is a game where you guess if it is a skin or a skull or part of an animal. It was really cool. Then we went for a walk in the wet woods. ...Austin G.

	Our fourth grade classes went to Hartwick Pines two weeks ago. When we got there we did a skins and skulls project. The guy there would put a skin, skull or part in your hands. After that we went on a nature walk through the woods. At the end of the walk we saw a lady that took us into a building that the lumber men slept in. She told us what they ate and she told us they worked until dark. ...Johnny


	On Friday we went to Hartwick Pines. We did an activity called Skin and Skull. What you do is you have on a blind fold and the person sets a skin or a skull on your hands. First you say if its skin or skull. Then you try to find out what it is. It was a lot of fun at Hartwick Pines. ...Moriah