On Wednesday twenty-first, the fifth grade went on a field trip to a museum in Grand Rapids. I think that the best part of the trip for me was between the doll room and the planetarium. In the planetarium we watched the movie called Space Chase. The movie was awesome! ~G.E.

On May, 21 we took a field trip to Grand Rapids.  First we made it to the museum and explored, but just before lunch only my group went on a field trip of our own!  We visited some sculptures down town Grand Rapids.  One was big and red, and the other one was the biggest tire swing I’ve seen in my life, but we couldn’t try it out because grown men were playing on it!  After lunch, we went to a planetarium show!  It made me feel like I was going to fall out of my seat!  Mr. Neph and my mom fell asleep.  After that, we took a ride on the carousel.  We had a good time there too.  I loved our 5^th grade class trip, and I hope other 5^th graders will get to do it too! ~Cameron  

          On Wednesday May 21^st the 5^th grade went to the Grand Rapids Public Museum. We were broken into groups with a chaperone. In my group there was me, Megan, Anna, Kayla K., Alexis, and Taylor. The best part was the planetarium. The show we watched was called the Space Chase. It was really awesome! Sometimes it felt like you were spinning really fast because of the lights. We also went on the carousal. Kayla K. went backwards and kept yelling I’m going to fall off! Anna would grab the horse’s nose and yell I got his nostril! After the museum we went to the Golden Coral in Muskegon for dinner. I had french fries and shrimp. Then we had ice cream. Kayla K., Anna, and I started to go crazy. I had an awesome time on the field trip. ~Janique

This year the fifth grade classes went to the Grand Rapids museum called The Public Museum of Grand Rapids. The museum was kind of interesting. It had a lot of old things and statues of animals and fish. My favorite thing we did was the Planetarium. It was awesome it had laser characters and stars. We also got to ride the carousel, that was kind of fun to do. Well, after the museum we went to the park for a while and played around. After we went to the park we went to the Golden Coral. The food was awesome, the rolls were the best I had four. Also the manager of the Golden Coral said that we were welcome back again at anytime to the restaurant, and also said we were very good. It was an ok field trip.  ~Hanah  

          Yesterday we went to Grand Rapids for a field trip.  My mom was a chaperone.  In my group was Jarett, Cameron, Devin, Payton, and Cameron’s mom.  In Grand Rapids we went to the Grand Rapids public Museum.  On the way up most of my class played there Nintendo DS.  My class mostly played Mario cart.  I played my sister’s DS and my PSP.  My favorite part was being in the planetarium.  In the planetarium we watched Space Chase.  I saw a cougar that was stuffed in a show case.  We had lunch in the museum.  My group walked to the sculpture in downtown Grand Rapids.  On the way back home we played Mario party.  We ate at the Golden Corral.  I had pizza and a honey bun it was good.  After we had a lot of ice cream.  We had a lot of ice cream because it was self serve.  I first had Vanilla with crushed cookies and then I had m & m’s and Vanilla and then I just had vanilla.  When we went home I played Payton’s PSP.  I had a lot of fun on the Field trip.  It was fun. ~Andrew Clarke                    

We went to the Public Museum of Grand Rapids yesterday. There were three floors and a lot to see. One of the exhibits we went to see took us an hour. Then we had lunch for half an hour. We watched the cyber chase in the planetarium. My favorite parts were the animal exhibit. Before we had lunch we went down the road to see a really big sculpture in downtown. After the planetarium we rode the carousal. Then we went to a park and played for a while. We went to the golden corral. We had the buffet. It was really good. Lawrence made a chocolate ice cream mountain. We had a lot of fun and a great time. ~J.S.

          This year the fifth grade went to Grand Rapids. We went to the public museum. There were tons of exhibits that we got to go to. The first one that we went to was the “dolls” exhibit. There were a whole bunch of dolls from a long time ago. There was also a “Juke box” that I got to select a song on. There were a whole bunch of other exhibits that we went to. Then we had lunch. There was a room that reserved for us. I had a tuna sandwich that my dad packed for me. It was DELICIOUS! Then we went to the planetarium. We watched a show called “Space Chase”. It was probably my favorite part of the whole trip because when you looked at the screen, you felt like you were moving with the main character. Then we went to the carousel. After that, we went to the playground to get all of our energy out. I went on the tire swing and Kelsey swung me around really fast. Then we went to the “Golden Coral” restaurant. I had two pieces of lemon meringue pie. Louise had a lot of ice cream smothered in chocolate so we were both really hyper! I had a great time, and I would really to do it again! ~J.M.

          On May 22, 2008 the fifth grade went on a fourteen hour field trip. The bus ride there and back was about two hours long. When we got there, the first thing the group I was did was explore all the levels of exhibits. I liked the animal and fish exhibit were you could look through glass and you can see all kinds of birds and animals in their habitat.
         The people in the group I was in were Mrs. Laws Tucker, Mrs. Tolin, Devin T, Katie, Thomas, Eric, and I. After exploring for hours we finally had lunch. Boy was I hungry. Then after eating a wonderful lunch, we went to the Planetarium. It was AWESOME!! It felt like you where actually in space and it was 3-D too. That was one hour long, but it was awesome. So when that was done we all got to go to the carousel. WEEE! I felt like a five year old at a circus. Then we loaded up the buses and headed toward the park. That was fun to, but Tucker and I almost got molded by geese that hissed at us. Next was the Golden Coral.  It was a nice little restraunt in Muskegon. I wasn’t very hungry but I ate. I was funny when Lawrence had an ice cream dish with ice cream in it about five inches tall. Finally we left the restraunt and headed towards home. I had fun at the Public Museum of Grand Rapids and I want to go again.  ~Gerald

     Yesterday’s field trip was exciting. Riding the bus didn’t take very long because I had stuff to do.  The planetarium was really cool. When the lights were spinning on the screen it felt like we were the ones spinning. In the nature part of the museum there was a lot of habitats. It showed like a forest habitat, a pond habitat, and there was a lot more habitats. In this one habitat it showed the forest floor magnetized. It showed a dead mouse. The mouse was big. It had a big leaf and a lot of big insects and bugs.  In the pond habitat you could see what was above and under the water. In this one room in the habitats there were these animals that looked so real. My favorite one was the wolves. The one with the wolves looked so realistic. There was a moose, a fox, and a possum habitat to. The egyptian exhibit was really exciting. They had real mummies and mummy tombs. Eric did this strange dance. He said it is so he doesn’t get cursed by the mummy. Instead of a t-rex skeleton like most museums have there was a whale skeleton. They had this part of the museum on the first floor showed what Grand Rapids looked like back then. They even had a Carousal. They had a lot of war stuff. In the planetarium Mr. Neph fell asleep. The second floor was really hi up. The third floor was really hi up. Eric said he didn’t want to get anywhere near the window. He said he was afraid of heights. In this one part of the museum they had a lot of life like animals. They even had a scorpion. On the bottom floor there was a dinosaur exhibit. It showed a mammoth tusk. There were felociraptor bones.There was even a skull of a t-rex. They had a skeleton of a mammoth. After the museum we went to a park. Then after the park we went to eat at the golden corral. The food there was really good. After that we went home. That museum was fun. I want to go there again someday.  ~D.T.

          On Wednesday May 21^st the 5^th grade classes went to a museum in Grand Rapids. The trip to the museum took about 3 hours. When we got to the museum we had to get in to our groups of three. The group I was in joined up with Megan’s group. After we looked around the museum we went to lunch. A few minutes later we went to see a show in the planetarium. The show was called Space Chase. The show was so cool. After that we had to start heading to a park. We went there so we could get some of our energy out. When we got done with that we went to this nice restaurant. We had an all you can eat thing. I had a lot of chicken. My favorite part was the planetarium. My other favorite part was the juke box room. The trip and museum was a very fun trip. ~Alexis

          I think the Grand Rapids field trip was fun. Some parts I liked about it was, the Egyptian exhibit was one of my favorite parts because I saw three mummies. Also while we were in there, I did the dance of the Egyptians to make sure no curse of the mummy would come upon me. I also liked the animal exhibit because you could push buttons and hear what the animals sound like. In the planetarium we watched a movie called Space Chase. It was fun and able to make you dizzy both at the same time. Also there was a “Mustached Whale” skeleton in the main room. There was even a World War I or World War II plane. Those are things I liked about the public museum of Grand Rapids. ~E.R.H.

My Favorite part of the field trip yesterday the 21^st was the Planetarium. I liked the Planetarium because there was a round screen above all of us. Another thing I liked about it was the screen moved and I felt like I was moving was moving too. Another thing I liked was the Carousel because Cameron and I would do stupid things like sit on it sideways and hug it which Cameron did. Then we rode the bus I played my PSP but then the Battery died. Then we ate at the Golden Carral. Lawrence had a huge plate of ice cream. Oh I almost forgot Cameron flicked me on the ear and had to say sorry. It was a lot of fun and it was the best field trip ever. ~D.C.

Yesterday my class went to the public museum  of Grand Rapids. I liked the movie because it looked like you were going around and upside down. The carousal was fun because you got to ride on a horse and I rode in a sleigh when Mr. Neph wasn’t looking. I danced around the pole with Jarrett. I liked the park because Russell pushed us on the tire swing I liked the golden corral because of all the food was good. I had a lot of fun on the field trip.  ~Kyler.

           On Wednesday May 21, the fifth graders went to the Gerald R Ford Museum. My favorite was the animal exhibit. There were fish, wolves, and a forest part in the exhibit. I liked the fish exhibit the best because I like to fish. They also had an ancient gun exhibit. It showed shotguns and rifles. My favorite gun was the triple barreled shotgun. After the museum we went to a park. Russell found a game that made you want to BARF! He spun kids around super hard. Then we ate at the Golden Corral I had five helpings of food. The hand dryer put craters in your skin! Then it was back on the bus. I want to do that again.  ~E.L.H.

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