On May 21 I went on a field trip to
the school ship. My mom chaperoned for Jarrett, Kyle, and me. My
favorite thing to do on the ship was chemicals. We got to mix the
chemicals to find how much oxygen and PH were in the water. The ship was
a schooner so it had two masts. Mrs. Bennett and my bus driver Steve
were in our group. I also liked digging in the mud for living things. It
was so cold some of us had to ask for an extra coat. Every one got to
steer the ship. It was fun! Kyle and I got to put up a sail all by our
selves. After putting up the sails my hands were numb. Mrs. Bennett took
a lot of pictures on the ship. I had a lot of fun on the trip. ~James
S.
On Monday, May 21 the
5th grade went on a field trip on the Inland Seas Schooner. You would
know it's a schooner because a schooner has to have two masts. We left
school at seven and came back at two-thirty. The first thing we did was
go in a building and see all the stuff that lives in the lake. Then the
main director Mr. Davis led us to the boat. I would say it was the
coldest day of the year. Before we got on the boat the captain Mr. Hale
went over the safety rules. He picked me to demonstrate how to put on
the life jacket. Captain Hale said we didn't have to wear one though. My
groups first instructor was Barb. Weather was the first thing we had to
do. After all the testing of the water and the air Mr. Davis showed us a
new tool. It was called an otter trawl. It was used to catch fish. They
needed four volunteers to help them. He picked Hope, Kelsey, McKenna,
and me. I go to throw the net in. Then when we had to pull it in the
rope was wet so after a minute our hands were frozen. Mrs. Catanese kept
cheering us on. When we got it all pulled in we found out that it was a
dud. So the crew did it again and the got I think five round gobies. Out
of all the stations my group started with the plankton. We put the
plankton under a microscope. There were thousands of them. It was very
fascinating. All we had was five minutes so we didn't get the chemical
station done, but we found that our water was clean. The most fun
station there was in my opinion was steering the ship. We had to repeat
everything he said so that if he made a mistake he could fix it. In the
benthos station we looked in mud for critters. Chloe and I found at
least five worms. The next station was stewardship. Stewardship means
taking care of the land and water. The last station was fish. We learned
all about all the different fish. After all of it was over we had to
group on the ship and take two pictures for their website. When we were
all on the bus it was one o'clock so we had to eat on the way home. I
thought it was a very fun trip. ~ Katie B. |
On Monday, May 21 my class went to Inland Seas. My Grandpa came with me
and we were in a all girl group with Hope, Chloe, Katie, Kelsey, and me.
I had a fun time! My favorite part was looking at the fish. There are two
types of plankton. Phyto plankton and Zoo plankton. It was very
interesting to see the ship. The ship was called a schooner and was 42
tons. We got to go down inside of the ship and look at plankton under a
microscope which was very cool. Then we went over to the chemical
station. We would put water in this measuring tube and then put dye in
the water to match the color on the side of the measuring tube. The next
station was where we had to spray a tub full of mud down to see if we
could find something alive and moving. Hope was the only one who found
something. It was a red worm, very interesting looking too. Our group
then went over to the fish station which was my favorite .A man that was
in charge of the station showed us a Round Goby. I thought it looked
cute, but then he said they were invasive which made me change my mind
right away. He had a big fish tank of them. In the tank were two
crayfish. One of them was invasive, but didn't hurt anything and the
other one was a native crayfish. Then the next station was steering the
schooner. The captain told us that when he said a command we had to
repeat it so if he made a mistake he could fix it. That was pretty cool
too. Finally the last station was talking about the Great Lakes and how
to help. We talked about the Asian Carp that were trying to make it into
the Great Lakes. I had an idea that they should not use an electric
fence, but use a barbed wire fence that went all the way to the bottom
and about six feet tall out of the water so the carp don't jump right
over the fence. I had an awesome time and I want to go again sometime.
~Samantha B.
We went
to Suttons Bay and went on a ship. I had fun. We got to steer a boat.
The instructors name was Tim Davis. We used chemicals. We used a
microscope to see plankton. Zoo plankton are animals, and phido plankton
are plants. Phido plankton create 50% of our earths oxygen. We looked
around in mud to find sea animals. We found little red worms mostly.
Some of the worms were orange. We also found one that looked like it had
a shell. It also had little black lines on its back. It looked like a
yellow tan. I had a lot of fun at Inland Seas. ~Guage W.
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