Today was a great day in so many ways: beautiful weather, an interesting, educational and fun field trip to the Natural History Museum and a picnic on the Mall! Oh, and it was Kaan's birthday! His father came on the trip and when we returned to school, he brought in homemade cupcakes to celebrate. Yum!
Our students got their hands onto bones and teeth from a person who lived during colonial times and determined the gender, age and general health of the person by examining them. We determined that the person was a female slave who most probably worked on a tobacco plantation. She was between 25 and 29 years old and lived a hard life.
After our studies in the forensic lab, we toured the "Written in Bone" exhibit and filled in a study guide created by Michelle and Eileen (our enrichment coordinators) to try to find the answers to mystery people who died long, long ago. Thank you Michelle and Eileen for all the background preparation you did to make this trip such a big success and thanks to all the parents who came on the trip to facilitate the learning/
Our homework this evening is to write a narrative essay about today's trip with a minimum of three paragraphs. The students learned a lot. I know I did!
There will not be a blog entry tomorrow due to the holiday weekend. Enjoy!
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