Effigy Mounds and Outdoor Day Memories

Two favorite activities in the fall find us outside enjoying the sunshine!
This year the 6th graders had many opportunities to share the sunshine with others.
Outdoor Day was celebrated right in our back/side yard. Prairie plant identification, Introduction to archery, BB gun safety, Haiku poetry writing, and Environmental games brought the students and adults together under a windy blue sky.
Hiking at Effigy Mounds is always an adventure. This year the students could see and hear many birds and chipmunks as they walked along the trails and mounds in this spectacular park.

Mississippi River Aquarium & Museum Trip

What a day! The sun was shining, the lunches were packed, and two yellow school buses headed to the Mississippi River via Dubuque.

This trip completed an environmental unit taught in all subject areas concentrating on oceans and rivers. Groups were shown the different aquatic animals and plants that make up our amazing water habitat along the Mississippi River. The environmental impact pollution and erosion has on all of us was shared. Students and chaperons enjoyed the picnic lunch and time to just relax in the river breeze.


Special thanks goes out to Northeast Iowa Charitable Foundation for making this trip possible!