Over expedition in life essay 500 words.
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In Our Place, Our Home, Our Community Expedition, we looked closely at the new schoolhouse property and surrounding area of Somesville. The question, “What does Home mean to us?” guided our work. The children reflected on the attributes of their own homes, along with places in their life that feel like home. They solidified practical knowledge of their home town, street and address, and of the geographical location of our new schoolhouse. We walked along our neighboring watersheds, met and interviewed the people who surrounded us-- from our local librarian, to the builder who was working our schoolhouse and grew up here on MDI-- and we learned many of the native species that share our school property. Each of us reflected upon the feeling that one associates with Home, as we explored, journaled, illustrated, drafted maps, and collected specimens-- all the while developing a newfound, meaningful relationship with our new Community School home along Babson Creek . As their final projects, the children created their “Sense of Place Mobiles,” collecting 5 found object that represented each: a body of water they know, a special place, a species they know how to identify, a person in the community they appreciate, and a sense of home. The children hung the objects from a branch they found, and wrote and/or illustrated what each object represented, ending in a presentation to a partner, then a sharing afternoon with their parents. Salt Water Habitats
In our Expedition, Saltwater Habitats, we studied the Saltwater Habitats of MDI and surrounding areas. We asked the questions, “What makes this habitat unique?” and “Who lives here (plants and animals)?” On our outings, we explored almost each habitat that we studied and plotted it on a map along with the species we observed living there. Along the way, the children made written and illustrated entries in their Expedition Logs-- diagramming the intertidal, organizing creatures into like families based on their characteristics, and documenting the substrates and land forms that are quintessential to these habitats. As we observed the tides coming in and out each day and explored along its banks, one of our major undertakings was completing our own species inventory of Babson Creek. Another long-term project was taking an ocean poem that each child had written at Ship Harbor through several drafts to a final draft. For our final project, each child chose a saltwater plant or animal to study and illustrate through many drafts, the final of which was an acrylic painting on canvas to be put on our classroom underwater mural. The children worked on researching, drafting, and painting their species with the help of guest natural history illustrator, Amy Gagnon. Each child presented their animal, complete on the mural, along with a reflection on the process to the school and parent community.