Third Grade Marr
Park Field Trip
When: Thursday, April
24 8:40 – 2:20
Where: Marr Park,
Washington
What: Smithsonian
Exhibit
We’re excited to announce that the KE third graders will be
traveling to Marr Park on April 24th to see an exhibit on loan from the
Smithsonian that correlates with our Social Studies unit on the history of
communities.
A note about the exhibit:
The Washington
County Conservation Board has had the honor of hosting a traveling Smithsonian
Exhibit since January. April is the last chance to see this exhibit
before it moves on to another county. Entitled Listening to the
Prairie: Farming in Nature’s Image, this exhibit connects history and
natural history by covering America’s prairies and the change to
agriculture. The exhibit can be viewed at the Conservation Education
Center in Marr Park during regular center hours.
This exhibit
“will change how people think about agriculture in America. It’s about
growing food on the North American prairie and the forces of change that turned
grasslands into one of the most productive agricultural lands on earth.
These lands are our nation’s most fertile, diverse, fragile, and endangered
ecosystems, but they also serve as a model for environmentally sound
agriculture. The traveling exhibition focuses on how changes in this
ecosystem and other ecosystems across the country impact people and their
communities. It reveals information on how a natural ecosystem works, and
tells stories of farmers and ranchers who are farming in nature’s image.”
We’re in need of
several parent volunteers for this trip.
Unfortunately, with the large class sizes that we have, volunteers will
need to drive to Marr Park to meet us for the exhibit tour (we won’t all fit on
the bus). All students will board the
bus leaving from KE at 8:40 and will arrive at Marr Park at 9:15. We will wrap up our trip at 2:15 and return
to school at 2:45. Students wishing to leave with parent (and not ride the bus may do so with written
permission). If you’d like to volunteer, please contact your child’s classroom
teacher. (Once we know who our
volunteers are, we can let you know if you’d like to carpool with other
volunteers.)
Students will need a sack lunch for the trip. We will not provide a cooler, so pack
accordingly (student may bring insulated bags/personal coolers – please be sure
to label). If you need assistance with a
lunch, let your child’s teacher know.
-
Mrs. Young & Mrs. Hartsock
