Calendar Items:
October 19th: Guest Speaker Anette Stephens
October 21st: SATURDAY optional field trip – Brighton Lakes. SIGN UP HERE ASAP. This will be about the same length as the last hike (4.5ish miles) but we will gain a bit more elevation. Trail info HERE. This is one of my favorite hikes! Dress warm with layers, good hiking shoes. Bring your field work equipment and water and snacks/lunch. We’ll meet at 9:00 am at the Park n Ride in Orem (off of Center Street by the freeway map here) and those in the south end of the county can meet me at the Spanish Fork Macey’s at 8:30 am.
October 26th: BIOME PRESENTATIONS: Esther Hunsaker (Coral Reef), Ivan Swan (Hydrothermal Vent), Cameron Barney (Desert), Daniel Silva (Urban), Joy Hopkins (Tropical Forest), and Simon Buck (Grassland)
November 2nd: BIOME PRESENTATIONS: Liberty Brems (Cloud Forest), Isabelle Savage (Marine), Esther Levie, Lila Andreason (Tundra), and Rebecca Twyman. SEE HERE (scroll down) for the presentation requirements.
Homework Items:
Work on your Biome Presentations. See above for your day to present. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out. SEE HERE (scroll down) for the presentation requirements.
Prepare for our guest speaker watching the following documentary: “Flight of the Butterflies.” You should be able to find this on various video watching platforms, but the link should take you to Amazon Prime Video to rent it for about $2. Mrs. Stephens has requested everyone watch this so that when we come together on Thursday we are all on the same page. I have not seen this documentary yet. This one WILL NOT COUNT as one of your 2 documentaries for the semester, BUT if one of your Personal Enrichment Projects is to watch ADDITIONAL documentaries, I will let it count as one of those. (for instance, a goal could be watch 5 extra documentaries and write the 5 extra reaction papers.)
Study up on different animals that migrate and hibernate. We’ll be doing an activity on migration and hibernation the hour before Mrs. Stephens comes. The more you know, the faster you’ll be at the activity.
REMEMBER:
You need to complete FOUR reaction papers (for two books and for two documentaries) as well as EIGHT nature journal pages this semester. We are half way done, so make sure YOU are half way done. If you need help with anything, let us know. (You can do nature journal pages in your backyard. You do not half to go hiking or deep into the mountains or anything.)