Janae took her first field trip to the Butterfly Pavilion on Tuesday October 10. These are her words all about it:
"When we came in we got to go to this class and hold some Madagascar (which is right off the coast of Africa) Hissing cockroaches. Gigi's hissed, and mine just sat on my hand. It stuck to my hand, and was brown, black and very clean. It had a shell and everything (the thorax, abdomen and head) under it. After that we ate lunch, and after that we got to go EXPLORE the Butterfly Pavilion. We went into this room where there were more hissing cockroaches and other kinds of bugs and spiders, I mean arachnids, in tanks. Next we went to the Butterfly Room, and got to touch some leaves and see some butterflies. After that we went to a feeling room where you could touch starfish and horseshoe crabs - two were fighting in a tank. Then we went back to the room with the arachnid tanks, and I got to hold Rosie (a tarantula) and one more hissing cockroach. I had a GREAT time, it was fun, fun FUN! After that we went back to school and did a few things we had to finish up. After that we went home and the day was over. I loved going to the Butterfly Pavilion, and I want to go there again."
I (Amy) got to go along on this trip. I had a group of five 2nd graders that I kept track of, which was tiring (but better than keeping track of preschoolers). I don't really like creepy crawlies, but it was cool. I never thought I would hold a Madagascar Hissing Cockroach in my life, but I did. I also forgot the camera, so sorry, no pictures.
Here's the weblink to the Butterfly Pavilion, JIC you want to look:
http://www.butterflies.org/
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