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La Tercera School, Petaluma |
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Gabby
Audrey
Kendal
Tianna
I really enjoyed putting
in the dry water and hammering down the deer net.
The dry water reminded me of hair gel because it was so jiggly and
sticky. Its shape reminded me of a
worm, which we found lots of. Rolling
the dirt on the dry water was like putting fur on a caterpillar.
The deer net was fun too.
After the net was weaved on to the poles, I got to hammer it in around
the plant. I had to be careful because I almost smashed my finger about
three times. When we were done
putting the deer net on the plant, it looked like it was wearing a traffic cone.
Corinne
STRAW
I liked
our field trip to STRAW. I learned
that planting trees and flowers take a long time to plant.
Traveling to the cow field was gross.
I was scared of the electric fence because one of my friends, who was in
my group, got shocked even though the fence was off. Helping Mother Nature was hard and fun at the same time. If
we didn’t help, the watershed would be filled with weeds, and animals
wouldn’t want to live or eat any of the plants.
I hope I go to see the plants in a couple of years!
Working in a group was hard because we would keep arguing about who does
what, but at the end it was worth it, because I found out that all the kids
planted 99 plants. I hope they
start growing soon! Raveena
STRAW
My 5th
grade class and I went on a field trip called STRAW. One of my favorite parts was when we planted the plants.
I enjoyed gathering all of the supplies with Natalie then helping plant
them.
We
planted four plants. We all tried
to work in a group. John, Alexis,
Junyoung, Natalie, my Mom and I had to rake the hay, grass, weeds, and
everything but mud. Then we dug a
hole big enough to put the plant in the hole, put
in the dry water tubes, and covered it back up.
Then we put the safety guard on and the mat.
My
favorite plant was the Hawthorn. It was the biggest and last one there.
It was our 2nd plant planted by our group.
It took forever. It took us
like a half hour. We planted it by
the riverbank. That was my favorite
part of the STRAW field trip. Colleen
Dry
Water
I
enjoyed the dry water. It is so
squishy and it looks like gel. I
didn’t know what it was at first, but when they told everybody and we said,
“ew”. I thought it was cool.
I also didn’t know you should roll it in dirt before putting it in the
tubes that go into the plants. Cecilia
Dear
STRAW Helpers
I
thought the STRAW field trip was a great experience to show people what they can
do to help the Earth. I loved the
field trip because it was fun, but I also loved the fact that I was helping
Earth. I think that if enough
people get involved in the same thing we did that day, then there would be a lot
of improvements.