We went to Bois de
Coulonge with Ms. Beatty’s class on September 24 during the morning. We wanted to
practice for science, geography, as well as enjoy the fresh air and fun. First,
we had to learn about triangulation, latitude and longitude and how to use a
GPS unit. When we got there, we visited the park. Miss B told us the limits and
we searched, as a class, to find the canister number 1. Our teacher also told
us all of the remaining 9 canisters were in trees. When we were all done, we
had to go back to the fountain. When we found one of the containers, we had to
take a picture of the tree with someone’s I pad. Then, we had to take a token
out of the container and take it along with us, while replacing the canister.
It was fun using the GPS units because they
were new for some of us and they told us where to find the “treasure” which was
kind of cool. Since we were working as a team (we worked with the people at our
table) we had a certain amount of GPS units by group. I also liked it because the place was pretty
and it wasn’t a serious lesson. At the end, we had chocolate fingers! During
the hunt, some of us say a wood pecker!
Alyson, from my
class, says: “It was fun to be out with the class.” Miss Bowles’ class did the same activity last
week.
By Jane-Helene Dugas
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