Cape Cod National Seashore

Hey y’all woodland hillers.  It’s day 4 of our Boston/Cape Cod trip and today has been a lot of fun. First, we visited the National Seashore Visitor Center and watched a really cool video about the formation of Cape Cod and what elements were used to form it. We then went on a hike where we learned even more about the formation of the cape. One thing that I found very interesting was that there are ponds around the island called kettle holes. The holes were formed by glaciers sitting in one area and dirt and sediments gathering around the glacier and when the glacier melts, it turns into a really cool looking pond and we got to see a lot of those. Once the hike was over, we did some lab activities on the beach and got to spend some solo time on the beach and relax in the sand. Our next stop was to the Costal Marine something. We saw a really cool skeleton of an entire whale that was so cool to look at. One of the best parts was the fact that we got to pick up trash on the beach. Now I feel as though all of us will look at the waste we use so much differently. We had a super cool night experience where we got to meet people from another school in Atlanta. There were so many cool opportunities on this trip that we’ve been on so far and I am so excited to see what tomorrow brings!

Plimouth Plantation & Woods Hole

Firstly, we gathered in the hotel lobby with our placed bags to eat a complimentary breakfast. Next, we set off on an almost two hour trip back in time to the origin of Massachusetts with the pilgrims of Plimoth Plantation. We first went to a recreation of a Wampanoag village; we heard from true descendants of the great tribe telling us intricate stories of how their ancestors lived. After that we walked down to the recreation of a Pilgrim village. We then saw historians dressed in original clothing and in character of a real life Pilgrim; they told us how they had learned how to survive on a different side of the world, and how  their voyage changed their livestyle forever. After  we departed Plimoth Plantaion we went to the quaint town of Woods Hole, known internationally for their developments in the Marine Biology world. We split  into two groups, A and B. First, group A left with Zephler Marine on a boat for a lesson in the creatures of the depth of the ocean, while group B learned about the important work being done for the cure of Alzheimers. We learned how a storm comes onto the land and how it can change the typography. We then left and drove to a park and settled down to eat pizza and vegetables. We then left for our sea camp to star gaze on the beach, but the immense amount of rain made us reschedule.  We can not wait to explore the science and history of Cape.

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JFK Library and Freedom Trail

May 15th- Sia and Isabel

Our second day in Boston was a great day to relate to our cycle theme of “Foundations”. We visited multiple historic sites and were able to experience the lifestyle of those who lived in Boston during the American Revolution as well as WWII and the Civil Rights Movement. We started off the day at the JFK Library, where we learned about the things JFK changed for the better and how much he cared for the people of his country. Though he served a short term, the impact he made on the world will be captured in his beautiful memorial library. This related back to our trip to the south last year in which we learned about how much JFK fought for equality of all people through the Peace Corps. Our tour guide Sam took us through many exhibits and was very informative and provided us with very interesting details about the life of President John F. Kennedy, such as primary documents from his term in the office as well as audio recordings of him during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Through these presentations we got an inside look on his diplomatic thought process and how he guided Americans through the time period. After we visited the JFK Library, we took a trip to the Boston Commons to walk the Freedom Trail. We had a tour guide in character whose name was Elizabeth, and as she explained, was the first woman to ever sign a prenuptial agreement. During the tour we visited multiple sites which we had all individually learned about prior to the trip. We also learned about the heroics and bravery the founding fathers took upon themselves to create our society today. One of the first stops was at a cemetery were the tour guide talked about the Puritans and how their lifestyle and religious persecution across the seas led them to shape Boston the way they did. But the main topic of the tour was Paul Revere and his iconic Midnight Ride which was written about by Longfellow, and was a foundation of the American Revolution because it brought the colonists together to face one oppressive enemy, the British crown. After we finished up the tour and visited the Paul Revere house along with the Old North church, we practiced our independence skills by having a free choice of dinner at Quincy Market. We were each given $15 dollars and an hour to go about and find dinner for ourselves as well as stick together with our peers. After a hot day in the sun, with some rain towards the end, we returned to our hotel rooms for a night of card games and a trip to the gym for some.

Lexington and Concord & Salem

Hello!  Welcome to part one of our trip blog. Yesterday we departed from our school at 8:30 a.m. and set out on our school trip. Our first location was the Minute Man Visitor Center and we watched a 30 minute multimedia about Paul Revere and the Midnight Ride. We then traveled to the Hartwell Tavern where we had a very cool presentation on the goods that were made and imported during the time period we are studying. After our program was done, the Ranger fired a musket in the field around the Hartwell Tavern. We traveled to Salem and had a tour called the “Witchy Walking Tour”.  Our tour guide showed us around Salem and told us stories about haunting and things that have happened in Salem. After this, we had a delicious dinner at “The Brothers Tavern” and went back to the hotel to rest up for the next day of adventures.

Post contributed by Molly