Expedition Days

What are Expedition Days?
Expedition Days are a wonderful outdoor learning opportunity where students are encouraged to actively engage in the outdoors, observe, problem-solve, and share ideas. All of the 2nd-4th grade classes participate in an expedition either in the fall or spring on two consecutive Fridays from 9:00-10:00 am.  Topics are numerous and vary depending upon our expeditions leaders’ interests and expertise. Students choose from the variety of expedition topics and have the benefit of working in small mixed-aged groups of approximately 8-12 students.

Here’s a list of some of our topics:

• Insect Safari
• Courtyard Poetry
• Nature Scavenger Hunt
• Botanical Art from the Garden
• Herbology
• Photography in Our Own Backyard!
• Experts in Fields and Streams
• Bird Calls, Bird Identification and More
• Trees, Trees, Trees
• Milk Carton Birdhouses and Bird Watching
• Integrating Nature and Technology Scavenger Hunt
• Cleaning up the Stream bed in Tuckahoe Park
• Swarming Slime and Stinky Soil: Growing Bacteria at Tuckahoe!
• Measuring the Heights of Trees Using Handmade Clinometers
• Worms at Work!