Students take field trip to Pick Preserve
SCCF
The Sanibel School’s fourth-graders recently joined Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation educator Richard Finkel on a sensory awareness exploration along the Pick Preserve nature trail. Located across the street from the school, the SCC preserve is an ideal setting to incorporate environmental science into teachers’ curriculum goals. During the scavenger-hunt type activity, the students were challenged to find things that do not readily stand out to a casual observer, which led to a discussion of camouflage, observation skills and why some things in nature are easily seen while others might remain obscure. The lesson inspired the students to create poems from sights, sounds and thoughts.