McNary National Wildlife Refuge

My fourth field trip of the year was with Aidan today. I have now gone on a field trip with all of my kids this school year. It was one of my goals with having all four kids in school all day this year. Aidan's class went to the McNary National Wildlife Refuge. Aidan was so excited for this trip. He soaked up everything that they were told. 

He liked looking at things under the microscope.

I think one of his favorites was looking through the microscope at the water samples. He could see all the tiny little animals and organisms moving around in the water. Then he'd draw what he saw in his field notebook.

Aidan took this picture of the ducks in the Bird Blind. It's a little shed type building right on the water  where people can go to observe birds. 

Writing in his field notebook. :)

He liked the fur of the wolf.

He learned about animals, birds, and plants that are in our area. One thing he learned that stuck with him is Cheat Grass. It's a clump of grass that grows first before other plants can grow so it gets most of the water and takes it from other plants giving it the name Cheat Grass. It cheats the other grasses and plants from getting much water. I don't know why but it's something Aidan remembered and has talked about since he got home.