Grand Rapids — When it came time for third-graders in the environmental science school, C.A. Frost Elementary, to learn about adaptation, teacher Crystal Schultz saw an opportunity to expose students to a natural resource right in their own backyard.
Schultz took her students on a trip to Millennium Park, where they learned to fish and explored how fish survive in their environment.
Students practiced putting worms on hooks, casting lines, reeling in their catches, and identifying and measuring the fish they caught. During breaks in the action, they wrote acrostic poems based on fall-themed words like “leaf” and “pumpkin.”
Representatives from Kent County Parks were also on hand to talk to the third-graders about the importance of the park’s native plants.
SNN’s videographer tagged along to document the students’ fall adventure at Millennium Park.
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