Holiday Hills YMCA Trip
In September of 1997 and again in May of 1998 we took trips to the Holiday Hills YMCA in Pawling, New York. We participated in an Environmental Sciences Program. These are our stories:
The Trip by Devin
My class
took a trip to the Holiday Hills YMCA. We
went in the woods to learn about plants. We talked about seeds and how they grow. We saw
different kinds of animals. The animals we saw were birds, squirrels and fish. We also
talked about habitats. We saw holes in the ground in the trees and in the water. We played
games and one of the games was memory. We tried to catch different kinds of insects. Then
we saw different tracks of animals. Then it was time to eat lunch. We ate next to the
pond. Then we caught some fish, frogs and a turtle. I liked this trip because we learn
about the environment.
The Trip by Erica
On our trip we had a instructor named Karen Fisher
from the Holiday Hills YMCA. She told us all
about what we were going to do that day. First we sat in the middle of the woods and
played a game. The game was all about memory. She had showed us five items and then she
covered them up and asked us if we could name the items that she showed us. Next we had a
Easter egg hunt and learned about the life cycle or metamorphoses of bugs or amphibians.
Then we had to look for green, black, and brown fake worms on the tree branches. After
that we went into the meadow and caught grasshoppers, flies, and bees. Then we played
another game where someone has a water bottle and is blind folded while the people get
across. If he hears a sound that he can squirt you with it. Finally, we took a long walk
to the pond where we ate lunch and tried to catch some fish, frogs, worms, salamanders and
turtles. Then it was time to go back to school but we did not want to go because we were
having so much fun. I had a great time on this trip and I hope we come to do another
challenge with Karen Fisher.
The Trip by Mario
My class and I went to the Holiday Hills YMCA. We went in the woods to
learn about plants. We talked about seeds and how they grow. We saw some animals like
chipmunk, birds, squirrels, fish, and frogs. We played games like memory. We tried to
catch different insects. We saw different types of animals, insects, and trees. Some trees
have different colors because the leaves are dying. We also talked about how animals live.