Into the Woods
By Padma Doppalapudi
Experience
Day| 01
Learning the Rules
We learned many different things today like nature writing and exploring the different environments around us. Started to create a blog about my experiences during my exploration through out the STEMmersion.
Day | 02
Exploring Cox's Arboretum
Today we went the arboretum and explored different types of wildlife, plant life etc. We also wrote a Haigu poem which is version of a Haiku but relates to an image.
Day | 03
Water Treatment & Poems
Today we made poems based of a children book but, about water. And learned about how they treat the water and where it comes from.
Day | 04
Kayaking on the River
We made a recipe poem based on a body of water. Then listened to a Ted Talk about listening.This helped to listen to the surrounding a little bit better. We kayaked through the Little Miami River today. I had to learn from the start as this was my first time.
Day | 05
Narrows Nature Preserve
We went to the Narrows Nature Reserve center today. It was very interesting as we hiked a lot and learned about many different things in the wild. Also, we made a field nature journal to record our observations.
Day | 06
Carriage Hill Farm
We listened to a story based on a 19th century farm and then created short story from the perspective of a object, person or thing. Then we went to Carriage Hill Historical Metro Park where explored the life of 19th century farming.
Day | 07
Delco Park
We went to Delco Park near our school. We met up with horror writer Rob E. Boley and did a writing workshop. Then we explored all of the park and did the small world activity where we observed the world below in different perspectives.