Hi all,
I can't believe it's already Friday night and I'm leaving in the morning. I heard you had a terrible ice storm. I hope your families and your homes are all OK!
We had a good day here today. It was cold but the sun was out in the afternoon. We finished up our trees and collected rain gauges that were pretty full from yesterday. This picture that looks sort of like a white lantern is to protect where they have the thermometers. A lot fancier than our yogurt containers. Then we visited the education center they have here. It's really nice. I took a picture of their stuffed osprey. They were almost extinct here due to poisoning by pesticides, but they have made a good comeback.
At the end of the day we walked of the nature trails that goes along the water. It was beautiful.
I want to leave you with a few thoughts. In talking to all the scientists and people who work here, I really felt that although they wanted me to learn about nature and important issues like climate change, they care even more that YOU learn about them. They know kids like you care deeply about the environment. This gives us hope for the future. We really can change things if we all learn and we all try. So thank you for all your great questions and comments. This was really fun! See you Monday. Ms. Bennett