Intensive Learning @ MFS
The World At Your Fingertips
A beautiful day for an adventure outside of the classroom! Getting an early start to our day, we traveled to Pakim Pond, in the Brendan T. Byrne State Forest (formerly Lebanon State Forest) for a day of hiking, exploring and as usual — creating. It was refreshing to travel less than 30 miles from...
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Today was day 3! We went on a fun hike in the Pine Barrens. When we got to Pineland Adventures in Shamong, our tour guide John Volpa gave us an overview about the Pine Barrens and the history about the bog iron industry that developed there. Then we took a bus to the starting...
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The second half of our day was getting out of the classroom and taking an adventure in Palmyra Cove Nature Park. It was a bit chilly, but the sun and water made it a great departure from the classroom. We found all sorts of beauty in the nature from the rocks, roots, branches and...
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Today was a very adventurous day hiking in the Pine Barrens. First, we walked around a museum exhibit about pinelands ecology and industry at the Historic Batsto Village. We learned about the history behind the Pine Barrens, like the glass mills and factories. Also, the group learned that iron and glass was produced in...
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This morning we sat outside at the foot of a volcanic escarpment and wrote about the journey we have taken together over the last week. Here are some excerpts: The following day was probably my favorite. This day we hiked down 800 feet to the bottom of the Rio Grande Gorge. That was one...
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Today our Exploring Art group spent our time in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey. After we arrived in the Pine Barrens and had a quick tour of the lake, students began working on their individual or group projects. Regardless of the 30 degree weather, we were able to get a lot of unique...
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Today was the day we’ve all been waiting for (especially Erin) … PANDAS!! We went to the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding and saw both giant and red pandas. The red pandas were definitely more active and playful. The babies were super cute too. We also learned about breeding at the reserve...
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Day Four The first stop on our adventure today was the Woodford Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge. At the Wildlife Refuge we learned about the processes and care that are needed in nursing hurt animals back to health. Some of the animals we saw included: owls, hawks, vultures, squirrels, foxes and deer. We walked around...
Continue readingLast Day We started the day with very cold weather (62 degrees) – what a chill in the air! Off to practice at 9:00 AM. Practice went very well. We continue to get better with each workout. Spending two and half hours in this chilly weather does take a toll but we all worked...
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The day started out with the joy of hiking two miles to put our stuff back in the U-Haul. Once we were finished, we cleaned the cabin and prepared for the day’s hike. After three miles we ate lunch in a five star cabin. We hiked farther and had to cross over state lines....
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Day Two: The Hike The second day after we arrived in New Mexico, we were off to hike its rough terrain, the Rio Grande Gorge to be exact. Eight hundred feet of its beautiful landscape. We survived steep hills and rocky trails....
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… or longer, someone in the Fox clan carved this into the cliff face so that people would know that this is where the Fox family lived. Foxes been going for a long time!...
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The kids are, I hope, blogging about our day, but here’s my own journal. Yesterday was pretty much what you’d expect from a day-long trip. Lots of waiting, less than spectacular food, the exhaustion that comes with sitting all day. But all flights were on time, and all connections worked perfectly, and we arrived...
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