We are back from safari and have so much to share! We had five FULL days out in the bush, experiencing two very different biomes within Kenya’s equatorial ecosystem. We spent our first 2 ½ days in the desert region of Amboseli at the foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro and our next 2 ½ days in the lush Maasai Mara amidst the most diverse migration of grazing mammals on earth.
We collected over 5,000 photographs, hundreds of video clips, and countless pages of notes about the plants, trees, animals, birds, water, landforms, and people of these two regions. We have become rich in knowledge to further enhance the fourth grade study of animal adaptations and we are equipped to launch a rich study about plants, landforms, and conservation for our fifth graders.
We were so delighted to hand deliver our students’ African Animal Adaptation books to our Maasai friends who taught us last year and provided much of the information found in the books. They were overjoyed to see all that the children learned and accomplished through the books. They were touched that the children wanted them to have the books and each Maasai person “OOhed and Aahed” over each page. Our fourth graders should know that their hard work was very much adored and appreciated over 8,000 miles away!
Please stay tuned for unbelievable safari sightings and stories!
5,000 pictures????! :)
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