FLOATING SEA LAB

Rena's class got to take a field trip on a "floating sea lab" and I got to go!  It was a great field trip (one of the best I've been on) -- the amount of "hands on" that they got to do and experience was amazing.  They had such a great time and learned so much.

We started the day by loading the bus at 10am and heading to Mission Bay for lunch.  Rena and her friend Makayla on the first bus ride.......

After lunch we got back on the bus and went to the boat.  Rena and her friend Ashlyn on the second bus ride......

At one point Rena and Ashlyn were given the job of making sure the rope coming up out of the ocean made it back into this garbage can -- they did a pretty good job......

Throughout the afternoon the kids all got to touch things, test things, and just look at things.......

That's a seal laying on the platform behind Rena......

We got off the boat a little after 5pm and arrived back at school a little after 6pm.  It was a long day, but such a great day full of fun (and learning!)  :)