One such game included placing large wooden cutouts of each stage of a plants life in the correct order. Riveting... I know. I can tell you all are waiting on the edge of your seat to know more about this lifecycle game but I will spare you because the best is yet to come.
After the exciting game, the students put on their hiking shoes and ponchos. We were off. The Park Ranger who lead the class was surprisingly patient with the students, for they were running around like chickens with their heads cut off.
As we approached the end of our hike, I was surprised that no student had gotten himself into too much trouble. I scanned my students. I spoke too soon because as I glanced at their little faces, one boy had a smear of green goo across his mouth. He was chewing on some strange leaf and had this green mystery slime all over his hands and face. It kind of reminded me of the slime from Nickelodeon. Disgusting. I then quickly grabbed him by his hand and pulled him over to the park ranger to show him the leaf he enjoyed so much. Fortunately for the student, it was "The least harmful plant he could have chosen to eat. There are lots of nasty plants that would have made him as sick as a dog."
Pleased with myself that no student had decided to eat a poisonous plant on my watch, I let the park ranger regain control, or at least try to, of the class. We finished our hike and the students piled back onto the bus. A double decker bus. I had never riden on a double decker bus before this and of course I got to sit on the top both to and from the environmental center. The perks of being a teacher are pretty sweet right? (just a hint of sarcasm hidden within there)
And the best part about the trip was that the bus ride home... was absolutely silent. No kids screaming or kicking or yelling at one another. They were all so tired that half of them fell asleep.
I supposed the moral of this post is, don't eat things you find in the forest.
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