Rendezvous

One of the big field trips for 4th grade is Rendezvous. I was able to tag along as a chaperone with Emmrey's class. I was pretty excited about it since I did it with both Bailee and Karsyn in Cody. This one was a little different than what I was expecting. It was held at Fort Collins Museum of Discovery, which is a cool place in itself, but not really "Rendezvous like".  There are six learning stations around the museum grounds that offer hands-on activities for the kids to learn how human and environmental interactions have shaped Colorado. Our group was the Miners. We first learned about how mining has evolved and the kids got to pan for gold. 

 After some classroom time, we went to the Digital Dome for a show about the night sky in Colorado 

(too dark for pics).

 Next we went to the Rooftop deck for a presentation on the evolution of transportation. The kids got to use binoculars for a "forms of transportation" scavenger hunt overlooking Fort Collins.

Emm and Tania

 We had our lunch on the rooftop as well. It was just starting to look like rain .....

my feet, Emm, Addie, Tania, Rylan;)

 We made it to the near end of our fourth rotation at the outdoor amphitheatre when the rain started pouring down. With no signs of letting up and two more outdoor stations, 

the teachers decided to call it a day. 

The kids were disappointed about having to cut it short, but these two enjoyed the ride back to school!