Alisha A's John Muir Award

For the John Muir Award we picked a lot of rosebay willow herb and we found a little frog. Speaking of Willow herb, we talked to other classes and explained it was an invasive species and we need to reduce the numbers to help other plants grow to develop biodiversity. The other classes did a picking competition to see who picked the most. A week ago we were in pairs and one of us were blindfolded and the other one had to guide us to a tree. We had to feel it and identify it and guess which one it was. Anisa and I were partners and after that we got to do a scavenger hunt. We found a pigeon egg and a little froghopper who lives in the cuckoo spit to keep it hydrated. We read a book about Stickeen, John Muir’s friend’s dog and their adventures in Alaska. We were in groups of three and half the class were planting and the other half were doing a bioblitz. Amirah, Anisa and I were planting and our favourite part was watering the plants. Days later our group moved on to the bioblitz where we were finding bees, bugs and more. We found a brown-lipped banded snail. There was cuckoo spit everywhere , on leaves and all over us. We also found a bee mimic hover fly and mice. We have enjoyed the John Muir Award and learned lot’s of new stuff. My favourite wild activity all year has been making a fire.