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Alabama field trips

Birds and trails

January 16, 2016 by Amy Leave a Comment

Last week we traveled with Steady Eddie down to Pelham, Alabama, and visited the Alabama Wildlife Center at Oak Mountain State Park.  We went about a year and a half ago, so we knew what to expect:  a working facility where we might expect to see any sort of bird there for rehabilitation.  There are … [Read more…]

Posted in: Education, Nature Tagged: Alabama field trips, Field Trips

Shiloh

December 27, 2015 by Amy 1 Comment

We visited Shiloh National Military Park on our last official school day before breaking for Christmas.  (But yes, we’re Learning All the Time.  😉 )  This was a perfect way to end our year and also to cap off our Civil War studies.  It was a beautiful, though quite blustery, day.  I’ll let the pictures … [Read more…]

Posted in: Education Tagged: Alabama field trips, Civil War, Field Trips, North Alabama Field Trips, northwest Alabama field trips, Tennessee Valley field trips, U.S. History

Odds & Ends–beach edition

October 16, 2015 by Amy 4 Comments

We spent the last five days or so at the beach–Ft. Morgan, Alabama, on the Gulf of Mexico and Mobile Bay.  It’s directly across from our usual beach haunt, Dauphin Island, and just as lovely. On the Saturday before we left, our robotics team competed locally with 20+ public and private schools in BEST robotics. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Bloggy Randomness, Education, Nature Tagged: Alabama field trips, Field Trips, Odds & Ends

Southeastern Raptor Center at Huntsville Botanical Garden

March 27, 2015 by Amy 2 Comments

On Wednesday we attended a raptor show at the Huntsville Botanical Garden.  It was put on by the Southeastern Raptor Center, a part of Auburn University’s College of Veterinary Medicine.  The show was about an hour long, and the very knowledgable and entertaining emcee spoke the entire time.  I think I learned more about the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Education, Nature Tagged: Alabama field trips, Field Trips, Nature, Nature Study

Odds & Ends: To Kill a Mockingbird Edition

December 27, 2014 by Amy 3 Comments

I did not get around to reading To Kill a Mockingbird this month for the Reading to Know Bookclub.  However, I did want to share a few pictures I took of TKM-related “stuff” when we took a field trip to the Alabama Archives in Montgomery back in August.  I’ve been meaning for oh, about four … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books, Education Tagged: Alabama field trips, Bookish Thoughts, Field Trips, Odds & Ends, Reading to Know Bookclub
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