We have been so busy going places and doing special projects, I almost forgot to upload some of of the photos from our adventures!  This spring we have focused on ecology, both the social studies aspect of human ecology as well as the more traditional definition of environmental science.  We’ve had a blast!  We wrote reports on hunter-gatherer societies and built a model of an ancient Incan city (Tiwanaku) and the surrounding terraced-field agriculture.  Just last week completed our huge topographical map of Africa after studying some of the ancient African kingdoms.  Our turtle’s tank has been used as our field station for ecological research.  The other classroom features, various algae, plants, our bog terrarium and biodegradation station, don’t hurt our hands-on studies either!  We also head out into world as much as we can.  The photos attached are from trips to various parks and the Atlanta Botanical Gardens.