A Visit to the Montshire Museum

Nelson School’s sixth graders spent the night at the Montshire Museum in Norwich, VT on Thursday, June 3.

They arrived at the museum around 6:00 pm, after an early dinner at Friendly’s, and spent the evening rotating in small groups through three different activities:  StarLab, Evening Walk, and Science Discovery Lab.  The activities were followed by a light evening snack and then the students drifted off to sleep in the main exhibit hall.

In the morning, following breakfast, the students headed out to explore some of the trails with a self-guided nature hike.  As the sun came out and the day began to warm up, the sixth graders put on their bathing suits and splashed around in the 250-foot interactive watercourse.  They had a lot of fun floating balls downstream, making dams by redirecting the water flow, and watching patterns of light and shadow as water spun around cylinders and moveable shapes.

Nelson School’s sixth graders had a wonderful class trip, and would like to thank all those who supported their fund raising efforts this year.