Many of the students were excited to see an a real life axolotl in person. Most students recognized them from the Minecraft game that they all loved playing.

During my final practicum, one of the last things that I did was to take my class and our “Little Buddy” class on a field trip to the Exploration place. This was the culmination of a unit our class had been doing in Science about the Nechako white sturgeon.

During the unit, the students learned about the Nechako white sturgeon. By the end of the unit, the students knew:

• What a sturgeon is and why it is important

• The biology and ecology of sturgeon

• About endangered status

• Where the Nechako River watershed is

• What a riparian zone is and why it is so important

• What you can do to help the Nechako white Sturgeon

For the unit, I got all of my resources from:

 www.nechakowhitesturgeon.org

and I also read them the book:

“The Tale of the Great White Fish” by Maggie Devries.

The Nechako white sturgeon was the star of the visit since our class had been already learning about them in Science class.

This field trip was an excellent learning experience for me because I got to learn how to plan a field trip, all of the necessary forms that needed to be sent out and returned signed. The amount of money that needed to be raised. The scheduling of the buses that we would need. The number of adults to children that would be needed to chaperone. As well as scheduling with the Exploration place a time when both of our classes could come and visit the museum.