On our Community Walk yesterday, we walked to Reader Rock Garden. (Sophia) We did the Layered Listening activity again. Our volunteer put on a timer for 30 seconds and we had to write down what we heard for 30 sec, and then we did it for 1 minute, and then 5 minutes. Then, we did a nature sketch. (Priya)
"I learned that the main noises that you hear all the time like car noises are distracting from the nature sounds." ~ Bianca"I was also annoyed by all of the car noises. I really tried hard during the 5 minutes to listen to the nature but I kept hearing the train bells. I felt really bad for the animals. I bet for the wild animals like coyotes, their prey would be leaving, making it hard for them to hunt." ~ Charlotte
"In five minutes, people kept laughing. I heard yawning. I heard a lot of noises which was annoying." ~ James
"I learned that noise pollution affects a lot of things. It reminded me of the Telus Spark dome show last year when we learned about a bunch of frogs that was in a small pond and how a year later, there wasn't a lot of frog noises in the pond because a new highway was built and there were almost no frogs left." ~ Abby
"I feel really badly for the animals because they have to listen to the car noises and train noises all day." ~ D
"There were lots of train noises. The saddest part of it was that animals are starting to leave their homes. Some animals are trying to hunt for their food before wintertime and when they hibernate. I really enjoyed walking on the Elbow River pathway. I heard the river and it made me feel peaceful. We saw lots of bees. We also saw one collecting pollen." ~ Desiree"We saw this plant that was a hitch-hiker. It had tiny hooks on it so it would stick to you, as you can see in the picture." ~ Sophia
"At my old school, there was a Grade 2 class that did a nature walk but one of the animals was scared of them because of how much noise they were making." ~ Bianca
"The burrs that stuck to my pants, when you take them off, the hooks fall off and dig into my pants which makes it uncomfortable to walk around in." ~ Jaxton
"When I was at the Reader Rock Garden, I heard a bunch of people walk by talking. I thought it was disrespectful because it's supposed to be a safe place for animals and people. I heard lots of trains and cars and it didn't feel like a safe place for animals to be." ~ Jasper
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| This is a sage plant. We saw a woman from the restaurant come out and pick some to put on people's plates because they are edible. |
