Red, green and yellow. Salmer Bader, a fifth-grade student at Johnson Elementary, learned that these are the colors that poison ivy can turn in the fall.
It was an observation he and his Johnson Elementary classmates made while hiking the Wells Gulch Trail in Lory State Park as part of a three-day Eco Week adventure this month.
The students also fished, shot bow and arrows and asked a lot of questions.
For classmate Omar Campos, “this was my first-time hiking, and it was tiring. There were a lot of rocks.” He did, however, like the view of Horsetooth Reservoir – the first time he has ever seen it.
Ultimately, Eco Week is an opportunity for students get their hands dirty and dig into learning more about the world.
This excursion allows students to hang out with their friends, hike, explore and learn about the environment that surrounds them. They learned about ecology, the ecosystem and how plants and animals interact together in various terrains.
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