This Tuesday, the seventh grade of my school went to the Fresno Chaffee Zoo. We all went around to many stations, along with trying to find an animal we researched in a smaller group of three or four. My favorite station was the dinosaur station. At that station, the group was actually accomplishing something, instead of solving random math formulas for elephant weight. The dinosaur station involved trying to excavate a whole skeletal replica of a tyrannosaurus rex. The group made some progress, and we uncover some vertebrae, leg bones, and teeth.
Another interesting station which may have tied for favorite was the Sea Lion Cove station. At that station, we tried to determine which was more insulating: a plastic bag, fur in a plastic bag, or blubber in that same plastic bag. The insulators were tested against frigid ice water. The blubber insulated the best against the cold, but when coupled with the fur, it was even better. The whole point of that exercise was to demonstrate why sea mammals have blubber and fur.
Another interesting station which may have tied for favorite was the Sea Lion Cove station. At that station, we tried to determine which was more insulating: a plastic bag, fur in a plastic bag, or blubber in that same plastic bag. The insulators were tested against frigid ice water. The blubber insulated the best against the cold, but when coupled with the fur, it was even better. The whole point of that exercise was to demonstrate why sea mammals have blubber and fur.
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