Monday, July 12th, 1:15 pm. Today the temperature outside is 87 at the time of observation. It is hot and humid with partly cloudy skies, a slight breeze, and a chance of thunderstorms later in the day (4-7pm).
Wonder Blog Mini Project:
For my Mini Project, I wanted to share my site and all the knowledge I gained over the past few weeks with someone important to me. This week I took my little sister (Aly) and dog (Bailey) on the Joppa Hill Loop Trail. When we arrived I asked Aly to do exactly what I had been doing for the past 3 weeks. I told her to be curious about everything. While at my site, I was able to help Aly identify a few different plants. We found some wild blueberry shrubs, an area of Eastern White Pine saplings, and a beautiful Black Oak tree with some massive leaves.
Being able to bring my sister and dog to my Wonder Site, definitely deepened my relationship with this area. After spending the past couple of weeks here, I now feel like I’m a little bit of an expert. So when I could share my knowledge about my site with a new person, it gave me this new sense of connection to the area that I’d never experienced before.
Each week when I went to my site, I tried to challenge myself with something new and out of my comfort zone, whether that be asking questions about things that confused me or trying to identify as many tree species as I possibly could. Each week was a new adventure. On this final visit, I decided to put all that to the test and see how much knowledge I could share with another person. Through challenging myself I was able to learn so much, which ultimately led me to have the confidence to share knowledge about my site with Aly (and Bailey).
Throughout my Wonder Blog, I have developed a relationship with this small area in my hometown. When I started, the Joppa Hill Loop Trail was somewhere that was meaningful to me, but now it has so much more significance. The Joppa Hill Loop Trail is not only a place where I can enjoy the beautiful trails, but it is also a place where I learned so much about things that truly interest me and I’m passionate about.
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