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DA Field trip to the NC Museum of Natural Science

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It was a cold morning on January 27 2023, but not ordinary. The DA 6th grade went  on a field trip to the NC Museum of Natural Science. Once we were on the bus it was a 30 min bus ride to the museum. My favorite part of the field trip was the Underground NC exhibit. In this exhibit I could see a lot of cool gemstones. It was the first time I have ever seen an emerald in person. One of the emeralds was 1,000 carats, that is equivalent to 100 million US dollars. I also saw meteorites that have struck North Carolina. There were other gems and stones in the exhibit that I have never seen before, it was very interesting. 

My other favorite exhibit was the Nature’s Explorers exhibit. In this exhibit there was a fake NC marsh and you can use the sign to find cool objects in the marsh like a bird nest or a cool flower. Although my favorite part of the exhibit is the fish tank. In the fish tank there were real life fish with very long mouths. Since I was at the exhibit at 11:00 I got to see the staff feed the fish. It was fun watching the fish fight for the food. 

Overall I learned a lot in the museum and I had lots of fun. I recommend anyone willing to drive to Raleigh to give the museum a try.

Thanks to the DA teachers for the image.

DA Camps Hanes

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Last Thursday,  Durham Academy 6th grade and I drove to a YMCA camp called Camp Hanes. When we got to school there was a lot of commotion. I packed way too many things in my bag and it was very heavy. I put my stuff under the bus. I got on the bus. This was no ordinary bus, it was a fancy charter bus that had a long list of fancy amenities that would be too long to explain. I sat with a kid named Chris. This was no ordinary kid, he was a nice kid. He happily shared his candy with me. When we got there the intro was really fun and we got to explore our cabins. My cabin had a big bathroom and bunk beds. I got the top bunk. Soon we went to lunch and started our adventure.  

Of all the activities my favorite activity was archery. This was really fun because. We got to shoot almost really bow and arrows. The targets were about 20 to 30 feet away. Everybody got two turns and 5 arrows each turn. First we had a safety demonstration. Holding the bow was difficult at first but you get used to it. The teacher was very nice. On my first turn I got two arrows on the target, one of them was a bull’s eye. On my second turn I did really well and got all the arrows on the target. After this activity we had dinner then we went to sleep for the next day of Camp Hanes!  

 

The best part about Camp Hanes was being there with all my friends, and making new friends. I became better friends with a lot of the kids in my cabin. We did fun activities together like playing cards and having s’mores. We also did activities that you can’t do at school or home. I would like to thank all the 6th grade faculty at DA to make this happen and Camp Hanes for making it fun. This is definitely my favorite field trip so far.