Apple Orchard!

Storm Lake first graders traveled to Fort Dodge to the Community Orchard.  We took a tour of the facility and learned how they picked and sorted the apples.  We also saw how they made pies and cider.  We discovered  how the summer drought affected the apple trees and how many apples each tree produced.  

Butterflies!

First graders welcomed our Buena Vista County Naturalist, Katie, to talk with us about butterflies.  We learned how to tell the difference between male and female butterflies.  We also learned about their life cycle.   Afterwards, we went outside and tagged 12 butterflies.  Hopefully they will migrate to Mexico and someone will find their tag and report back to us!