{"id":9804,"date":"2026-02-25T15:59:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T21:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thesummitprep.org\/3rd\/?p=9804"},"modified":"2026-02-25T15:59:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T21:59:13","slug":"nature-center-field-trip-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thesummitprep.org\/3rd\/2026\/02\/25\/nature-center-field-trip-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Nature Center Field Trip!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"100\">Yesterday third graders had a wonderful field trip to the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Springfield Conservation Nature Center<\/span><\/span>!<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"102\" data-end=\"496\">We attended a presentation about the expedition of <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Lewis and Clark<\/span><\/span>, and third graders did an amazing job answering questions about important dates and details of the journey. They learned more about how the explorers survived, including the animals they hunted for food and supplies. Students even got to feel real pelts from animals like bears, wolves, badgers, and bison.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"498\" data-end=\"745\">One of the most memorable parts was learning how Native Americans used every part of the bison. 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