“Remember what Bilbo used to say: ‘It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.”” — J.R.R. Tolkien
And so it was, that the 4th & 8th grade classes embarked on a small adventure to explore the Mission Trail Regional Park. Partnered with buddies from Ms. Foster’s class, the 8th graders were focused on the following Essential Questions of the Day: Where does our water come from? What are some of the species that inhabit our local San Diego River Watershed?
Tracing our watershed upstream from Mission Valley, the San Diego River winds its way up past Qualcomm Stadium, along the edge of La Mesa until it arrives at Mission Trails. With the guidance of 4 different rangers, our buddy groups were able to separate for a better chance to investigate and observe the flora and fauna. Among the following species that we were able to capture on film, we saw a few species of hawks, a tarantula hawk which is not a hawk at all but rather a very large flying insect, as well as evidence for some much larger mammal species such as mule deer, raccoon, cottontail rabbit, kangaroo deer, & coyote.
