Ever since Blake went on his first kindergarten field trip last year to Sea World, Garrett has been counting down the days until he gets to go. That day finally arrived and Garrett embarked on his first official field trip with his kindergarten class.
After the excitement of the novel yellow school bus ride, the kids and parent volunteers headed into the park for a day of "being scientists" as Garrett's teacher so eloquently put it. There was the penguin encounter where we watched the penguins dive for fish,
touching and being splashed by the bat rays and dolphins,
lots of giant aquariums full of exotic fish like piranha and eels, holding starfish at the tide pools,
being entertained by the sea lions at the sea lion and walrus show,
being mesmerized by the beautiful beluga whale
while exploring a polar bear cave and touching real walls of ice
and of course riding the tunnel through the shark tank. In fact, there wasn't much we didn't see at Sea World (except Shamu). It was in fact a day packed full of fun learning by experience and being scientists.
That being said...ironically one of the highlights of the day was seeing the the guy donning scuba gear while cleaning one of the gigantic fish tanks. Go figure. Leave it to the mind of a five year old to transform this unintentional "exhibit" into yet another unexpected and interesting lesson in science. All in all, a day well spent with my little Garrett.
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