In The Spotlight : M1 Goes to Devikere In November our M1 students went on a Humanities fieldtrip to Rathnapuri on Lake Devikere for two nights. The purpose of this trip was observation, experimental research, collection of species for sampling and to provide students with experiences outside their everyday activities. This coincided with a number of units within the Humanities course including: Mapping, Biomes and Endangered Species. During the day, the students were able to explore the peaceful landscape while bird watching, setting camera traps and tracking animals. They sampled the water and collected over 50 different aquatic species. We also encountered over a dozen snakes. The students were super excited to not only view snakes in the wild, but also handle them. It was a fantastic trip and a great preview for the upcoming M1 trip to Coorg.
What They Did.....
What They Learnt...
We had to put up our tents and keep them tidy. Ms Benson gave us prizes for the best kept tent. We went for lots of walks and Gerry told us a lot of information about the farm. We went bird watching, sampled water, set up camera traps, and we went on night walks. We also looked at various snakes. Ebru Kaya & Mayank Naik
During this trip we learnt a lot. We learnt that while bird watching you have to be very quiet and alert. We also learnt that we always have to be careful about where we go, what we touch and always use a flash light in the night because you never know what animals can jump out at you. We learnt that we have to clean up after ourselves and not expect someone else to do it for us. We learnt where to put camera traps and how to sample water.
Anna Benson M1 Humanities Teacher / Trip Organizer
Nayeli Ehrhart & Ayesha Prashanth
Likes and Dislikes...M1's share their trip experience I really liked the trip especially when we were walking around the farm looking for snakes. The bad part was that the elephants were too aggressive in the Nagarhole National Park so we couldn’t get in.
The thing that I liked about the fieldtrip was that we got to know people better and we did lots of interesting activities. Elvira Zetterberg
Yuki Urata
What I liked about the camp was that we were so close to nature. We slept in tents and we went into the forest at night. What I didn’t like was that there were insects and red ants that bit me. I found it hard to see animals that were hidden in the forest both at night and during the day. Ella Wiss Mencke
I really liked the fact that we had to take care of ourselves by cleaning our plates and having to go to bed at a good time. The annoying thing was that there were ants all over our tent. Luckily none got in.
What I really liked about the trip was holding and releasing the checkered keelback water snake. What I didn’t like was when we went to Nagarhole National Park and found that we couldn’t get in.
Francesca Lanzarotti
Rohan Anand