Lake and Park School Explores the Journey of Charles Darwin aboard the HMS Beagle

During May and June the entire school has engaged in a study of Charles Darwin and the work he did as a naturalist aboard the HMS Beagle.  Our learning takes many forms.  Here are some journal entries and photos taken during our study.

Listening to the story while aboard the Beagle.

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Tree tree

Tree of life

Thank you girls and boys

Students on board the school model of the HMS Beagle

Bugs and things.

Dear Darwin,

I like your discoveries.

I look around me.

Love,

Anya

The Sea

By Franklin

The sea as smooth as glass.

As smooth as leather

As smooth as a flower.

As smooth as a dog’s ear.

Theory

Measuring specimens

By Rowan

I like to take walks in quiet forests

With one or two friends

Like Charles Darwin.

Self-Discovery

By Sadie

Self-Discovery means you find out who you are.

Maybe my talent is golf.

Maybe my hobby is acting.

Maybe my collection is fossils.

Sketch of finch beaks by Dutch

The Rain

By Kaitlin

I love the rain.

When it is a sunny day

And it starts to rain

I go to my porch with my friend.

The Deschutes River

By Walter

Floating down the river

Going to some rapids

In our big blue raft.

Back at camp

We hear a rattlesnake.

Oh, what a beautiful day.

Drawing of Charles traveling in South America.

by Harriet

Nature

By Kaitlin

Flowers and the birds

Cats and dogs,

animals and plants

are parts of nature

And so are you.

Day 1 on the HMS Beagle

By Henry

I was on the HMS beagle.  It felt awesome.  I saw some sharks and a great white shark.  I am lucky I wasn’t seasick like Charles Darwin.  When I got to St. Jago I jumped up and down I was so happy.

Sketch of a fossil by Chloe

Charles Darwin as a Child

By Sabina

Charles Darwin climbed trees, so do I.

Charles Darwin was respectful, so am I, most of the time.

Charles Darwin was sneaky, so am I.

Charles Darwin didn’t like crowds, neither do I?

Charles Darwin liked to take walks, so do I.

Charles Darwin liked to play; definitely I do, all day long.

I might have been friends with Charles Darwin.

Rain

By Chloe

I was looking out my window

And I saw rain.

How the rain rushes down my window

It makes me feel

like a little raindrop.

Are there sea creatures that we have not found like this?
by Delphine