Right from the get go the class had a mystery to solve! They needed to find clues around the waterfall to find out what was happening to it. They discovered that the waterfall is continuously moving and will eventually move over the highway! When we walked down into the creek flowing from the waterfall, the class had to look for 2 very common rocks to our area: dolomite (a relative to limestone) and mudstone. They used the dolomite to scrape the mud off the mudstone and then applied some war paint to their faces. We were able to see just how powerful water can be in carving out landforms!
Second Stop: Bayshore Park
We started off by eating lunch. Our busy morning created some hungry bellies! Afterwards the classes were able to enjoy the playground. That was followed by a cliff hike. We were able to see the layers in rock. This was all part of the Niagara Escarpment. Our hike brought us down to the beach where the classes were able to look at various rocks, shells, and fossils.
All aboard! Everyone, chaperones and all, got on our bus and rode down into the Scott Quarry. What a neat experience. The class got to hear about what a quarry does and why they are so important. They learned about how the quarry helps to create our roadways and the layers of material involved in that. Not many kids can tell people that they were able to go down into a quarry. They even got to bring home some rocks from the rock pile at the quarry.
Selfie with our tour guide from Fallen Timbers, Ms. Jodie :)
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