Students Take Field Trip to Sioux Falls
The first, second and third
grade "Wings" students spent Thursday, May 7, 1998 taking a field trip to Sioux
Falls. The first stop was The Old Courthouse Museum. The Old Courthouse is a
massive restored Richardsonian Romanesque quartzite building dating back to 1890.
Since 1974 it has served as a museum. It houses three floors of permanent and
temporary interactive historical and science-related exhibits. The first stop for
the students was an exhibit called "Star Lab." Inside the lab, which is a
portable planetarium, the students learned about some of the constellations in the spring
sky. The next stop was "The Blue Dog Baffler," an exhibit which explored
the history of crime fighting and gave the students the opportunity to solve a fictional
crime. In addition, the students saw many other interesting displays at the museum.
The Students Are Ready to Solve the "Blue Dog Baffler"
The next stop was the Pettigrew Home and
Museum. The Pettigrew Home and Museum is a beautifully restored and furnished 1889
Queen Anne style home with a two-story museum addition. It belonged to South
Dakota's U.S. Senator, Richard Pettigrew. The guided tour of the home gave the
students a glimpse into the past. They also enjoyed the Museum's interactive natural
history gallery which displays 1,200 artifacts Pettigrew collected during his extensive
travels.
The Students Pose in Front of the Pettigrew Home
The next
stop for the students was Falls Park. After a sack lunch, the students hiked around
the falls. They enjoyed the natural beauty of the falls formed by the Big Sioux
River flowing over the pink Sioux Quartzite rock formations.
The Students Enjoy the Beauty of the Falls
The last tour of the day was at Python's, a
Sioux Falls recycling facility. The students were amazed at the amount of paper,
cardboard, cans or plastic bottles it took to make just one bale. Python's sells
these bales to businesses who make new things from the recyled ones. One of the
bales of pop cans, as seen in the picture below, was made of 70,000 cans. It weighs
about 560 pounds and will sell for about $1,000.
Students Pose in Front of Bales of Crushed Pop Cans
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