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My Field Trip To The Museum Of Raleigh Natural Sciences

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Thank you to Patti Donnelly for this picture. Here is the link to the museum https://naturalsciences.org

https://naturalsciences.org

 

On January 27th the sixth grade class at Durham Academy went to the Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh, North Carolina. The trip was a big eye opener to many ideas; one was the Race Exhibit. The Race Exhibit was a really interesting way for the museum to show what race is and how it affects my daily life. The physical exhibit was nothing too interesting because it was just posters but the awareness of how race affects everyone was mind blowing.

Another exhibit was with dinosaurs which was one of my favorites. They had dinosaurs that literally looked like the real things, they even had real life bones!  After looking through all of the exhibits we went outside of the building and ate lunch in our groups. Lunch was delicious but I was way too excited for what was coming next! 

So, after lunch, we went walking around the capitol building. The exterior of the building had a bunch of different statues which was really cool. The entrance even had a memorial to World War ll which is my favorite history topic. Unfortunately, after looking at all the statues it was time to go home, so we piled up onto the buses and drove back to Durham Academy. 

UNC Challenge Course

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The sixth grade at Durham Academy went to the UNC Challenge Course in September. The field trip was my first field trip since third grade. The experience was a great way to learn to team bond and push ourselves! I recommend going to the UNC Challenge Course because there were fun activities. One activity that I really enjoyed was the zip line. The zip line was 70 feet tall and very long. Before we could go off, we had to strap up and climb a tall tower. At the top, the attendant pushed us off the ledge. During the zip line there was beautiful scenery consisting of tall trees and fresh air.  Right before I went off I felt super excited and at the bottom I was sad the zip line was over! We did several other activities throughout the day and I was super excited to get off campus and hang out with my friends!  

Camp Hanes

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On Thursday morning, the sixth grade at Durham Academy stepped on buses to head to Camp Hanes in King, North Carolina. The bus ride there was a little freaky knowing that there was a hurricane brewing off the coast of Florida. But once we got to Hanes the sixth graders knew they were going to have an awesome time! We started off with getting cabin assignments and heading to the cabins. Lunch consisted of chicken and a salad bar!

After lunch, we went into our activity groups and did some activities! My first activity was the hike up the mountain, it was so amazing. We had to climb up ropes and walk all around the mountain just to get to the breathtaking view. The view at the top was clear, you could see buildings in Winston Salem! 

Camp Hanes was amazing, I definitely recommend going! Why you should go is because it had so many activities and choices, staff was awesome, luxurious cabins and the food was great. We had so much fun and looking back we were so lucky that we got to even leave campus. It was such an action packed, grade bonding, adventurous twenty-four hours!