Our+2014+Trip+Activity+Journal

[|Our Activity Trip Journal 2014] Download a copy of our trip journal

__Anticipatory Write__: Set your iPad timer for 5 minutes and do a free writing about your anticipation of our trip. Keep your pencil moving.

an·tic·i·pa·tion an ˌ tisə ˈ pāSHən/ // noun // noun: **anticipation**; plural noun: **anticipations**
 * 1 ** . the action of anticipating something; expectation or prediction.

Do a quick __Free Write__ in the morning! Set your timer for 5 minutes and keep your pencil moving. __Free Write__: anything that comes to mind!

Feel free to sketch, doodle or write using this journal as a souvenir and reminder of your trip experience.

The Sergeant Floyd River Museum and Welcome Center (Sioux City, IA) []

Who was Sergeant Floyd?

Why was he important to the history of Lewis and Clark?

Why are Lewis and Clark important?

5 facts about Lewis and Clark:

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__ Museum Conduct Guidelines __ : Please review these museum guidelines with your group before your visit. Any group not following the below guidelines will be asked to leave the Museum.
 * Many of the artifacts & specimens throughout the Museum are not to be touched. Help us protect our priceless treasures by respecting our collections.
 * Please use “inside voices” throughout the Museum at all times. Safety is our first concern –no running, yelling, listening to radios or using museum exhibit cases as drawing surfaces is allowed.
 * Other visitors will be sharing the exhibition space. It is very important that your group is focused and respectful of others.
 * No food, drink, candy, or chewing gum is allowed in the exhibition halls. Please dispose of all garbage in trash receptacles.

Durham Museum []

Write a descriptive paragraph about the architecture of the Union Station.

ar·chi·tec·ture ˈ ärki ˌ tekCHər/ // noun // noun: **architecture**
 * 1 ** . the art or practice of designing and constructing buildings.

Take a picture of your favorite architectural design piece at Union Station.

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Mormon Trail Center, Council Bluffs, IA []

Mormon Trail Center at Historic Winter Quarters - Witness glimpses of the great "Mormon Migration" as you walk beside a covered wagon, pull a handcart, climb in the bunks on a steam ship, and imagine a railroad journey.

Write a __reaction paragraph__ to our visit. Explain why this site is important in history.

Write any questions that you may have after our visit that you my want to research at a later time.

Take a picture of your favorite part of the tour.

Tweet: Write about something you learned. Add this hash tag #RutlandOmaha2014 (ALL TWEETS MUST BE SCHOOL APPROPRIATE)

Upstream Brewing Company, Omaha, NE []


 * Remember to pack dress clothes for our dinner out.
 * No phones allowed to be used while at the restaurant.

The job of a food reviewer is to accurately convey the tastes, textures, smells, presentation and enjoyment of food eaten at a restaurant. You not only comment on the food but also on the atmosphere, staff knowledge and attentiveness, the way the staff treats you and respects the other customers, the speed of service, the general impression of the restaurant or cafe. Do a fair, and well-reasoned job in your write-ups and the way you treat them in your review.

Write a review of your dining experience.

Strategic Air and Space Museum, Ashland, NE []

__Aircraft__:

Pick any aircraft. Imagine that you were the pilot of this aircraft and you flew in the time period of this machine. Write a story or poem that explains about this experience.

Take a picture of the aircraft to look at when you write.

__Spacecraft__:

Pick any spacecraft. Imagine that you were the pilot of this spacecraft and you flew a mission. Write a story or poem that explains about this experience.

Take a picture of the spacecraft to look at when you write.

Using what you learned, what are the characteristics that a pilot or astronaut must possess in order to di this job.

Squirrel Cage Jail, Council Bluffs, IA []

__Writing Marathon__: Imagine that had to spend time in this jail. What story would you tell?

Take a picture of the jail to look at when you write.

Now that we are headed home take me on a __Scavenger Hunt Write__. A __Scavenger Hunt Write__ is where you write a passage, draw a picture and give specific clues about our trip.

Thank you for a great weekend! I hope your journal is filled with memories.

Student Reactions:

Emily R.  __Restaurant__ __ Review __ The food was tasty. I had a hamburger and it was amazing. The french fries tasted good. The serves was good and friendly. The lighting was low like every other nice restaurant. I enjoyed being able to go and do something else while my food was cooking. __Mormon Trail__ My favorite part of going on the trip was the Mormon trail. I enjoyed seeing the wagon wheel. I also enjoyed the little hut. I learned the origin of the saying "sleep tight don't let the bed bugs bite." Thanks for the amazing time at the Mormon trail #rutlandomaha2014 __The Durham Museum__ I loved how the main part of how this building looked. The architectures of it was amazing. My heart shuddered when I fond out it was plastic. The Durham Museum had the most amazing architecture ever #rutlandomaha2014 Squirrel Cage

Iesha

Strategic Air Command

If I were an astronaut I would drive the shuttle and all the other ones to. I would love to float in space and I want to try space food to see what It tastes like. I think it would be fun to float in space because there is no gravity and you weigh a very small amount. What does space food taste like and what form does it come in?

Sergeant Floyd

Floyd was the caption of the Sergeant Floyd. Lewis and Clark were with Floyd on the exposition. Sacajawea was also with Lewis and Clark and they returned her to her original tribe. Sacajawea was taken from another tribe when she was a baby.

Mormon trail

Their history are very harsh when people didn't respect their culture and I thought that was wrong. The Mormon trail was about their struggles threw life and their prize possession. Their houses were made out of logs and mud.

Durham museum

The Durham Museum had lots of stuff there. They had trains, cars, Indians home replica and lots more. The thing I most like was the inkwell I bought for my mother it was a beautiful orange color. I loved all the things there when we could look at stuff in a group Hannah, Emily, and I watched a video of Martin Luther King Jr.

Upstream brewing I absolutely loved their cheese cake yum yum. Their appetizers were delicious I just wanted to eat all of it if I could I back I would. The people that served us were very kind and they had pool there so we watched people play it.

Pool I really didn't like the because it was small. I didn't stay long because I was coughing. After I left the pool and went in my room and then I had to go back down I loved to see my friends have and it was fun just to see them.

Squirrel cage jail I loved the squirrel cage jail because it felt like I was in a scary movie. One of my friends hid in a dark cell and scared people it was funny and fun. I had fun there with my friends I would definitely go back if I could and bring my family. This was my least favorite stop on the trip. I did not enjoy the little closet punishment cell. The jail part gave me the creeps. __Space Museum__ I enjoyed being at this stop. I love space so I had a lot of fun there. It was fun to see the space craft thing. __Sergeant Floyd__ I liked how the museum was an old boat and was by the river. The guy knew what he was talking about. I had so much fun at the sergeant Floyd river museum #rutlandomaha 2014

Carter Strategic Air Command

I would be a pilot because you would get to fly a cool plane. I would see all sorts of landmarks and fly cool missions. It would be awesome to drive a stealth jet and all other types of planes like a bomber, fighter jet, and a jet. I would rather be a pilot over a astronaut.

Muslim Trail

The travelers were on a trail because they left their homeland and gave up everything for religion. They fought threw many things and hard times. Sargent Floyd Museum

This stop on the trip was on a man named Sargent Floyd. He served with Louis and Clark on their expedition. He was the only person who died in their branch. Squirrel Jail

It is a jail run by a squirrel engine and it span around. They would fill in 5 people in a 2 person jail sell. It is now a retired jail and is not used anymore. Durham Museum The building is a retired train station and is filled with tons of cool exhibits. They have some old train cars and have a old helicopter. They taught us a lot of cool things about what was in there.

Tre'Shan I liked the hotel because they have a pool where we can swim. And then we got to go out to eat at a fancy restaurant. I really liked the squirrel cage. I have only been to Omaha once! The food at the restaurant was really good I had a pizza! **The Sergeant Floyd River Museum** was really nice! They have big engines that ran the boat. **The strategic Air and Space Museum** was really fun they have escalator. The Durham museum was really cool because there are a lot of old stuff.

Kaylie If I was a pilot I would fly the smallest plane. Because I would not like to fly a big one. Because I like the little planes because I think that it would be easer to fly a little plane instead a big one. To me I think big planes are hared to fly and little planes are easy to fly.

Squirrel jail was fun and awesome and some of Iesha's pic that she took look like that there is someone there. The mannequin that was in a jail sell was my bunk buddy.

The Mormon trail was fun I liked the video in the beginning. And I liked the tour and playing that one game where you pull the stick. I lost.

The train station was fun. I got lost but it was cool. I liked going in the trains and seeing what they look like.

Avery If I were a pilot it would be awesome! All the old planes are awesome and have changed so much in the years. They have all different kinds of planes. They have cool outfits they have changed too. They have many different features. One of them is the boom she'll is huge so the planes have to be pretty big. They also have a lot of different controls would take forever to memorize. You would have to go to school for a long time to be a pilot. The first stop was fun and cool it had a big ship and three floors. Before they could put it there they had to make sure none of it worked. They have lots of old thing from back then. They have lots of heeds. When Lewis and Clark came they had cons that they gave all the states when they passed thought them. The mormon trail was cool we learned about pioneers. We leared what they drove and what they did in the 1800 ’ s. They calculated miles by a bandana around the wheel it went 360 times around that was a mile. They traveled about 16 miles a day. The train station was awesome. It had lots of trains that were old. They used to have chairs that turned into beds. It was sweet. Today they don't use them anymore. But we got to see them. They had nice sized bathrooms and really small halls.