T.H.Harris and JLNP's Culture Project

My day at Jean Laffitte National Historic Park was not what I expected. We started the day by going into something they called the Education Building. When we stepped inside, we took all sat in seats that circled a small stage that ranger Ami stood on. She spoke of how the wetlands effect Louisiana and how they are dissapearing. Once she stopped speaking, our teachers went split us up in two groups. One group went on a trail known as the Coquille Trail. My group was all divided into 3 people groups. Each group got one Bucket, one glove, and one net. We walked to an area near water. Each person had an object I mentioned. The activity was: one person scooped the water with the net, one persone picked out the fish , and one person put it in a bucket. It was pretty intresting how we caught fish such as Shrimp, Crawfish, and Snails. When we finished that, we went on a trail where we saw different trees and plant which was pretty fun. I didn't think I had as much fun as I did.

Jean Lafitte National Park

I love taking field trips, so when my teacher announced that we were going on a field trip to Jean Lafitte National Park, i was really excited. Ranger Ami was very interesting. We went to the educational center, two trails, and dip netting. My favorite part was the dip netting. That's where we take a net, and a bucket and we had to dip the net in the water to find "life." I really wanted to find a craw fish, but my group found a couple of shrimp! I wasnt used to digging in dirty water, but i got in to it. On the Coquille Trail, we saw some animals, and lots of trees. It was cool. When we were in the educational center, ranger Ami was explaining to us, about how we should protect the environment, and keep it clean. She said we should keep it clean because its the animals home, and we wouldnt appreciate if the animals came in my house and trashed it, so why should we trash theirs. I really liked it there, I wouldn't mind taking another field trip there!

4, B.M

T.H. Harris and JLNP's Culture Project

I had fun at the field trip to Jean Lafitte National Park. I learned about how important how is our marshes are to us. Ranger Ami shared with us that she worked at the Statue of Liberty. "That every important place has a story", she told us. We went net fishing and caught craw fish and bugs. It wasn't that fun at first since we couldn't catch anything. After we got quiet and were calm we started catching things. Then we walked on a trail and saw 6Th graders plant trees. We sat down at the end of the path and talked about how levees are a good thing for us but a bad thing for nature. I loved to see the little birds playing and chirping. That was a fun time with the class. It was a good way for us kids to understand nature. Thanks for reading. A.S.4

Dip Netting at Jean Lafitte National Park

When T.H Harris's eighth graders went to Jean Lafitte, my group went dip netting in the Bayou des Families. Each group had a clear bucket, a net, and a glove. You had to put a little bit of water into your bucket, move the leaves, and finally put the net into the water. You have to put the net in the water and move it very slow! We could not catch any living organisms in the Bayou, we were being loud. Our ranger, Ranger Ami, told us we have to very quiet so we can catch living things. After she told us that, we were all quiet and we starting catching baby crawfish. It was AMAZING! I had a few fears before i went. My fears were of the alligators, snakes, and BIG spider. After we went dip netting, we went on a small trail. When we were walking down the trail and we saw kids from Newman planting new trees. They are trying to help rebuild the Wetlands.
4th, M.O.

J.L.N.P. Adventure

I'm not a big fan of nature but I had an OK time at "Jean Lafitte National Park". First off when we arrived at the park when went to the educational center to talk with park ranger Ami about the importantance of the park. After we talked for about 20 minutes we jumped to the activities. Well the students that went were divided into two separate groups then the two large groups were split into smaller groups. The group i was in walked a trail called "Bayou des Families". On the trail i didn't see anything interesting but the activity we did had my attention. We did something called "Dip netting", its when you take a net and scoop it through the water and see if you can find some sort of living organism. Unfortunately for me and my group we didn't catch a thing. I think it had something to do with the whether i believe it was around 60 degrees. That pretty much describes the time i had at the park.

4 k.w.

J.L.N.P. Adventure

I'm not a big fan of nature but I had an OK time at "Jean Lafitte National Park". First off when we arrived at the park when went to the educational center to talk with park ranger Ami about the importantance of the park. After we talked for about 20 minutes we jumped to the activities. Well the students that went were divided into two separate groups then the two large groups were split into smaller groups. The group i was in walked a trail called "Bayou des Families". On the trail i didn't see anything interesting but the activity we did had my attention. We did something called "Dip netting", its when you take a net and scoop it through the water and see if you can find some sort of living organism. Unfortunately for me and my group we didn't catch a thing. I think it had something to do with the whether i believe it was around 60 degrees. Then again we were making a good amount of noise. Maybe we'll go back around spring time when all the spiders and bugs come out. I wouldn't go on my own time because its just not something i would do but yea.

T.H.Harris and JLNP's Culture Project

A day at Jean Lafitte National park I would of never imagined of how much fun it would be. We began by going to hear what Park Ranger Ami had to speak about the park. She first explained how we are loosing our wetlands. Ami also explained how she worked at the Statue of Liberty, which she told stories about it. We were separated into two group. One went to net fishing and the other group went to look around to see the park. I went net fishing which was so much fun. First we got a plastic box, a net and a sheet of paper so we can write many of the different things we got or what we saw. We where on a mission to see who can catch the most living organisms. Many people were able to catch craw fish, small fish's and many other organisms of which we dont know of.