Dahlonega

This week we went to Dahlonega. We went to a museum and the gold mine. The museum was cool and it had a lot of artifacts. I learned so much at the museum. We learned how they used a machine to crush the rocks to get the gold out and make coins. It was called a stamp mill. We learned how the used a method called Hydraulic mining to chip a way at the easy rocks. I loved the safe full of gold. There were gold coins, gold pieces, and gold dust. The coins were beautiful. We learned how they found how much the gold weighed. The used a scale and weights to see how much it is. Then we went to the gold mine. It was cold and damp. There were bats it the gold mine. They are the Georgia Brown bats and if you wake them up before April then they will die. They would be hungry and in shock from their hibernation mode. They were small, but full grown. Their wings go to about 1 feet long. We learned how the mining carts moved. The mine was like a big battery the iron holder was to hold the wire that was positive. Then the train tracks were the negative and that was not good for the brain. The gold mine was cool with the train tracks and the other tools that were left there. They used a hammer, pick axes, and shovels in the mine. Our guide at the mine is a world champion gold pannier and he can do it blind folded too. He is in the hall of fame. I think that was cool about him. He has 6 kids and he drinks to big jugs of coffee everyday. We panned for gold and I got 3 pieces of gold that is worth 3 dollars. I think this trip was great trip and I think we will have even more fun the next trip. Please leave a comment.                                      

Cloudland Canyon!

On Tuesday we went to Cloudland Canyon. It was so beautiful there and it had so many colors like red and yellow. We looked at the view and it was so breathtaking and we were up so high. The waterfalls were pretty too. Ms. Whitt spotted a baby lizard and I took pictures of it. After the trip and before we got back we went to Dairy Queen. It was so much fun and it was good after climbing up all those stairs. While we were there we made movies with a partner and it had to have vocabulary words in it. I am in three movies. First is me and Anna’s movie. Second, I was in Amanda’s because Morgan was not there. Third, Ajani and Chris put me in their movie, but I didn’t want to do it. We learned about how Cloudland formed. The water carved into the canyon walls. An upper waterfall there is 50 ft. tall.  Also, a lower waterfall is 90 ft. Overall, I think it was a great trip. I hope our next trip we get something else good and not have to climb up about 4,000 something stairs. Please leave a comment. 

Canyon Wall!

The canyon wall

Big

Strong

Stands up

Colors

Waterfall

Persists to stay like it is

Like me

Strong

Stays persistent

Stands up for me and others

The canyon wall is as strong as I am when I have to be

Big, tall, strong, and proud for making it this far

I’m proud of me and how I do every day

I am proud to sing the ‘’National Anthem’’ anywhere  I can

Proud of me and proud to live in the U.S.A

Proud

- Teresa Dominguez 

   

                    

Arabia Mountain

Last week we went to Arabia Mountain.  It was so much fun getting  to lead the class with my friends. When we were there we did lots of things like poetry, took lots of pictures, hiking, and measured a weathering pit. We first went on a hike on a trail were Ms. Whitt got us a little lost at the end with me and their girls. We saw quarry marks, an old jail building, salamander pond, and frog ponds. We got to go inside of the jail too. We also went to a lake which none of the other class couldn’t find. On the mountain I got to explore a little in a forest on the side of the mountain. We took lots of picture of things like the mountain, plants, and ponds. We wrote some poetry there too at the trail and the mountain. On the mountain we measured a weathering pit on the last part of the trip. It was a beautiful sight to see when we got to the top. The trees were changing colors.  The view was a little like Stone Mountain when we got to the top. Overall, it was a great trip. I hope we have even more fun at Cloudland Canyon next week on Tuesday.

                                         The side of Arabia Mountain.

                                 The little forest at Arabia Mountain.    

Arabia Mtn. and Stone Mtn. are both beautiful with nature. Arabia and Stone both have rock pools and weathering pits. They both have quarry marks. Stone Mtn. has a carving, but Arabia doesn’t. Arabia is older then Stone Mtn. Stone is much taller then Arabia. Arabia has swirls in the rock. They both have many things that are different and similar, but I think they were both beautiful. I hope you leave a comment on my blog.                                    

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