Safety and Ethics

As part of an on-line class I'm taking, I am required to jump into the deep end of the pool and create a blog!  As someone old enough to remember the pre-computer world, creating a blog seems daunting.  But I also recognize that it can reflect many 21st Century Skills that are important to my science students, so here goes...

Our first assignment was to create a written safety and ethic plan for taking students out on a nature walk and to take a picture that reflects something important in nature.  I believe that respecting boundaries is of the utmost importance.  Boundaries may be a property line or fence.

Or they may be the more subtle boundary of a wild animal's comfort.  We are there to observe, not to interact.  We must be respectful of nature, keep our voices quiet, watch where our foot falls, think about how we may harm nature by our intrusion.  What may initial be dismissed as a weed can be a work of art if you observe it carefully and with an open mind.