Carlos students explore southern MinnesotaFrom September 15 to
17, 36 5th and 6th graders from Carlos Elementary School logged
750 miles in a loop around southern Minnesota. From September 15
to 17, 36 5th and 6th graders from Carlos Elementary School
logged 750 miles in a loop around southern Minnesota. During the
trip, they combined adventure and learning and discovered the
geographic diversity in Minnesota. Students experienced the
geology of the granite quarries in St. Cloud, the bluffs above
Winona, and the formation of Mystery Cave in Forestville State
Park. They also took part in biological and historical studies
at the Eagle Center in Wabasha and the Eagle Bluff Learning
Center in Lanesboro. At Eagle Bluff, the students took on the
role of either a pioneer family from the 1800s or a Native
American tribe of the era. They experienced tasks such as sawing
wood and grinding corn. At Prairie Woods Environmental Center
near Spicer, students navigated a climbing wall or were flung
into the air, propelled by