EVERGLADES REACH
Kendale Elementary School
Miami, Florida
An In-Class Field Trip
Led by Science Eye with the participation of
Ms. Homan's 4th & 5th Grade Classes
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Journal prepared by: Eric Barndollar
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Snail Search
By: The Quest Class 1997
One of the centers we visited during our field trip was Snail Search. At this center numerous
snail shells were examined. A most interesting shell was the Apple Snail shell. It lays its eggs
near the water line of the Everglades and the snails are the only source of food for the Apple
Kite bird. Coils of rope were used to place inside the empty shells and then the coils were measured
to see how large or small the animals were who once lived in the shell. Snails, we learned, are
lickers who
often become sick when they are picked up by humans and crawl along a human hand where they
become infected with germs. This was a unique center to visit.
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