Day 4

Since I missed going to the center Thursday for my sister's graduation, today was bitter sweet. I knew i would miss the other interns that were my age that I had surprisingly grown close to over the week. We all had lots of fun working together. Today we did the usual hour hike, wetlad and exhibition. Unfortunately the kids today were roudy and disrespectful. However we were able to handle every thing with the help of their teachers and parents. The day was very long but when the kids left this time we had a party for me, the other senior intern and 3 other interns who got their associates. We had fun eating ice cream and cake and sharing how we had such a great time this week and that we would miss each other. I definately had a great time this week with everyone i worked with. Before I left that day one of the workers there gave me a personal recommendation to the Children's Aquarium at Fair Park which is amazing because I want to study marine biology. I hope that internship works out and I had an amazing week working at the Trinity River Audubon Center.

Day 3

Today was one of the best days that I have had so far. Since there was such a large group of kids every teacher needed and assistant for their group of kids. So today I got to go on a hike. They hike was amazing. There is so much to see and explore. The birds were flying everywhere, many different types of plants to see. In the hour long we took the kids to see the Triniy River. They saw how dirty it was and we proceeded to tell them that people used to pay to dump trash here and thats why it is so dirty. It took 3 years for the Audubon Center to clean up the area and turn it into what it is now. Also during the hike we taught the children about different types of animals and they got to touch a box turtle which was very exciting for them. The center also has and exhibtion hall that demonstrates how rivers are made and abother demonstration shows how the trinity river floods and where it floods. After the day was over and all the kids were gone I fed the box turtle, snake, lizards and tarantula crickets that I picked up with my own hand. After i fed the animals the other intern and I were told to trim down all the poison ivy that was sticking out and growing onto the pathway.

Day 2

Second day on the job, the other intern and I stayed in the wetlabs because she was under the weather. Even though I was doing the same things all day for each group of kids that came in, i stilled had a great time because every group had a different personality and were ready to learn and participate in the activity. After wetlabs my partner and i cleaned everything up and put the water sample with all the animals back in the pond. That afternoon our mentor gave us an project where we made a list of all the different species of birds that people spotted at the center. We put the list in order of what family the were from and ordered the from the oldest species to the newest. It wasn't the most fun job but it was something cool to do.

Day 1

First day of work I was definately unprepared but I had a lot of fun. I wasnt able to get in contact with my mentor about what attire I should wear for the first day of work, so I came in a professional dress and heels. Big mistake! I had no idea that I would be working with kids all day. I was not able to experience all that was in store for me. I was placed in the wetlab where the center does a small simple experiment on the quality of water in one of the ponds at they own. The children get to explore the creaturs from the pond and they are all so excited. I stayed in the wetlab the whole day which wasn't too bad. I had fun playing with the kids. The Trinity River Audubon Center is place where children from different school or summer programs come everyday to learn about the history of the Trinity River and how the Center restored everything from a dump to an all natural forest. After the wetlab I helped another intern, who was also doing her senior internship there, make more booklets for the next group of kids tomorrow.