At Roaches Run, the students were working, planting plants called cattails because they look like tail of cat. - Valentin V.
At Roaches Run, the students were happy because half of the time they worked and the other half they rowed the boats and they had a lot of fun. - Valentin V.
Students were working on growing plants called cattails. When plants are growing, the flowers look beautiful. - Benjamin G.
In these pictures, the students are listening to a National Park Service worker named Erik giving instructions to the students and learning new things from him. - Valentin V.
Valentin and Ms. Arscott are pictured to the left.
This is when the students were listening to a worker of the National Park Service called Erik Oberg. He was giving instructions to students and they were learning new things about growing plants. -Benjamin G.
The students were very happy after sowing plants and having fun before returning to the TC. Williams. -Benjamin G.
Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
I was with Mr. Fontenot. We were in Dyke Marsh. In Dyke Marsh we learned about poison ivy and how to plant a tree. -Tnsae Z. Photo credit to Mustafa M.
Photos by Mr. Fontenot
National Park Service Nursery on Daingerfield Island
Students from the International Academy went to the Nursery to learn more about nature and help to plant trees. - Wilfredo R.
After we had been digging holes in the ground, Mr Barry Stahl shared with us some of his snacks. So we sat around the table and talked about the trip with our friends. - Wilfredo R.
Mr. Barry Stahl was telling us what to do. We were about to plant some trees. - Wilfredo R.
Time to work.. We had fun helping our new friend Mr. Barry Stahl dig holes for the new generation of trees. - Wilfredo R.
Above photos by Yoni M.
Alexandria Seaport Foundation Boat Building Shop
Here the students were learning about how to build boats and how they fix the boats in the Potomac River in old town. - Mustafa M.
Photo by Jose Garcia.
Photo by Jose Garcia.
Students learned how to make boats for research at Waterfront Park. - Jose Garcia
Old Town Waterfront: Waterfront Park, Founders Park, and Windmill Hill Park.
Ms. Janiga was a chaperone at Waterfront Park.
This picture shows how the students were paying attention at the Old Town Waterfront. The man was talking about when the water from the sink is dirty, it goes to different places to be cleaned. He moves from one place to another place fixing the water and making sure the water is clean. - Patty L
Here, the students are enjoying Community Stewardship Day. - Mustafa M.
This is in Old Town Waterfront. All the students collaborated and they did a great job. I was happy because my group was with Mr.Hammond and I like how all of us did a great job. I love my team. - Patty L. Photo credit to Mustafa M.
This picture is showing students looking in a microscope at the different types of water. There were two different types of water: one was from the water treatment plant and the other water was from the Potomac river.- Patty L. Photo credit to Mustafa M.
Here the students were looking for the water from the Potomac River. -Mustafa M.
Forest Park
In this picture, students are working, cleaning and removing some invasive plants to try to protect the native plants. - Danny M.
My group members and I took a little rest to take the best selfies ever seen in the field trip. - Danny M.
The teacher Ms Gordon is telling the students what the plant poison ivy looks like. The students were very interested because this plant can be dangerous to your health. - Danny M.
INOVA Hospital scenic easement
In this picture, Mr. Munson and Ms. Krogh were taking the poison ivy off of the trees. - Jorge L.
In this picture, the students are having fun. - Jorge L.
In these pictures, boys and girls are working to clean the trees. - Ana A.
In this picture, Mr. Munson is collaborating with volunteers to clean up the park. - Ana A.
Mr. Munson working while I was taking pictures of his hard work. - Kevin C.
These three volunteers were giving instructions to all students about the work that we had to do. - Wilmer G.
These students were removing the English Ivy. They killed the English Ivy. -Wilmer G.
Arriving at INOVA Hospital. - Kevin C.
Above and left, the students were working really hard and they were taking invasive plants off of the trees. - Bryan G.
Ms.Krogh is taking off the English ivy from the tree. - Philip D.
The student are helping the community to pick off the English ivy root from the other trees. - Philip D.
The English ivy root that you see in the picture is killing the other trees. -Philip D.
The above photos are by Fabiana B.
In this picture, the girls are interviewing Paula who works at INOVA Hospital. - Laura Gabriela G.
These students are working. They are trying to dig a hole for planting plants, and also they are smiling. - Laura Gabriela G.
In this photo, the girls are working to get the park trash. - Ana A.
Perla Cabrera - INOVA Hospital Dandelion Flower
We collected the English Ivy and put it into the trash.
Below, students took a picture with an expert volunteer after interviewing her. - Wilmer G.
The experts were showing us what an invasive plant looks like & how invasives can affect us if we have any contact with the plant. - Kevin C.
The students were listening the instructions that the experts were giving to them. - Bryan G.
After hard work, the students had a little rest and fun. - Bryan G.
The students taking off the English Ivy from the tree. - Afesone G.
The students interviewing our volunteers. -Afesone G.
The students interviewing our volunteers. -Afesone G.
The students working with the volunteer woman. - Afesone G.
This when the students prepared for the work and were listening to the directions from our volunteer. -Afesone G.
The student interviewing the volunteer and taking pictures with her. - Afesone G.
We were removing the poison ivy that was choking the tree and was not good for the environment. - Janet K.