Water happens when the weather changes? What happens to our favorite puddles? What happens to the lake?
We went on a hike and found some of our favorite places had changed. we can see through the trees and see the lake from places we could not see it before. What has changed? "I can see the lake!" "The leafs are gone!" We could hear the chickadee's calling. chick-a-dee-dee-dee. The lake look out, the water is deeper than usual and FROZEN! "Can we go on it?" What do you think? "No. You will die" "No you will crash and get hurt" Can you tell me if the ice is thick? "There is a hole in it." That tells me it is thin. What else do we know about the lake? "The geese live there." "Ducks too." What about the water? Does it change? "It goes up and down." That's right. The ice is never safe to walk on. "Can we go skating?" Not on the lake. I know a pond that is safe. "Can we find it?" Sure, let's go. As we followed the trail we found a frozen puddle. It was a safe place to practise moving on ice. We talked about what happens if you hear a crack. We practised laying flat and wiggling to safety. We practised this several times because it is fun of course. J tried and tried to crack the ice with a stick. The stick broke instead. The next puddle had some air bubbles in it. It was easier to break. We discussed the thickness of the ice and the safety. All things to watch for. We went to the lake and found it frozen along the shore. We found holes in the ice where the rocks had been poking through. We could see the ice was thin. J tried to crack it and was successful. NO TOES IN THE WATER! We followed the trail a new way looking for a pond to skate on. We found a broken car. Abandoned many years ago. We also found last years camp. We climbed a tree and explored the area. It was time to go. We will be back searching tomorrow. The next day we began our hike the same way visiting the lake and walking the new trail. This time we took the left side of the fork in the trail. We came to a different part of the lake. The water was moving quickly and not frozen. There are these big yellow things floating on the water and possibly a river. Where does it go? Why are those things in the water? We continued down the trail along a fence where we could see the river. There were deer footprints on both sides of the fence. "How did the deer get there?" "I hope the deer didn't fall in the river?" At the end of the trail is a hydro building. We could see where the water goes in the building. It looks like the drain in a tub going around and around. We discussed the danger signs and why it is dangerous to go in there. Now we know where the lake water goes. This is why the water rises and falls. This is why we can never skate on the lake, it is always moving.
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