Hawley Environmental School

9 February 2008

Amy is a teacher at Hawley Environmental School. She is also one of the teachers who came to Xianghai Nature Reserve last summer. She teaches all of the Hawley students about nature and the environment. We like her classroom very much, because there are not only beautiful posters in the room, but it is also a warm house! Students can do experiments themselves and observe real life in the classroom.

During our presentation, the students asked many good questions about cranes and wetlands. Some of the questions are very professional, and we couldn’t answer all of them. We all think that the students here know more about nature and animals, and that this is because 0f Amy’s work. The students are very interested in Chinese and Russia culture, so in addition to the presentations, both Marina and we sing and dance!

After class, there are still some students asking questions -- how they love to learn. We tell them more about nature conservation in schools near the nature reserves in China. No matter an urban or rural area, no matter in China or America, we believe communication is important and people should know more about nature, sharing one world, and do more activities in future. At last we also do more artwork like the students -- another special memory for us!

At the end of the day, we visit the Betty Brinn Children's Museum, where the Three White Cranes, Two Flyways, One World art exhibition is on display. The director is a warm-hearted man, who arranged for the exhibit to run through March. Milwaukee is a nice city with old and modern buildings, and many gulls flying around the city.