Wadi field trip

Wadi Field Trip

On Monday, March 13, me and my class went to Wadi Degla on a science field trip. When we entered, the placed looked like a canyon.

Dr. Bill, a geologist, said that it used to be a body of water 10,000 years ago, and there were animals living in the water, one of them was the Megalodon, it was a giant shark that measured 18 meters. There were also people living there, they were cavemen, and they were living there because of the water and the animals that were living there too.

He also talked to us about how it was made and where did the name Wadi meant. The word Wadi means dry valley. The Wadi was made by weathering and water erosion. He also said why there were so many rocks on the floor, it was because of deposition. Dr. Bill explained that bottom part of the mountains were the oldest part and the top part was the youngest. After he finished talking he poured an acid onto limestone and then it started to melt making a really weird sound. He said that water that the water that eroded the Wadi had acid and that's why it looks like a canyon.

After that, a friend found an old shoe and then me and my friends were trying to steal it from him because we were saying it was a shoe fossil.

 Then we had lunch. After lunch, the teachers said that we were going on a hike, it was optional but everyone decided to go. Halfway through, one of my friends slipped and almost fell to the ground. I was so scared, what if I fell, I thought. We got higher and higher until we got to a point where we  started to descend and finally we got safely where the bus was.

We walked all the way back. I was wondering why couldn't we go on the bus. After walking what looked like an endless path we reached the entrance of the Wadi and left.