Observing "the natch"

My group had a very FUN and educational time while studying our habitat within the small string circle that we placed on a almost random stop on the ground. As we were sent off to find the spot we were going to place our sting we were looking for something more than just a place on ground. After much thought and consideration we decided on the edge of an old rotten out tree trunk. Initially when we put the string down our surface observations were not as exciting as we expected them to be. We saw a lot of dirt, old dead leaves, a little but of moss and a few twigs. Disappointed in our choice of view for the next 45 minutes we began to dig deeper. By the end of our dig, as you said we would be, we were all attached. Deep down under the cover out the old withered up leaves we came across a bright yellow and orange mushroom blooming from the dirt. We saw even more moss but brighter with little tiny plants sprouting from the middle of it that got us interested to learn more about it. Another thing that I found to be the most interesting of all was a large spider that came up from deep down under the dirt. As we moved the large spider around to keep him inside our circle and learn more about him he surprised us with his reaction to his surroundings. The spider shrunk into a ball and tucked all of his legs so close to his body that they were no longer visible. Beside my dislike for spiders, I became very curious. As the spider was all curled up into his ball of "protection" we had flipped him onto his back to discover two very bright round circles on his belly. Overall I thought that the project was very interesting and it truly made me realize how much is going on in just every small foot in nature, even if it is not visible from the surface. 

After our time observing within our sting we began our walk back to find the rest of the class when we came across a deer on the trail. The deer was very thin but very friendly and not frightened by us three excited humans. We trailed behind the deer observing her slow cautious motions. She wandered slowly eating food off of the ground and sticks where she could find it and at times came so close to us we were amazed by her. The deer led us off trail through the woods and of course, we followed. Eventually, we came across what we thought to be a cool fort that someone had once built and decided we just could not turn it down. As the four of us crawled into the fort and sat on the tree stump benches we found that hidden under a piece of bark was a notebook filled with hundreds of journal entries by various people and various topics. I thought that it was amazing to see how people who were comp lee strangers confided in one another and shared their own individual touching stores. Of course, we added to the notebook. 

I really enjoyed this experiment and got a lot of information out of it in so many different forms. I also thought that at the end of the class period it ended up being a great bonding experience for my group and I.