Grandpa Phil came back to Sibley for his annual Gold Rush presentation last week!
We've been reading about the California and Klondike gold rushes in Reading class while studying the West and Northwestern regions of the United States in Social Studies. These topics fit perfectly with Grandpa Phil's passion for gold prospecting.
He demonstrated how to pan for gold by hand, and also how to do it with his mechanical panner using the dirt he ordered from Alaska.
Since this was Grandpa's last gold rush presentation for us, we got to open and pan ALL THREE bags of his Alaskan dirt!
We were VERY excited when we found a few gold nuggets as we panned!
4th graders got a chance to see the larger nuggets he has found during his prospecting. They also got to see and hold the gold nugget necklace he made for my grandma so they could understand how heavy gold really is.
Grandpa Phil also brought along his metal detectors and the students got a chance to use them to find coins and other metal objects in the grass.
We had a fabulous time during your gold rush presentation!
Thanks again, Grandpa Phil!
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