Welcome to Kinzville Academy’s first field trip of the school year! Today I’m taking you all on a trip to the Great Canyon! The Great Canyon was formed over millions of years by erosion. Erosion can be caused by wind, ice, or gravity, but in this case it occurs when a river winds its way through the rocks, wearing down the surface and carrying the debris away with it. You can see the Countryside Creek that flows through the middle of the Great Canyon leading to a beautiful Pool Retreat in one corner.
Erosion can also form caverns and rock formations. Two Great Canyon Arches by the river make a recognizable landmark that will help us find our way through the canyon without getting lost in its depths. And look at that large Rocky Trail Cave on the right – maybe we will have time to explore it!
The rocks of the Great Canyon were formed by volcanic activity. The origins of the canyon may be found in the bubbling Lava Waterfall tucked into one corner of the canyon valley. Lava flowing beneath the surface of the canyon floor heats the water in the Volcanic Spa, situated in the center of the Great Canyon. The Volcanic Spa will be the perfect place for our pets to relax at the end of a long day of learning.
The dry climate of the Great Canyon means there is very little vegetation, but it does make it an ideal environment for cacti to grow. A cactus can survive long droughts because it stores water in its thick, fleshy stem. Check out the large Cactus Cottage growing just outside the Rocky Trail Cave. But be careful – rather than leaves, cacti have prickly spines! And of course, there is plenty of wildlife in the Great Canyon – can you spot the coyote?
Looks like some visitors have set up a small camp using the Secret Treehouse Tent. And can you spot any evidence of early civilizations visiting the Great Canyon? If you look closely you’ll see a Buffalo Cave Painting on some of the rocks! As a souvenir of your field trip, here is a code for your very own Buffalo Cave Painting. You can enter this code in the Code Shop.
W248-6TT6-6TCJ-NNY8*
I hope you enjoyed your trip to the Great Canyon! We’ll see you again in a few days for our next field trip. And remember – you will be tested on what you learned on our field trips so pay attention!
*This code awards one item per webkinz.com account and expires at midnight Oct. 31, 2018
This is pretty cool and fun! ^-^ It took me way longer to spot the coyote than it should have, though XD That buffalo cave painting is so cute, too; thanks for the free code and the fun field trip! :D
Thank you Sophie for leading us on such a cool field trip! This is so much fun!!! Thanks for the great souvenir too! Can’t wait to go on the next trip :)
This was really cute. Kudos to whoever designed that room. I’m working on my Great Canyon room right now, so thanks for showing all the things, it’s inspiring & fun to see what others do with the same items I’m using in a different way…looking forward to the next field trip, Sophie!
Wow! This canyon scene is gorgeous! I really love that cave! Where would I find that in the estore? That coyote blends in really well! I had to enlarge the picture just to see it. Thanks so much for the buffalo cave painting code! I know right where I’m going to put it!
I enlarged the picture, but still didn’t find the coyote. Would you please give me a hint as to where he is?
Hi BH144. The coyote is in the foreground between the tent & the lava waterfall, standing on the cracked dried up mud tiles. It’s almost exactly the same color as the tiles & hard to see.
what a clever way to promote estore items, i’ll give you that–and it is a fun field trip as well (not sure about the flower group from the wshop being thrown in there, but the rest seems semi-plausible)… good job. k.
Some cactus have flowers and dry deserts come to life when seasonal rains come .
WOW that was a great tour with tons of info, how can we remember that for our quiz at the end?? HAHA I love that little handmade tent, where can we get that?? Thanks so much Sophie for the code to get the painting, LOVE IT!!
Yay! I LOVE the buffalo cave painting
It’s so cute! This was a nifty school trip! Thanks! :-)
This is pretty cool though, and I don’t have that cave painting yet, so I’m pretty happy!
Thank you Sophie! And, we did pay attention:) And, we are looking forward to our next field trip!