The second and third-grade students at the Merwin Elementary School took a field trip to the Cincinnati Nature Center Oct. 16.

As part of the second and third grade curriculum, the students, who usually visit the Nature Center once or twice a year, enthusiastically strolled through the Cincinnati Nature Center’s Rowe Woods, looking for and pointing out animals and plants in their natural habitats.

“This field trip goes along with what the students are learning in class,” said Merwin third-grade teacher Kathy Bossert. “They are looking for plant and animal adaptations, learning how to classify them, learning about their survival functions, and about their natural habitats.”