| Sumario: | This article describes some learning experiences of a trip by workshop students and faculty members of Western Washington College of Education at Bellingham, Washington to the Skagit River Valley twenty-five miles distant. Many of the students were teachers in the elementary schools of this region who were interested in planning a science program much more closely related to life in the valley than any they had ever had before. The trip was not a sudden inspiration, but was the outgrowth of discussions of the previous week. The students at- tempting to plan the science program felt very greatly the limitations of their knowledge, but did not know how to go about broadening their backgrounds. Prior to this trip, arrangements had been made with many individuals and agencies to help the students understand the conditions in the Skagit Valley. The planning engineer of the Skagit County Planning Commission had agreed to coordinate the whole trip. The caravan first stopped on the flats or delta land of the Skagit. This delta, created by the Skagit as it slows down on its way to the sea, is an area of lush loamy soil that extends for miles on either side of the river.
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