Grade 4: Whipple Hill (Whipple Hill is Lexington's highest peak and looks a lot like this N.H. mountaintop!!) BIG BACKYARD VOLUNTEER TRAINING Training Date Status Student Trips SCHEDULED SCHEDULED          SCHEDULED        DVD OF TRAINING  AVAILABLE FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT ATTEND A SESSION.   Ask your child's teacher or contact Fran Ludwig: ludwig@sch.ci.lexington.ma.us                  If you view the DVD only, you will need to walk the trail at Whipple Hill  on your own to see where we are going and to find features along t e way.          Complete script for walk available at training (and in train g kits)          Directions: Take Maple St. past Harrington School.  At lights at the intersection of Maple and Lowell St., go straight.   Maple St. becomes Winchester Drive.  At the top of the hill, just after Russell St. on the right you will see a small parking lot for the Whipple Hill Conservation Area. If this lot is full, park on the side street across the lot. Wear:  Long pants and shirt, hat, good walking shoes and socks.  Insect repellent (if no hard frosts), sunscreen.   Bring:  Clipborad, water, binoculars (op -------- Internet Sites Weathery=02420 ]Weather Underground: Lexington, Massachusetts... Whipple Hill Walk Guide (updated guide available at traex.html ]Bowman's Big Backyard - Grade Whipple Hill Map (from Conservation Comle.html ]Whipple Hill Conse25_4.jpg]                                                27_6.jpg] 22_0.jpg]     GLACIAL STRIATIONS (We look for clues to Whipple Hill's history.  Hint:  it involves a mile thick sheet of ice!!!)     06_0.png]